SpaceX has efficiently despatched and obtained textual content messages utilizing its Starlink satellites. This achievement comes simply six days after SpaceX’s launch of their first Starlink satellites geared up with direct-to-cell capabilities.
In line with a publish from SpaceX on X (previously Twitter), a number of textual content messages had been transmitted between unmodified cell telephones on earth and SpaceX’s newly launched Starlink satellites in low-earth orbit. The exams had been performed utilizing T-Cell’s community within the US.
The corporate didn’t share what that first textual content messages mentioned.
The SpaceX group despatched and obtained our first textual content messages by our Direct to Cell satellites simply six days after launch → https://t.co/wMHDtCbRXA pic.twitter.com/0tUYnIqaem
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 10, 2024
The brand new Starlink satellites are geared up with expertise that enables them to speak utilizing 4G expertise through an LTE modem onboard. What makes the function outstanding is that it may be used with any fashionable cellular phone with out the necessity for modification.
This primary profitable take a look at paves the best way for SpaceX to supply a direct-to-cell textual content service later this 12 months, with plans to increase into voice, knowledge, and Web of Issues companies by 2025.
SpaceX’s collaboration extends past T-Cell, with partnerships with Rogers in Canada, Japan, Australia, and different nations. This international community ensures that clients of those carriers can entry the Starlink direct-to-cell service wherever protection is offered.