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Guess #France isn't interested in #Starshield for military comms

France Awards Eutelsat €138 Million Contract to Provide Secure Communications

https://europeanspaceflight.com/france-awards-eutelsat-e138-million-contract-to-provide-secure-communications

@vsamsondc.bsky.social‬
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Guess #France isn't interested in #Starshield for military comms

France Awards Eutelsat €138 Million Contract to Provide Secure Communications

https://europeanspaceflight.com/france-awards-eutelsat-e138-million-contract-to-provide-secure-communications

SpaceX to launch 2 Starshield satellites during Saturday night Starlink mission
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=spacex-to-launch-2-starshield-satellites-during-saturday-night-starlink-mission
<p>The mission represents a rare public announcement of the launch of SpaceX’s Starshield satellites
#satellites #starshield #saturday #starlink

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116642982275342514

SpaceX asked the military to pay $25,000 for #Starshield access on each kamikaze drone. The Pentagon, which previously paid $5,000 for each connection, ultimately agreed to pay it. Pentagon officials asked SpaceX about providing #Iranians with direct-to-cell 📱 service. #SpaceX proposed charging $500 million to launch the capability, along with a $100 million 💰 monthly fee

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116642982275342514

SpaceX asked the military to pay $25,000 for #Starshield access on each kamikaze drone. The Pentagon, which previously paid $5,000 for each connection, ultimately agreed to pay it. Pentagon officials asked SpaceX about providing #Iranians with direct-to-cell 📱 service. #SpaceX proposed charging $500 million to launch the capability, along with a $100 million 💰 monthly fee

Imperium Totalne. Musk łączy SpaceX z xAI i X, by stworzyć firmę wartą bilion dolarów

Jeśli myśleliście, że Elon Musk ma za dużo firm, to właśnie postanowił uprościć strukturę.

Reuters donosi o poufnych rozmowach w sprawie fuzji SpaceX i xAI. Plan jest szalony i genialny zarazem: stworzyć technologicznego potwora, który pod jednym dachem będzie miał rakiety, globalny internet, media społecznościowe i najpotężniejszą sztuczną inteligencję. A potem? Potem wejść z tym na giełdę.

Wszystko w jednym worku

Do tej pory imperium Muska było rozsypane jak klocki Lego. SpaceX robiło rakiety, xAI robiło czatbota Grok, a X (dawny Twitter) próbował przetrwać jako platforma społecznościowa (będąca już własnością xAI). Teraz te klocki mają zostać złożone w jedną całość. Według źródeł Reutersa, nowa struktura zakłada wymianę akcji xAI na akcje SpaceX.

Co to oznacza w praktyce? Powstaje podmiot, który kontroluje:

• Transport kosmiczny (monopolista SpaceX).
• Globalną łączność (Starlink).
• Obieg informacji i danych (Platforma X).
• Sztuczną inteligencję (xAI/Grok).

Cel finansowy jest jasny: IPO stulecia. SpaceX już teraz wyceniane jest na 800 mld dolarów, a xAI na 230 mld. Połączony podmiot celuje w wycenę powyżej 1 biliona dolarów na starcie. Swoją drogą, brzmi jak kontynuacja rywalizacji z Samem Altmanem, który ma plan na bilionowe IPO, o czym pisaliśmy wcześniej.

Ostateczny test dla Sama Altmana. Imperator AI idzie va banque: sojusz z Trumpem i bilion dolarów na stole

Serwerownie na orbicie?

Ale fuzja ma też (zaskakujące) uzasadnienie techniczne. Musk w Davos rzucił hasło, które wielu uznało za żart: „Najtańszym miejscem dla AI będzie kosmos”. Okazuje się, że to nie żart, a strategia. Budowa centrów danych na Ziemi jest drogą przez mękę: brakuje prądu, a chłodzenie pochłania jeziora wody. W kosmosie:

• Energia ze słońca jest darmowa i nielimitowana (brak chmur, nocy).
• Chłodzenie jest darmowe (próżnia i niskie temperatury).
• Łączność zapewnia Starlink.

Połączenie SpaceX i xAI ma przyspieszyć projekt umieszczania superkomputerów na orbicie. To brzmi jak science-fiction, ale przy obecnych kosztach energii na Ziemi, może okazać się jedynym sposobem na dalsze skalowanie AI.

