{"id":276955,"date":"2024-01-10T19:28:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=276955"},"modified":"2024-01-10T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:58:26","slug":"first-set-of-satellites-with-direct-to-cell-capabilities-launched-by-spacex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/first-set-of-satellites-with-direct-to-cell-capabilities-launched-by-spacex\/","title":{"rendered":"First set of satellites with direct to-cell capabilities launched by SpaceX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article <strong>\u201cSpaceX launches first set of satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe Economic Times\u201d<\/strong> on 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0January 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in news?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, SpaceX successfully launched the <strong>first set of\u00a0Starlink satellites\u00a0<\/strong>equipped with <strong>direct-to-cell capabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These Starlink satellites can<strong> beam phone signals from space directly to smartphones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.indianexpress.com\/2024\/01\/SpaceX-launch-20230103.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SpaceX used its Falcon 9 rocket to launch the 21 satellites.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Source-Indian Express<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What is direct-to-cell satellite technology?<\/h2>\n<p>1) Direct-to-cell technology <strong>allows for the direct transmission of communication signals<\/strong>, including text messages, voice, and data, from space-based satellites <strong>to mobile devices (cell phones),<\/strong> without conventional ground-based infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>2) The technology will also<strong> connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices<\/strong> with common LTE mobile standards.<\/p>\n<p>3) This is <strong>beneficial in remote or underserved areas<\/strong>, where setting up conventional terrestrial networks can be difficult or economically impractical.<\/p>\n<p>4) Japan&#8217;s KDDI, Australia&#8217;s Optus, New Zealand&#8217;s One NZ, Canada&#8217;s Rogers will collaborate with SpaceX to launch direct-to-cell technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is based on the article \u201cSpaceX launches first set of satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0\u201cThe Economic Times\u201d on 4th\u00a0January 2024. Why in news? Recently, SpaceX successfully launched the first set of\u00a0Starlink satellites\u00a0equipped with direct-to-cell capabilities. These Starlink satellites can beam phone signals from space directly to smartphones. What is direct-to-cell satellite technology?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/first-set-of-satellites-with-direct-to-cell-capabilities-launched-by-spacex\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First set of satellites with direct to-cell capabilities launched by SpaceX<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-276955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":13,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704913219},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}