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Bloomberg: Elon Musk's Starlink Successfully Completes US Air Force Tests in Arctic
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service successfully completed nine months of US military tests in the Arctic, potentially clearing the way for owner Elon Musk to deepen his ties with the Pentagon in a region of growing strategic competition.
The previously undisclosed testing found that StarLink to be a “reliable and high-performance communications system in the Arctic, including on-the-move applications,” Brian Beal, principal engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Integrated Capabilities Directorate, said in a statement to Bloomberg News.
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He now has powerful allies in the government.
ReplyDeleteWow. Internet works in the cold. How many millions spent to learn that? More than I want to know
ReplyDelete7:13 PM- It's actually pretty severe. Thule Greenland operates in 100 mph plus winds, and the 5th highest wind ever recorded was on Thule. The terrain up there is bad and cold.
ReplyDeleteThe lowest temp was -93 degrees Fahrenheit.
That's bad in my book!