Pentagon zaciera ręce

Jest jeszcze trzeci gracz przy tym stole: Armia USA. SpaceX już teraz buduje dla wywiadu sieć satelitów szpiegowskich Starshield. Pentagon chce, by te satelity nie tylko „patrzyły”, ale też „rozumiały”. Wstrzyknięcie technologii xAI (Grok) bezpośrednio do infrastruktury SpaceX pozwoli wojskowym na błyskawiczną analizę danych z orbity. Sekretarz Obrony USA Pete Hegseth wizytował niedawno bazę SpaceX i mówił wprost o „integracji Groka z sieciami wojskowymi”.

Ryzyko? Gigantyczne

Dla inwestorów to marzenie, ale i ryzyko. Łączenie tak różnych biznesów (stabilne, rządowe kontrakty SpaceX vs. chaotyczne, konsumenckie media społecznościowe X) to karkołomne zadanie. Analitycy przypominają fuzję Tesli z SolarCity – ruch, który uratował tę drugą firmę, ale na lata obciążył Teslę. Czy tym razem chodzi o ratowanie X przy pomocy pieniędzy z rakiet? A może o to, by SpaceX stało się pierwszą firmą w historii, która nie tylko podbije Marsa, ale też będzie wiedziała, co myślimy, zanim tam dotrzemy?

Jedno jest pewne: jeśli ta fuzja dojdzie do skutku, Musk stworzy firmę o władzy, jakiej nie miał żaden korporacyjny byt w historii.

SpaceX's Military Project It Doesn't Want You to Know About - Starshield
by Astrum
https://youtu.be/rKBaoB9aFFc
#musk #starlink #starshield #military #ukraine

NRO, SpaceX launch reconnaissance satellites from Vandenberg

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/01/16/live-coverage-nro-spacex-to-launch-reconnaissance-satellites-from-vandenberg/

NRO, SpaceX launch reconnaissance satellites from Vandenberg

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/01/16/live-coverage-nro-spacex-to-launch-reconnaissance-satellites-from-vandenberg/

#Meta indique avoir sécurisé 6,6 gigawatts d’énergie nucléaire
https://next.ink/brief_article/meta-indique-avoir-securise-66-gigawatts-denergie-nucleaire/

Six câbles sous-marins endommagés dans la mer Baltique ces derniers jours
https://next.ink/218410/six-cables-sous-marins-endommages-dans-la-mer-baltique-ces-derniers-jours/

L’ #Iran se coupe d’Internet et brouille les communications #Starlink
https://next.ink/218560/liran-se-coupe-dinternet-et-brouille-les-communications-starlink/

Selon #IranWire et les déclarations de l’expert sur l’Iran, ce type d’interférence « n’avait jamais été observé en 20 ans de recherche […] la technologie impliquée est très sophistiquée et de qualité militaire, et a probablement été fournie au gouvernement par la #Russie ou la #Chine, si elle n’a pas été développée au niveau national ».

#starshield

#Meta indique avoir sécurisé 6,6 gigawatts d’énergie nucléaire
https://next.ink/brief_article/meta-indique-avoir-securise-66-gigawatts-denergie-nucleaire/

Six câbles sous-marins endommagés dans la mer Baltique ces derniers jours
https://next.ink/218410/six-cables-sous-marins-endommages-dans-la-mer-baltique-ces-derniers-jours/

L’ #Iran se coupe d’Internet et brouille les communications #Starlink
https://next.ink/218560/liran-se-coupe-dinternet-et-brouille-les-communications-starlink/

Selon #IranWire et les déclarations de l’expert sur l’Iran, ce type d’interférence « n’avait jamais été observé en 20 ans de recherche […] la technologie impliquée est très sophistiquée et de qualité militaire, et a probablement été fournie au gouvernement par la #Russie ou la #Chine, si elle n’a pas été développée au niveau national ».

