EUSPA is linking GOVSATCOM services with authorised government users📡
For fire brigades, police, military, coast guard and other authorised users, this pooling of secure #SatCom services means they won’t need to find and book them directly from the service providers – a process that could delay emergency response efforts. By always having some SatCom services reserved for EU Member States, GOVSATCOM reduces the risk of commercial services being unavailable.
PAN/NEMESIS is a spacecraft eavesdropping other satellites, providing the Office of FORNSAT a ‘site in the sky’ when denied a site on the ground for collection. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3095/1 #SatCom
Of course I'm very concerned about all #blackout of #communications from #Gaza & inability for #journalists to report to public, from the ground. My bigger worries about this intentional communications blackout is that it affects all #HumanitarianAid organizing communications & all on the ground #emergency#rescue communications. Those are the most important communications ATM for all civilians & aid workers, trapped under constant siege bombardment.
@msquebanh AFAICT, connectivity of the most critical parts is still up and running.
#UNHCR and others have multiple #SATCOM links and with line-of-sight to #Egypt connectivity to their #Mobile networks is still possible and working, espechally near #Rafah...
#GSM allows about 38km LOS connectivity, so abusing a #Satellite dish and shoving an #LTE stick should provide connectivity to #Israel|i and Egyptian Networks anywhere with LOS to a tower...
So in addition to cluttering up low earth orbit, wrecking terrestrial astronomy, creating the potential for a Kessler Syndrome cascade which could close access to space, and creating a national security nightmare, Starlink internet access is a climate catastrophe using up to 30 times more carbon footprint per internet subscriber than land based internet.
Heads up!
Major #SATCOM outage.
4F1 - 143E - APAC #Inmarsat seems to be down for both C-Band and L-Band.
We have double checked our systems and best we can tell, the classic AERO signal for both bands is just gone.
@Syulang@mekkaokereke@carnage4life
Which is why #LiFi is being researched and why #esa and others literally do the closest they can do to fiberoptics in space: Actively-tracked optical links and bridges between satellites...
In short: unless it's a constantly moving vehicle or vessel that has to operate far away from any permanent settlement or shores, there's hardly any need that justifies #SATCOM amidst the high cost, high latency and low bandwiths.
I've been asked a lot recently what I would do if I won the lotto. Most of my responses are white bread boring, pay off the houses, cars, upgrade a few things. But being the #SatCom nut that I am, I would definitely purchase this place, renovate it, USE it, and have a blast.
Can you imagine reading someone's resume that says they hacked the government's satellite in space? This is #infosec folks wet dream. A SpaceX rocket ferrying cargo to the International Space Station on Sunday had a special little payload that will remain in orbit:
AST BlueWalker 3 satellites, which are providing Starlink V2-like (which are likely going to be larger/brighter than v1) functionality, have an average brightness near zenith of 1.4.
This compares to 4.7, 6.2 and 5.5 for Original, VisorSat and Post-VisorSat models of Starlink v1 satellites.