Elon Musk starlink just changed Global connectivity in 2024 direct to cell
service was recently introduced to the World by starlink as part of a website revamp that
was recently completed an explanation of how the service is meant to function the day on which it
will be launched the companies that starlink is cooperating with and other information will
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of its website starlink has expanded its role as a provider of telecommunication services
and positioned itself as a potential partner with other carriers as a standard roaming partner this
was accomplished by increasing the coverage of the cell phone network of it space-based
Telecom Towers starlink direct to cell is a service that provides internet voice and data
services for smartphones that are equipped with LTE connectivity the plan of the company is to
begin with a text messaging service this year and then to proceed to complete its offering
by incorporating voice data and Internet of Things services in the year 2025 all of this
will be accomplished without the need to make any alterations to the handsets or equipment
employed by the company this move sheds light on the future of starlinks network which is
getting bigger and bigger as it upgrades its satellites from version one to version two with
the current version V2 mini still designed to fit on spacex's Falcon 9 Rockets and the
next larger version V2 set to launch once they start using the much larger Starship rockets on
a regular basis the satellite launches that are carried out by starlink are utilized by SpaceX
as a means of increasing the number of liftoffs and filling the capacity of its Rockets this is
essential in order to obtain the economies of scale that are fundamental to the development
of the company strategy only a company that carries out dozens of launches each year is
able to plan and create Rockets with reusable components or continue to reduce costs due to the
fact that it contributes to those essentially economies of scale and reduces prices to the
point where it becomes the cheapest provider of orbital launch or space transportation services
by several orders of magnitude starlink is an essential component of the SpaceX project and
so what is star Link's direct to cell service the direct to cell service offered by starlink
makes use of satellites that are equipped with specialized characteristics in order to enable
access to texting calling and browsing skills in a variety of locals including both land and coastal
areas this means that it is compatible with all 4G and 5G devices because it is compatible with
existing LTE phones and does not require any new hardware applications this technology also
connects Internet of Things devices by utilizing common LTE protocols expanding its utility Beyond
just personal communication there is a good chance that this technology is driven by the technology
that SpaceX acquired when it purchased swarm in 2021 and how does it work in the same way as cell
towers the starlink satellites orbiting Earth are the starting point for everything these Cutting
Edge satellites are equipped with technology that enables them to initiate direct communication
with mobile phones throughout history satellite internet service providers such as hughet and
ViaSat would rely on satellites that were situated in geostationary orbits which meant that they were
located tens of thousands of kilometers away from the surface of the Earth respectively so in order
to ensure that they were always able to cover both sides of the earth they were required to
launch a minimum of two satellites in addition because of the distance it would take a signal
a significantly longer amount of time to go to the ground station that is relevant which
would result in excessive latency times starlink on the other hand is able to take advantage of
significantly reducing launch cost since it is vertically integrated with SpaceX this enables
The Firm to deploy thousands of satellites in orbital shells that are much closer together
because of this you will always have a satellite in close proximity that serves as a connection
Point stations that are part of the starlink ground Network serve as mediators on the ground
the management of the data interchange between the satellites and the terrestrial internet is
the responsibility of these stations which are put at important locations it is the connection
with partner operator networks that Mak starlink service accessible in a way that is not possible
before a seamless transition between regular cellular service and satellite service is made
possible as a result of these collaborations which make it possible for the satellite Network to
integrate into pre-existing cellular Frameworks it is possible that the most userfriendly component
of starlink service is the availability of direct connecting to to your LTE phone as long as your
mobile device is capable of connecting to LTE and you have a clean view of the sky you'll be able
to receive service they guarantee that it will be simple this means that you do not require any
extra Hardware or software all you need is your regular phone to accomplish this so how sooner
will it be available it is anticipated that the direct to sell service offered by star link will
be implemented in stages with text being the initial service to be made accessible as early
as 2024 a year later in 2025 voice and data will be introduced to the public The Internet
of Things or iot devices can also connect to the satellite Network within the same year with regard
to the performance of the data for example the download and upload speeds there have been no
official hints as of yet having said that we would assume that this thing is designed to act as a
backup or emergency service which would result in a certain amount of data throughput being
restricted SpaceX was granted permission by the the Federal Communications Commission to deploy
a modified version of the previously authorized Gen 2 starlink satellites back in the beginning
of December 2023 SpaceX on the other hand was only granted permission to operate within the 1910 to
1915 megahertz and 1990 to 1995 megahertz bands for limited on orbit checkout of the antennas