#starshield

#ArsTechnica:
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US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
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"It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/us-spy-satellites-built-by-spacex-send-signals-in-the-wrong-direction/

14.11.2025

#downlink #ISED #ITU #NASA #NOAA #NRO #NTIA #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #sattv #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Starlink #Starshield #uplink #USA

#ArsTechnica:
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US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
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"It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/us-spy-satellites-built-by-spacex-send-signals-in-the-wrong-direction/

14.11.2025

#downlink #ISED #ITU #NASA #NOAA #NRO #NTIA #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #sattv #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Starlink #Starshield #uplink #USA

Unlike many in the #ttrpgCommunity, my first #ttrpg wasn't #dnd, but instead was #MERP. From there I moved on to #Dragonlance Fifth Age, then #Starshield, then #WorldOfDarkness. What was your first #RPG?

Unlike many in the #ttrpgCommunity, my first #ttrpg wasn't #dnd, but instead was #MERP. From there I moved on to #Dragonlance Fifth Age, then #Starshield, then #WorldOfDarkness. What was your first #RPG?

Es ist ein gigantischer Fehler, Unternehmen von #elonmusk auf Staatenebene zu vertrauen ... #starshield #x #tesla #swasticar

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zv657bpskxtjkvbdd5wymjam/post/3m3roccku2r2o

Secret #SpaceX #satellites are transmitting mysterious signals on the wrong spectrum — a classified network caught sending data on the uplink frequency
#Starshield's unusual transmissions have the potential to interfere with other scientific and commercial satellites, warns Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker in Canada who first spotted the signals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5575254/spacex-starshield-starlink-signal

Secret #SpaceX #satellites are transmitting mysterious signals on the wrong spectrum — a classified network caught sending data on the uplink frequency
#Starshield's unusual transmissions have the potential to interfere with other scientific and commercial satellites, warns Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker in Canada who first spotted the signals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5575254/spacex-starshield-starlink-signal

#WinFuture:
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Geheime SpaceX-Satelliten funken auf verbotenen Frequenzen
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"Ein Netzwerk streng geheimer Satelliten des US-Raumfahrtunternehmens SpaceX sorgt derzeit für Unruhe unter Experten. Denn sie senden Signale auf Frequenzen, die sie in dieser Form eigentlich gar nicht nutzen dürfen."

https://winfuture.de/news,154354.html

20.10.2025

#downlink #ITU #NRO #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Starlink #Starshield #uplink #USA

#WinFuture:
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Geheime SpaceX-Satelliten funken auf verbotenen Frequenzen
"
"Ein Netzwerk streng geheimer Satelliten des US-Raumfahrtunternehmens SpaceX sorgt derzeit für Unruhe unter Experten. Denn sie senden Signale auf Frequenzen, die sie in dieser Form eigentlich gar nicht nutzen dürfen."

https://winfuture.de/news,154354.html

20.10.2025

#downlink #ITU #NRO #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Starlink #Starshield #uplink #USA

Oopphhss! SpaceX Busted!

SpaceX’s classified satellite constellation Starshield used primarily by the US military for Earth observation and communications was discovered sending data back to Earth using the 2025 to 2110 MHz spectrum which is reserved for satellite uplinks.

These actions by SpaceX can potentially cause interference with other nearby commercial, scientific, or military satellites.

SpaceX currently has more than 200 satellites in Starshield operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/secret-spacex-satellites-are-transmitting-mysterious-signals-on-the-wrong-spectrum-a-classified-network-caught-sending-data-on-the-uplink-frequency?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other #Space #SpaceX #Starshield #USGov #Military #Satellites

Oopphhss! SpaceX Busted!

SpaceX’s classified satellite constellation Starshield used primarily by the US military for Earth observation and communications was discovered sending data back to Earth using the 2025 to 2110 MHz spectrum which is reserved for satellite uplinks.

These actions by SpaceX can potentially cause interference with other nearby commercial, scientific, or military satellites.

SpaceX currently has more than 200 satellites in Starshield operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/secret-spacex-satellites-are-transmitting-mysterious-signals-on-the-wrong-spectrum-a-classified-network-caught-sending-data-on-the-uplink-frequency?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other #Space #SpaceX #Starshield #USGov #Military #Satellites

"It's unclear what the #satellite constellation is up to. #Starlink, SpaceX's public satellite internet network, operates at much higher frequencies to enable the transmission of broadband data. '#SpaceX is smart and savvy. It's possible they decided to just do it and ask forgiveness later.'"

