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Here’s how it works. Starlink is the name of a satellite network developed by the private spaceflight company SpaceX to provide low-cost internet to remote locations. A Starlink satellite has a ...

The satellite network is part of a proposed ¥8.5 trillion defense budget, equivalent to almost $59 billion, for the fiscal year starting in April 2025, up 7.4% from the current year. Under soon ...

Verizon is the next big phone company to launch a satellite messaging service — and it’s coming soon. Starting this fall, the service will let “certain smartphones” access emergency ...

It's unclear if the ESA will study the Salsa satellite’s demise for its effects on the Ozone layer. The space agency didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. But after the ESA ...

When the iPhone 14 launched, one of its key talking points was its satellite connectivity. In case of an emergency, the iPhone 14 series could connect to a low-orbit satellite and send an SOS ...

On Sept. 8, 2024, a satellite named Salsa will re-enter the atmosphere and burn up safely over a hand-picked region of the South Pacific — if all goes to plan. On Sept. 8, 2024, a satellite ...

Boeing’s satellite maker Millennium Space Systems will soon have a new CEO. Jason Kim, the executive who held the position for nearly four years, has departed the company, TechCrunch has learned.

Apple's iOS 18 brings a major feature to iPhone users: the ability to send messages via satellite. This expansion of the SOS via satellite feature, first introduced with the iPhone 14, now allows ...

Following Apple, Verizon is preparing to offer its own satellite-based messaging service so customers can reach emergency services when in cellular dead zones. “Starting this fall, customers on ...

Space X’s Starlink has partnered exclusively with T-Mobile for a year to offer Direct to Cell satellite connectivity to users. After this period, Starlink will open up its satellite service to ...