From PC Mag: The US Navy says it's “on the cusp” of using SpaceX’s Starlink technology to bring satellite internet connectivity to ships across its fleet and at bases.
Starlink has been powering a Navy program called Sailor Edge Afloat and Ashore (SEA2), which aims to update its satellite communication systems, according to the US Defense Department.
US military ships previously relied on six geostationary satellites from the Pentagon that orbited the Earth at 22,300 miles away, but provided slow speeds. In response, the Navy has been testing harnessing low-Earth orbiting satellites from SpaceX’s Starlink and the UK’s Eutelsat OneWeb to deliver faster speeds.
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