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5575254/spacex-starshield-starlink-signal

#Starshield #Space #RFI

"It's unclear what the #satellite constellation is up to. #Starlink, SpaceX's public satellite internet network, operates at much higher frequencies to enable the transmission of broadband data. '#SpaceX is smart and savvy. It's possible they decided to just do it and ask forgiveness later.'"

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5575254/spacex-starshield-starlink-signal

#Starshield #Space #RFI

SpaceX’s Starshield satellites are reportedly transmitting signals on unauthorized frequencies

SpaceX may be violating international telecommunication standards by allowing its Starshield satellites to transmit to Earth on frequencies…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #frequencies #InternationalTelecommunicationUnion #Satellitecommunication #Science #ScottTilley #SpaceX #spysatellites #Starshield #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/207825/

#Classified satellite network is emitting a mysterious signal…
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5575254/spacex-starshield-starlink-signal
"Use of those frequencies to #downlink data runs counter to standards set by the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency that seeks to coordinate the use of radio #spectrum globally. #Starshield's unusual transmissions have the potential to interfere with other scientific & commercial satellites, warns Scott Tilley, an amateur #satellite tracker in Canada who first spotted the #signals."

"A constellation of classified defense satellites built by the commercial company SpaceX is emitting a mysterious signal that may violate international standards."

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5575254/spacex-starshield-starlink-signal

via @npr

#SpaceX #StarShield #StarLink #satellite #space #radio

"A constellation of classified defense satellites built by the commercial company SpaceX is emitting a mysterious signal that may violate international standards."

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5575254/spacex-starshield-starlink-signal

via @npr

#SpaceX #StarShield #StarLink #satellite #space #radio

The shift marks a pivot away from reliance on Musk's #SpaceX, whose #Starlink & #Starshield #satellite networks have become central to #US #military communications.

It comes amid a deteriorating relationship between #Trump & #Musk, which culminated in a public falling-out on June 5. Even before the spat, ofcls at the #Pentagon & White House had begun exploring alternatives to SpaceX, wary of over-reliance on a single partner for huge portions of the ambitious, $175B space-based #defense shield…

The shift marks a pivot away from reliance on Musk's #SpaceX, whose #Starlink & #Starshield #satellite networks have become central to #US #military communications.

It comes amid a deteriorating relationship between #Trump & #Musk, which culminated in a public falling-out on June 5. Even before the spat, ofcls at the #Pentagon & White House had begun exploring alternatives to SpaceX, wary of over-reliance on a single partner for huge portions of the ambitious, $175B space-based #defense shield…

Beyond launch: SpaceX’s expanding role in U.S. defense

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/spacexs-expanding-role-in-u-s-defense/

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Starshield #Satellite #Insurance

comics.lucentinian.com/6715
#Jokes #AIHumor #Laughs #AIComedy #AIGeneratedJokes

Hey guys, Daniel Suguwa here! Today is my 19th live stream, let's watch SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket - Starshield NROL-192 mission (USA-499 - USA-518) launch mission right here! :D

Stream link: https://youtube.com/live/vl7cYRUczug

#danielsuguwa #sarawakvtuber #borneovtuber #livestream #spacex #nro #starshield #spysatellites #nrol192

Then there’s the #taxes, of course.

The billionaires don’t want to pay them, and Trump is amenable to that.

Scott Bessent, nominated for Treasury Secretary, said “the most important economic issue of the day”
was making sure tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy stayed in place.

Bessent is accused of being a tax dodge himself.

Mass privatization could make things even more profitable for the tech industry

But that’s all small potatoes.

The real money is in the #military.
The venture capitalist Marc Andreessen
— also a board member of Meta and major investor in X
— has been recruiting Trump administration staffers and even influencing Defense Department and intelligence agency hiring, The Washington Post reports.

As usual, he’s given the game away by bragging about it on a podcast.

Silicon Valley investors generally have been bullish on defense tech like industry poster children #Anduril and #Palantir.

(a16z is a major Anduril backer, and both companies are founded and owned by some of the Valley’s earliest MAGA faithful.)

They want to shift Pentagon spending away from old-school contractors like Lockheed Martin,
which appears to be so freaked out that when the “Big Tech Alert” X account noted it had unfollowed Musk,
the Lockheed account DM’d to say it was “inadvertent.”

