System Starlink the SpaceX it is still in the testing phase, but the technology is already good enough to allow for a video call!
The company's Elon Musk, in fact, shared a video in-X, which shows the calling of the first videos to be carried out by satellites Starlink Directly to the Cell, by using mobile phones to pamodifikuar. The demonstration took place at the offices of the company in Redmond, Washington. A member of the staff made smartfonin the satellites Starlink, which orbitonin hundreds of miles away.
A video call from space
Despite the distance, the phone is intelligent, he was able to establish a connection and to enter the function call, a video of the X's. Even though the video quality was a bit poor, and the duration was short, it was a historic moment is important for SpaceX. One of the two phones, and, in fact, be connected to the the network-satellite Starlinkwhile the other was connected to a ring of a normal cell.
While the quality of the images on the demo wasn't exactly perfect, and the views were to be short and to the fact that a phone was capable of was a phone call with a smartphone in the second to connect to a cellular network, the traditional is an important step. SpaceX is working to improve the quality and reliability of service, by increasing the number of satellites Starlink dedicated for mobile phones.
According to him, the director of the top of a SpaceX Ben Longmier, the company has recently increased the number of satellites and a mobile Starlink six in January, in the 38th week of the previous year. This is an increase in the coverage and the capacity of the system, it must be translated into better performance for the user, final customers.
Video calls via satellite, with Starlink's future is near
Demo of the video call via the Starlink following a test of the previous march, in which a speed of the download of the 17 Mbps was measured on a smartphone pamodifikuar Android. These results promise the show that SpaceX is making progress on the concrete toward the goal to provide connectivity to the global, reliable, and accessible through a network, be it satellite.
As the technology is Starlink developed and tested on further calls, video, satellite, can become a reality of everyday life. SpaceX is pour the foundation for a revolution in the country, making it possible for people to connect, anywhere in the world, but without the infrastructure on the ground.
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