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@JohnBarentine

One more thing the capitalists have stolen from us - the night sky:

"Brightness statistics for #satellites of the #Starlink, #BlueBird, #Qianfan, #Guowang and #OneWeb constellations are reported. Nearly all these #spacecraft exceed the magnitude 7+ brightness limit pertaining to interference with professional #research. Most also exceed the magnitude 6 reference where they distract from aesthetic appreciation of the night sky."

Eutelsat plans to supply Ukraine with satellite connectivity amid Starlink uncertainty.

Eutelsat, which owns OneWeb, a competitor to Starlink, stated that it is “actively collaborating with European institutions and business partners,” adding that it has equipment that can be “deployed swiftly in Ukraine to connect the most critical missions and infrastructures.”

mediafaro.org/article/20250304

Euromaidan press · Eutelsat plans to supply Ukraine with satellite connectivity amid Starlink uncertainty.Eutelsat, which owns OneWeb, a competitor to Starlink, stated that it is “actively collaborating with European institutions and business partners,” adding that it has equipment that can be “deployed swiftly …

About to begin our #RightsCon25 session about "Cross-Border Data Flows and Connectivity in Conflict Zones: A Role for Satellite Internet?" We'll be speaking about #LEOs systems such as #Starlink and #OneWeb - and what role they can - and can not - play in conflict zone. Looking forward to a great conversation!

Session is at (you need to be registered to view): rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightsco

#Europe already is working on their own system, called #IRIS2. Application focus apparently already broadened from government/corporate use to B2C.

defence-industry-space.ec.euro

While French #Eutelsat is building a consumer system with Airbus. They recently announced world’s first 5G non-terrestrial network connection (straight to phone, no terminal required), leveraging #OneWeb LEO satellites.

mediatek.com/press-room/eutels

Defence Industry and SpaceIRIS² | Secure ConnectivityIRIS² | Secure Connectivity

Anyone able to share their experience moving away from #StarLink? (Assume fibre and cellular Internet are not available.) #ProjectKuiper doesn’t seem to be ready yet, and it feels only marginally better to be paying Bezos. #OneWeb doesn’t seem to serve domestic customers. Geostationary services vary around the world by their nature - if you have it, do you have trouble with the latency? Here we seem to have services provided by Eutelsat, who apparently have no qualms still operating in Russia…