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Monday, September 23, 2024
Sunday, September 8, 2024
SpaceX Starlink = 2/3 of all Active Satellites
Starlink Now Constitutes Roughly Two Thirds of All Active Satellites (the-independent.com)56
"SpaceX deployed its 7,000th Starlink satellite this week, making the vast majority of active satellites around earth part of a single megaconstellation," writes Slashdot reader DogFoodBuss. "The Starlink communications system is now orders of magnitude larger than its nearest competitor, offering unprecedented access to low-latency broadband from anywhere on the planet." According to the latest data from satellite tracker CelesTrak, SpaceX now controls over 62% of all operational satellites. The Independent reports:The latest data from non-profit satellite tracker CelesTrak shows that SpaceX has 6,370 active Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit, with several hundred more inactive or deorbited. The figure, which has risen more than six-fold in just three years, represents just over 62 per cent of all operational satellites, and is roughly 10-times the number of Starlink's closest rival, UK-based startup OneWeb.
SpaceX plans to launch up to 42,000 satellites to complete the Starlink constellation, capable of delivering high-speed internet and phone connectivity to any corner of the globe. Starlink currently operates in 102 countries and has more than three million customers paying a monthly fee to access the network through a $300 ground-based dish. The company expects to launch its service in dozens more countries, with only Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Syria not on the current waitlist due to internet restrictions or trade embargos."Starlink now constitutes roughly 2/3 of all active Earth satellites," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on X following the latest SpaceX launch.
SpaceX plans to launch up to 42,000 satellites to complete the Starlink constellation, capable of delivering high-speed internet and phone connectivity to any corner of the globe. Starlink currently operates in 102 countries and has more than three million customers paying a monthly fee to access the network through a $300 ground-based dish. The company expects to launch its service in dozens more countries, with only Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Syria not on the current waitlist due to internet restrictions or trade embargos."Starlink now constitutes roughly 2/3 of all active Earth satellites," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on X following the latest SpaceX launch.
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Sunday, September 1, 2024
Emerging economies data centers
Searching for info on data infrastructure in El Salvador, I find the lead is that there's a shortage of AI resources to supply the demand.
El Salvador & Latin America
The article says Latin America is at higher risk of data breaches:
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/codisa-data-center-inaugurated-in-el-salvador/
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Brazil bans Twitter
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ar-AA1pJOBP
This on the heels of Mark Zuckerberg declaring how the U.S. govt. pressured FB to censor posts about Covid.
The article itself refers to 'disinformation' spread on X by supporters of 'defeated' Bolsanaro. Of course, the news always speaks to 'official' outcomes, such as the 'murder of George Floyd', outcomes which are the result of Soros-installed judges, who act as pawns for the Soros-installed dictator, Lula.
Ask any young, poor, dark-skinned, gay Brazilian and you'll get the same perspective. But don't ask the monied Brazilians, because they support Lula. Ironic that the poor support Bolsonaro, who has been maligned Trump-style as a homophobe/xenophobe/racist/mysogynist - and the wealthy support the socialist.
A few article highlights:
“Unlike other social media and technology platforms, we will not comply in secret with illegal orders,” the company said in a statement.
It was the second time this week that a foreign government has clamped down on a social media platform. On Monday, French authorities said they had arrested Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov in an investigation of illegal child abuse activity on the messaging app. Musk, among others, condemned Durov’s arrest as an attack on free speech; the future, he suggested, could include “being executed for liking a meme.”
The service has remained active. In Moraes’s order Friday, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, he directs Brazil’s telecommunications agency and internet providers to block users here from accessing X and gives Apple and Google five days to prevent downloads of its app.
Google declined to comment. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Moraes said anyone caught using a virtual private network to access the site could be fined nearly $9,000 a day
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