Musk’s #SpaceX has a number of contracts with the US military and intelligence agencies,
including the so-called #Starshield satellites.

He’s used his influence to meddle in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and has even reportedly taken phone calls from Vladimir Putin.

The military’s interest in artificial intelligence has also inspired a new race for everything from
building out data centers to providing cloud computing.

Musk’s #xAI, something of an also-ran next to OpenAI, Meta, and Google, could legitimize itself with DoD contracts.

Then there’s the #taxes, of course.

The billionaires don’t want to pay them, and Trump is amenable to that.

Scott Bessent, nominated for Treasury Secretary, said “the most important economic issue of the day”
was making sure tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy stayed in place.

Bessent is accused of being a tax dodge himself.

Mass privatization could make things even more profitable for the tech industry

But that’s all small potatoes.

The real money is in the #military.
The venture capitalist Marc Andreessen
— also a board member of Meta and major investor in X
— has been recruiting Trump administration staffers and even influencing Defense Department and intelligence agency hiring, The Washington Post reports.

As usual, he’s given the game away by bragging about it on a podcast.

Silicon Valley investors generally have been bullish on defense tech like industry poster children #Anduril and #Palantir.

(a16z is a major Anduril backer, and both companies are founded and owned by some of the Valley’s earliest MAGA faithful.)

They want to shift Pentagon spending away from old-school contractors like Lockheed Martin,
which appears to be so freaked out that when the “Big Tech Alert” X account noted it had unfollowed Musk,
the Lockheed account DM’d to say it was “inadvertent.”

Musk’s #SpaceX has a number of contracts with the US military and intelligence agencies,
including the so-called #Starshield satellites.

He’s used his influence to meddle in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and has even reportedly taken phone calls from Vladimir Putin.

The military’s interest in artificial intelligence has also inspired a new race for everything from
building out data centers to providing cloud computing.

Musk’s #xAI, something of an also-ran next to OpenAI, Meta, and Google, could legitimize itself with DoD contracts.

Out of the other media coverage Politico got it almost right, because they clearly explain that #IRIS2 is not a competitor to #Starlink.

Their title (“Relax Elon — the EU isn’t an immediate threat to Starlink”) is still a bit manipulative, because it kind of ignores the fact that Elon does indeed run a project - the SpaceX #Starshield - for which IRIS2 is a direct competitor. But later on in the article they do explain it.

But here’s a paragraph that I find much more valuable because I myself also used this analogy as well:

However, the bloc’s earlier space programs — such as GPS-alternative Galileo and Earth observation system Copernicus — also attracted similar criticism, but are now considered world-beating space infrastructure.

My own point was that media has a tendency to moan about everything without really digging into the essence of the problem. When Galileo was rolled out, the media moaned “why own GNSS when there’s free GPS”. Now when Russia is jamming GPS in EU, everyone is again moaning “why EU isn’t doing anything with it”. Well, they actually do and both Galileo and IRIS2 are direct responses to these challenges.

https://www.politico.eu/article/relax-elon-musk-eu-threat-starlink-iris2-broadband-internet/

Out of the other media coverage Politico got it almost right, because they clearly explain that #IRIS2 is not a competitor to #Starlink.

Their title (“Relax Elon — the EU isn’t an immediate threat to Starlink”) is still a bit manipulative, because it kind of ignores the fact that Elon does indeed run a project - the SpaceX #Starshield - for which IRIS2 is a direct competitor. But later on in the article they do explain it.

But here’s a paragraph that I find much more valuable because I myself also used this analogy as well:

However, the bloc’s earlier space programs — such as GPS-alternative Galileo and Earth observation system Copernicus — also attracted similar criticism, but are now considered world-beating space infrastructure.

My own point was that media has a tendency to moan about everything without really digging into the essence of the problem. When Galileo was rolled out, the media moaned “why own GNSS when there’s free GPS”. Now when Russia is jamming GPS in EU, everyone is again moaning “why EU isn’t doing anything with it”. Well, they actually do and both Galileo and IRIS2 are direct responses to these challenges.

https://www.politico.eu/article/relax-elon-musk-eu-threat-starlink-iris2-broadband-internet/

Ars Technica reports that SpaceX is working with Northrop Grumman, a defense contracting company, on a constellation of spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/spacex-working-with-northrop-grumman-on-spy-satellites-for-us-government/

"It is in the government's interest to not be totally invested in one company run by one person," one of the news agency's sources said, most likely referring to SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

This spysat constellation is considered to be "proliferated" because there will be swarms of satellites launched into low-Earth orbit to provide imaging and other capabilities, and these should be less vulnerable to enemy attack because of their large numbers.

