May 6, 2021 08:39 EDT
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. s (SpaceX) Starlink internet constellation can deliver Internet download and upload speeds that exceed other satellite-based service providers and shows data gathered by Ookla. SpaceX is gradually building its satellite constellation to consist of thousands of satellites. Starlink is the world s first Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to operate thousands of satellites for Internet connectivity.
Starlink Delivers Better Internet Speeds Than Incumbent Satellite Internet Providers But Lags Behind Fixed Broadband For Latency
Ookla s report, which uses data from users data from Speedtest, provides median download, upload and latency speeds for Starlink. The internet service is currently in its beta stage and users all over the United States and Canada continue to test Starlink in this early rollout phase.
Watch – SpaceX sticks landing of Starship prototype mybroadband.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mybroadband.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Japanese startup to carry UAE lunar rover to Moon in 2022 By Keita Nakamura, KYODO NEWS - 8 hours ago - 14:14 | All, Japan
Japanese startup Ispace Inc. will deliver a lunar rover under development by the United Arab Emirates to the Moon next year in what will be the Arab world s first lunar mission.
Under the contract recently announced by the Tokyo-based space company and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, Dubai s governmental space agency, Ispace will also provide communications and power during the journey to the Moon and on its surface.
Supplied image shows a rendering of the United Arab Emirates Rashid lunar rover under development by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, a Dubai government agency which is part of the UAE space program. (Photo courtesy of MBRSC)(Kyodo)
Key Wireless Deadlines
NIST Requests Comment on its Mobile Device Security Practice Guide: The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) seeks comment on a draft of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-22, titled “Mobile Device Security: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).” The goal of this Practice Guide was to provide an example solution to help organizations use both a standards-based approach and commercially available technologies to help meet their security and privacy needs when permitting personally owned mobile devices to access enterprise resources. Comments are due by May 3.
FCC Requests Comment on the Bidding Procedures for the Auction of 2.5 GHz Band Licenses: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment via Public Notice on the proposed auction procedures for bidding to acquire licenses in Auction 108, which will offer approximately 8,300 geographic overlay license