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SpaceX has started testing video calls using regular smartphones via Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell technology. company on tuesday published On his page on the social network
SpaceX has started testing video calls using regular smartphones via Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell technology. company on tuesday published On his page on the social network X is a video in which he demonstrates how to make a video call between smartphones without any changes using Starlink satellite cellular communication.
“The first video call on X was via Starlink Direct to Cell satellites using unmodified smartphones”, says the company’s message. The demonstration was held near the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The search was made between two employees standing side by side.
According to Ben Longmier (Ben Longmier), SpaceX’s senior director of satellite design, the company began testing the video calling function last week after increasing the number of devices with support for cellular communications (Direct to Cell) in orbit from 6 to 38. Accordingly, the speed of connections using unmodified Android-based smartphones can reach 17 Mbps.
First video call started @X completed via @Starlink Direct from unmodified mobile phones to Cell satellites!
We are experiencing the excitement of living together @T mobile later this year 🛰️🌎 pic.twitter.com/v4nA5B75EX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 21, 2024
SpaceX plans to launch Starlink satellite cellular service for T-Mobile customers in the US by the end of this year; This service allows them to send messages, make calls and connect to the Internet in remote areas where traditional base stations do not provide coverage. However, as before, SpaceX could not obtain the necessary approval from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Perhaps the latest video demonstration of video communications will help convince US regulators to green light commercial use of the technology.
Starlink’s satellite cellular service is reportedly actively opposed by rival company Omnispace. He claims that SpaceX’s Starlink cellular system produces radio interference. According to him, this could lead to the risk of disruption of other satellite systems. Last year, Omnispace petitioned the FCC to step in and force SpaceX to halt testing. The FCC has so far declined to comment.
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