#intelligence #news #spacex #NRO #Starshield #NothropGrumman

“We’ve changed our procurement methods to take advantage of #LEO technologies,” Troy Meink, #NRO's principal deputy director, said in a speech at the Satellite 2024 conference on Monday, according to SpaceNews.

"Our main priority is to meet the requirements with minimum risk.

When the new constellation, or at least an initial segment thereof, might begin #collecting #intelligence operationally, if it hasn't already, isn't clear.

#SpaceX has been launching relevant prototype satellites since 2020, before its formal contract with NRO,
and "a U.S. government database of objects in orbit shows several SpaceX missions having deployed satellites that neither the company nor the government have ever acknowledged," per Reuters.

In the context of the Reuters report about its work for the NRO, SpaceX's Starshield website does currently list "Earth Observation" as one of its three main focus areas.

The other two are "Communications" and "Hosted Payloads."

"Starlink already offers unparalleled end-to-end user data #encryption.

Starshield uses additional high-assurance cryptographic capability to host classified payloads and process data securely, meeting the most demanding government requirements," according to the Starshield site.

"Starlink's inter-satellite #laser #communications terminal, which is the only communications laser operating at scale in orbit today, can be integrated onto partner satellites to enable incorporation into the Starshield network."

Laser-based communications systems are capable of sending large amounts of information quickly and are also highly secure and resistant to electronic warfare jamming
#Starshield

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office ( #NRO ) is reportedly acquiring a #constellation of hundreds of #intelligence-#gathering #satellites from SpaceX,
with a specific focus on tracking targets down below in support of ground operations.

Though details about this project are still very limited, there are clear parallels to what the U.S. Space Force has previously said about a highly classified #space-#based #radar #surveillance program,
which it first publicly disclosed around the same time SpaceX is said to have gotten its NRO contract.

If this program is the one we think it is, it could bring about a revolution in both tactical and strategic space-based sensing

#Starshield, SpaceX's government-sales-focused business unit, has been working on the new low Earth orbit (LEO) spy satellites under a $1.8 billion contract it received in 2021 from NRO, according to a report from Reuters this past weekend

The Wall Street Journal had previously published a story about the existence of the contract in February, but did not name NRO as being involved or provide specific details about the deal's scope of work

https://www.twz.com/space/if-spacexs-secret-constellation-is-what-we-think-it-is-its-game-changing

Reuters says that SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), under a $1.8 billion contract signed in 2021. “hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits” ... “‘No one can hide,’ one of the sources said of the system’s potential capability, when describing the network's reach.” 🔗 https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-building-spy-satellite-network-us-intelligence-agency-sources-2024-03-16/

#intelligence #news #spacex #NRO #Starshield

外媒：SpaceX 建造間諜衛星網路 與美國政府簽訂機密合約
路透社周六（15 日）引述消息人士透露，SpaceX 旗下 Starshield 部門自 2021 年起便與美 […]
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📬 SpaceX arbeitet an Spionagesatelliten für den US-Geheimdienst
#Geheimdienste #ElonMusk #NationalReconnaissanceOffice #NRO #SpaceX #Spionagesatelliten #Starshield #USGeheimdienste https://sc.tarnkappe.info/1cd1fe

‘powerful new spy system with hundreds of satellites… swarm in low orbits… built by #SpaceX's #Starshield… under a $1.8 billion contract… with the National Reconnaissance Office’ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-building-spy-satellite-network-us-intelligence-agency-sources-2024-03-16/

Dalla conquista dello spazio alla sorveglianza globale: la Reuters rivela di un contratto classificato tra SpaceX e la difesa USA per il lancio di una rete di satelliti spia che potrebbe riscrivere le regole della sicurezza mondiale.

#SpaceX #SorveglianzaGlobale #Starshield #satelliti
https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2024/03/starshield-musk-allestisce-una-rete-di-satelliti-spia-per-gli-usa/