| From: Sr K | 4/16/2024 7:55:10 PM | | | | | | LATEST
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Musk’s Starlink Cracks Down on Growing Black Market
Users who access the satellite internet service in Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa, where it hasn’t been authorized, receive notice they will be disconnected
By
Nicholas Bariyo
in Kampala, Uganda,
Gabriele Steinhauser
and
Alexandra Wexler
in Johannesburg and
Micah Maidenberg
in Washington
Updated April 16, 2024 3:12 pm ET
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A Starlink device on a roof in South Africa; South Africa’s telecommunications regulator has said that use of Starlink is illegal there.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has begun a crackdown on users who are connecting to its Starlink high-speed internet service from countries where it hasn’t been authorized—taking steps to close an expanding black market for the company’s satellite kits highlighted by a recent Wall Street Journal investigation.
Starlink customers in Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa have received email notifications from the company in recent days, warning that their access to the service would be terminated by the end of the month. The emails, viewed by the Journal, noted that using Starlink in areas where it hasn’t been approved by local regulators was against the company’s terms of service.
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| From: Eric | 4/22/2024 6:28:34 PM | | | | | | News
SpaceX launches two Starlink missions just over 24 hours apart Booster 1080 launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit
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By Richard Angle
Posted on April 22, 2024
Last week SpaceX launched two Starlink missions from Florida just over 24 hours apart, sending a total of 46 satellites to orbit.
The missions took place from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center and Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station respectively.
Both missions were a part of the Group 6 Starlink shell (Group 51 and 52) and were inserted into a 43-degree orbital inclination.....
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| To: Savant who wrote (2511) | 4/22/2024 7:09:51 PM | | From: kidl | | | | All of this is a much longer and MUCH more expensive road than we are made to believe.
I can't keep but wonder if going back to the moon or going to Mars isn't more than a totally unnecessary adventure / a way to keep an essentially useless industry alive.
Wouldn't we be much better of improving conditions right here on earth instead of escaping to ridiculously "unfriendly" places?
Just think of what these countless billions of dollars could do to fix our earthly problems. |
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| To: kidl who wrote (2513) | 4/22/2024 7:18:30 PM | | From: Savant | | | | OT......k, I'm surprised that you think earth's problems can be solved...
given the history of the humanoid race....
The future doesn't look to be any different...
but
time will tell
So, why not spend the money on the off chance it **MIGHT** be different on other astral bodies
personally, I doubt it though.
Now, on a somewhat positive note...there are many technical off shoots from the space industry that we mortals benefit from..
take for example the miracle of the Fisher space pen...lol |
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