SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke on X Twitter about achieving a maximum download speed of 17 Mbps from the Starlink satellite to an unmodified Samsung phone running Android OS.
SpaceX just achieved peak download speed of 17Mb/s from satellite direct to unmodified Samsung Android phone pic.twitter.com/JqPHmkriv0
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2024
“SpaceX just achieved a maximum download speed of 17 Mbps from satellite directly to an unmodified Samsung Android phone,” Musk writes.
In further comments, answering the question, the CEO of SpaceX/Starlink clarifies what this means.
No, because this is the current peak speed per beam and the beams are large, so this system is only effective where there is no existing cellular service.
This service works in partnership with wireless providers, like what @SpaceX and @TMobile announced.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2024
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“This is the current peak speed per beam, and beams are large, so this system is only effective where there is no cellular coverage. This service operates in partnership with wireless providers, as announced by SpaceX and T-Mobile.”
Recall that in August 2022, SpaceX and mobile operator T-Mobile announced a partnership to use Starlink satellites to get rid of “dead spots” in cellular network coverage. Then it was planned that ordinary 5G smartphones would be able to connect to Starlink satellites at speeds of 2-4 Mbit/s in certain coverage areas. As you can see, this figure in this particular case was significantly exceeded.
In January 2024, SpaceX and T-Mobile sent and received the first text messages on phones using Starlink D2D satellites, which had launched the week before. At the time, SpaceX said it, along with T-Mobile, wanted to publicly launch mobile text satellites in 2024 and expand satellite telephony capabilities to voice the following year.
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