immediately following deployment of each satellite for a period of 10 days or less to ensure initial
functionality of the satellite antenna this was done in in order to verify whether or not the
radios on the satellites are operational so which businesses are working together
with starlake Partnerships with six different cell network carriers have been established by
starlink and these operators include in the USA T-Mobile and Canada Rogers in Australia Optus
in New Zealand one in Japan kddi in Switzerland salt and in Chile Intel when SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
and T-Mobile CEO Mike seer's presented their ideas for the first time it was in August of
2022 during an event that was organized by the carrier this service was intended to be provided
by the two firms through the establishment of a new network that would broadcast from starlink
satellites utilizing T-Mobile's midband Spectrum over the entire country Sarah spangelo who was
one of the co-founders Of Swarm Technologies which SpaceX bought in 2021 is currently in
charge of the direct to sell segment of the corporation she has been vital in securing
several of the relationsship ship that have been mentioned earlier including the ones with Rogers
in Canada because of her efforts going forward we had assumed that starlink will concentrate on
gaining relationships with European carriers which would also include operators from the
United Kingdom this is especially true When taking into consideration how unstable mobile
connections can be at times the question is how much will it cost at this time neither
starlink nor any of its different partners have disclosed any specifics about pricing in light
of this the pricing structure will be determined by the network providers rather than by starlink
itself it is anticipated that prospective clients will be able to contact their carrier in order to
book add-on packages after then starlink will be entitled to a portion of the bookings that
were made meanwhile the company as space mobile which went public in April 2021 is St Link's most
significant rival in the industry of direct to sell satellites in comparison to starlink
as is dependent on only two satellites which are referred to as blue Walker these satellites have
solar arrays that are significantly larger and as a result they offer a broader coverage area
for each satellite it was in September of 2023 when as was able to successfully complete the
first ever 5G voice and data connection from an ordinary cell phone directly to a satellite in
low earth orbit it was possible for the test phone that they utilized to obtain download speeds of 14
megabits per second within a short period of time its numerous Partners which include amongst other
others Vodaphone AT&T and Nokia will be able to Avail themselves of this capability SpaceX will
also be competing with neighboring low earth orbit operator one web which provides mobile back hul
access to Enterprise customers this competition will take place in addition to as space mobile
another significant rival is global star which is the company that is providing the electricity for
Apple's new satellite emergency service to be more specific apple is covering 95 % of the expenses
that Global star will incur in order to refill its existing constellation these expenses will
amount to approximately $327 million for its part Apple intends to make use of 85% of the capacity
of global Stars Network in order to deliver the emergency service it is interesting to note that
SpaceX is presently soliciting a waiver from the FCC in order to use the 1610 through 16177 75 MHz
and 24 83.5 to 2500 MHz bands this would be in direct conflict with global star's near exclusive
rights for its iPhone service in the past SpaceX was also in competition with iridium which was a
company that collaborated with Qualcomm however in November of 2023 the two businesses announced
that they had reached an agreement to terminate their collaboration on the other hand SpaceX is
making another attempt to bring the latency of the starlink network down to less than 20
milliseconds are you unhappy with the latency that starlink provides according to Elon Musk
the CEO of SpaceX decreasing the amount of lag between satellite internet connections is now a
primary focus of the company as his business has begun deploying a new gen 3 starlink router that
is capable of supporting better wi-fi six speeds musk tweeted about the latency rates on Tuesday
with the details musk stated we are also super focused on getting latency below 20 milliseconds
if the user terminal and ground Gateway can both be seen by a single sat light he went on to say
that reaching a median latency of less than 30 milliseconds is definitely capable of being
accomplished starlink is a median download rate of approximately 60 milliseconds in the United
States is indicated by the data provided by UA's speed test compared to the 13 milliseconds and 30
milliseconds that fixed and mobile consumers are able to obtain respectively this is a much greater
value there is a possibility of experiencing lag as a consequence of the high latency on starlink
with which is particularly challenging for online gaming and live video streaming the promise that
musk is made to reduce the latency for starlink is not the first time he has made such a claim a
further tweet that he sent out in 2021 stated that the objective was to bring the latency down to 20
milliseconds and that advancements were on the way after that he went on to say that starlink
should make it possible for players to engage in competitive firstperson shooter games however
since that time the satellite internet system has had remarkable expansion going from having a mere
10,000 customers to having over 2.2 million users at the present time with 1.3 million of those
residing in the United States the expansion has occasionally caused star Link's capacity
to be stretched to its limits which has led to reduce speeds musk did not provide any additional
information in his tweet on Tuesday regarding the ways in which SpaceX intends to reduce the
lag on the other hand it is quite possible that the company is attempting to increase star Link's
