TheStreet by Ian Krietzberg 10/4/2023
Elon Musk's space exploration company wants to test a new piece of technology.Faced with ongoing barriers to the second, much-anticipated test flight of SpaceX's Starship project, the world's leading private space company is looking to make good on a slightly different experiment. SpaceX, according to documentation, has requested a "Special Temporary Authority" from the Federal Communications Commission to launch its Gen2 satellites.
The goal, according to the filing, is to "launch and test its non-geostationary orbit NGSO second generation Gen2 satellites with direct-to-cellular communications payloads to connect unmodified cellular phones directly to SpaceX Gen2 satellites."
The effort, made in conjunction with telecommunications giant T-Mobile (TMUS) - Get Free Report, is meant eventually to entirely eliminate cellular "dead zones," ensuring 100% cellular connectivity through Starlink, all the time.
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