SpaceX’s Starlink Ready to Boost Arctic Military Communications Says US Air Force Starlink satellites could soon be used to provide space-based communication for the US military across the Arctic following a successful test program. But outsourcing communication needs to a private entity also entails risks, as Starlink’s role in the Ukraine War has shown.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands to Provide Coverage to Much of the Arctic Starlink internet arrived across large parts of the North American and European Arctic last week. Additional service expansion will come in early 2023 for near-complete coverage of the Arctic, outside of Greenland and Russia.
OneWeb Bankruptcy Leaves Plans for Arctic Satellite Broadband In Limbo OneWeb’s ambitious goal of bringing high-speed broadband connectivity to the entire Arctic by early next year now appears improbable. The company declared bankruptcy last month after having launched 74 out of 648 planned satellites.
U.S. Military to Cooperate with SpaceX to Overcome Arctic Communication Blackout The United States Northern Command is looking to use commercial satellite constellations, like Tesla founder Elon Musk's SpaceX’s Starlink, to improve its communication capabilities in the Arctic.
