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SpaceX Prepares for Air Force Test Connecting an Aircraft to its Starlink Satellite Internet
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"The tests are designed to demonstrate the ability to transmit to and receive information from (1) two stationary ground sites and (2) one airborne aircraft at one location, and would add to these (3) limited testing from a moving vehicle on the ground," SpaceX said.
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SpaceX is preparing to further test its Starlink satellite internet in a demonstration for the U.S. Air Force, the company revealed in a request to the Federal Communications Commission.
The company disclosed it is working with Ball Aerospace for this test, with the contractor providing antennas necessary to connect to "tactical aircraft."
The Starlink test is under the Air Force Research Laboratory's Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program, for which Ball was awarded a contract in August.
the inside of a building: Edwards Air Force Base is seen in California's Mojave Desert in this photo taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.© Provided by CNBC Edwards Air Force Base is seen in California's Mojave Desert in this photo taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to further test its Starlink satellite internet in a demonstration for the U.S. Air Force, the company revealed in a recent request to the Federal Communications Commission.
"SpaceX seeks to make minor modifications to its experimental authorization for additional test activities undertaken with the federal government," the company wrote to the FCC in a filing on Thursday.
"The tests are designed to demonstrate the ability to transmit to and receive information from (1) two stationary ground sites and (2) one airborne aircraft at one location, and would add to these (3) limited testing from a moving vehicle on the ground," SpaceX said.
Starlink is the company's capital-intensive project to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites, known in the space industry as a constellation, designed to deliver high-speed internet to consumers anywhere on the planet.
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SpaceX disclosed that for this test it is working with Ball Aerospace, a defense and space contractor, which will provide the antennas necessary for connecting Starlink satellites to an aircraft.
SpaceX noted that Ball specifically manufactures "conformal antennas for tactical aircraft" – meaning military jets."