capacity by carrying out additional satellite launches into orbit as well as by constructing
new ground Gateway stations internet data can subsequently be transmitted from these ground
stations to satellites and orbit which ultimately transmit the broadband connection to customers on
the ground the number of ground stations at SpaceX is expected to operate for starlink is currently
anticipated to be as high as 150 likewise a new set of facilities in Shanghai has been responsible
for the production of the first satellite for a second Chinese low earth orbit Communications Mega
constellation that is now the planning stages according to reports from the Chinese press on
Tuesday December 27th a new generation flat panel satellite was successfully rolled off the assembly
line at the G60 digital satellite production complex located in the song Xiang District of
Shanghai the satellite's the first of its kind for the G60 starlink Communications Mega constellation
which is located in low earth orbit an initial 108 satellites out of a total of approximately
12,000 G60 starlink satellites are scheduled to be deployed throughout the year meanwhile when
people think of space they picture it as vast and empty yet the environment that is close to
Earth is beginning to become more congested some governments and Commercial companies including
SpaceX and blue origin are planning to launch as many as 100 lunar missions over the course
of the next 10 years in comparison to the space that exists between Earth and the moon the level
of congestion in the near Earth orbit is even higher the distance from 100 to 500 M straight
up is significantly less than the distance to the Moon which is 240,000 MI at the moment there are
approximately 7,700 satellites that are just a few hundred miles away from the earth this figure has
the potential to increase to several hundred, by the year 20127 these satellites will be utilized
for a variety of purposes including the provision of internet access to developing nations and the
monitoring of agricultural practices in climate on Earth launch costs have been significantly reduced
by C such as SpaceX which has been the driving force behind this wave of activity in a statement
by space.com an expert in space launchers named Jonathan McDow said it's going to be
like an interstate highway during rush hour in a snowstorm with everyone driving much too fast all
of this activity results in the creation of risks and debris numerous items such as a feather golf
balls and boots have been left behind by humans on the moon these items include the remnants of
spacecraft such as rocket boosters or more than 50 crashed Landings about 100 bags of human waste and
a variety of other artifacts in total it amounts to about 200 tons of waste no one's accountable
for maintaining the cleanliness and orderliness of the Moon because it's not owned by anybody
defunk spacecraft spent rocket boosters and items that astronauts have dumped such as a toothbrush
a wrench and a glove are elements that contribute to the Clutter that may be found in Earth's orbit
there are also minute fragments of detrius such as paint specs that are included we estimate that
there are approximately 23,000 items that are larger than 10 cm and approximately 100 million
fragments of debris that are larger than 1 mm despite the fact that the debris is traveling
at a speed of 15,000 mes per hour which is 10 times faster than a bullet it may not appear
to be a significant problem even a single Speck of paint can cause a space suit to be punctured
or a delicate piece of electronic equipment to be destroyed when traveling at that speed since the
1960s there has been a massive rise in the amount of junk that is orbiting the earth a scenario was
described by a NASA scientist named Donald Kesler in 1978 in this scenario collisions between bits
of trash and orbit create additional junk and the amount of debris accumulates exponentially which
might potentially render near Earth orbit unusable researchers refer to this condition as the Kesler
syndrome according to the United Nations outer space Treaty of 1967 no Nation can own the
moon or any part of it and the treaty also states that celestial bodies should only be utilized for
peaceful purposes on the other hand the treaty does not address the issue of Corporations or
individuals and it does not specify how space resources can or cannot be distributed under
the terms of the United Nations Moon agreement from 1979 the moon and all its natural resources
were considered to be the collective inheritance of all of humanity nevertheless the United States
of America Russia and China never signed it and in 16 the United States Congress passed a law
that allowed the commercial space industry in the US to operate with relatively few limitations and
before because there is no regulation in place Space trash is an example of a tragedy of the
commons this includes when multiple interests have access to a common resource and the resource may
become depleted and unusable to everyone this is because no interest can prevent another interest
from overexploiting the resource according to the arguments of scientists the environment of
orbital space need to be regarded as a global comment that is deserving of protection by the
United Nations in order to prevent a tragedy of the Commons in late 2021 the lead author
of a nature article that argued for a Global Commons filed an amicus brief which is a sort
of outside remark expressing support or expertise on a matter that was brought before the United
States court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit the author and the people who
collaborated with him on the research claimed that environmental standards from the US ought
to be applied to the licensing of space launches in spite of this the court decided not to make a
decision regarding the environmental matter since it deemed the group to be without standing due to
the absence of regulations and the current gold rush approach to space exploration space debris
and rubbish will continue to build as will the challenges and hazards that are associated with
it having said that what happens when the space junk falls back to Earth comment your thoughts
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