TECH - SpaceX Now Has Over 100 Starlink Satellites In Orbit With Direct To Cell Capabilities: T-Mobile Users To Gain Access Later This Year | Benzinga
After a successful Starlink mission launch on Wednesday, Elon Musk‘s SpaceX currently has over 100 Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit with Direct to Cell capabilities.
What Happened: On Wednesday, SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of which have Direct to Cell capabilities, raising the total number of such satellites in orbit to over 100.
Each of these satellites features a modem functioning as a cell tower in space, aiming to provide users with global access to texting, calling, and internet browsing using standard LTE phones, without requiring additional hardware, software, or apps.
“With over 100 Direct to Cell satellites now launched, ...