The Commission intends the constellation to start offering services by 2030 to cover Europe and the whole of Africa, and to boost communications diversity and resilience
Stories about sabotaged and threatened subsea cables abound, but there are silver linings too as space comms look destined to move from radio to lasers
The non-terrestrial network economy is extraordinary commercial opportunity for those who prepare themselves now, just as the competion really starts to heat up
The test, if successful, will show that Starlink satellites can operate at up to eight times the capacity currently allowed by the ITU’s EPFD limit, while still protecting geostationary satellites