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Upgraded Starlink satellites include large, advanced phase array antennas, to enable the direct-to-cell service.
Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has issued a special permission to cellular network operator T-Mobile and SpaceX to use the Starlink system’s new direct-to-cell capability in areas affected by Hurricane Helene, which has disrupted terrestrial telecommunication services in some part of the...
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