#satellite

mlansbury@despora.de

WSJ uncovers how black market supplies Russian troops with #Starlink

Russian troops in Ukraine continue to obtain Starlink terminals through shadowy supply chains and intermediaries, while SpaceX has not shut these devices off, the Wall Street Journal reported on April 9.

Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told the Wall Street Journal in February that Russian forces were using thousands of Starlink terminals in Ukraine, echoing earlier assertions by the military intelligence and media outlets.

Elon Musk, the founder of the SpaceX company that operates Starlink, has denied selling any Starlink units to Russia and said that Starlink would not connect to any devices there. In turn, Moscow does not officially allow the use of Starlink on its territory, fearing it would undermine its tight control over the information space.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Russian intermediaries buy Starlink hardware on online retail platforms, including eBay, in the U.S. or on the black market in Central Asia, Dubai, or Southeast Asia and subsequently smuggle the equipment to Russia.

Russian volunteers then deliver Starlink terminals to troops fighting in Ukraine, helping Russian forces with communication and drone control, the outlet wrote.

https://kyivindependent.com/wsj-uncovers-how-black-market-supplies-russian-troops-with-starlink/

#SpaceX #corruption #CorporateTerrorism #Musk #Internet #Satellite #StandWithUkraine

faab64@diasp.org

#Germany, #England and #France condemned the launch of the Soraya #satellite by #Iran space force.

The European Troika said in a joint statement: "We condemn the satellite launch by Iran; Because its satellite carrier uses the necessary technologies to build a long-range ballistic missile system.

🔹 The tone of the statement of the Europeans implicitly shows their acknowledgment of the end of Iran's international missile restrictions; Because unlike their previous statements, they did not mention Security Council Resolution 2231.
PS. This is the second successful launch of Iran's 3 stage solid fuel rocket that the European countries and IS claim has dual purpose and is designed to carry possible nuclear warhead.
#Space #IranSpace #SorayaSatellite #Politics #MissileSystem

faab64@venera.social

From pro Russian telegram channel: And so on the 24th, the European #satellite #Sentinel-1 tried to take an image of #Sevastopol in the radar range - only then a surprise awaited it.

The #Sentinel is equipped with a radar that allows it to form an image of the earth's surface even in conditions of interference. This radar operates at a frequency of 5.405 GHz. Accordingly, any radiation (primarily from military radars) at close frequencies creates interference for the satellite radar.

But in the photo it is clearly not interference from the operation of one or more radars, but the result of the operation of an electronic warfare complex, jamming the radar frequency with counter interference over a huge area.

Of course, this will not save you from optical monitoring, but the ability to “turn off” satellite radars is worth a lot. Low bow to the electronic warfare service and engineers!

#Russia #Ukraine #NATO #UkraineWar

faab64@diasp.org

From pro Russian telegram channel: And so on the 24th, the European #satellite #Sentinel-1 tried to take an image of #Sevastopol in the radar range - only then a surprise awaited it.

The #Sentinel is equipped with a radar that allows it to form an image of the earth's surface even in conditions of interference. This radar operates at a frequency of 5.405 GHz. Accordingly, any radiation (primarily from military radars) at close frequencies creates interference for the satellite radar.

But in the photo it is clearly not interference from the operation of one or more radars, but the result of the operation of an electronic warfare complex, jamming the radar frequency with counter interference over a huge area.

Of course, this will not save you from optical monitoring, but the ability to “turn off” satellite radars is worth a lot. Low bow to the electronic warfare service and engineers!

#Russia #Ukraine #NATO #UkraineWar

utzer@social.yl.ms

#Starlink #Internet in #Brasilien

#Telefonat über #Sipgate, sehr schlecht, immer wieder paar Sekunden ohne das man mich hört oder ohne das ich was höre. Dann statt Anrufe den Chat probiert, muss was mit einem Lieferanten klären, die haben eine Webchat. Der Webchat erkennt immer wieder, dass die Internetverbindung weg ist und dann kann man nichts mehr schreiben...

Soviel zu Starlink ist toll. Sicher schön für alles was hohe Fehlertoleranz hat, aber sicher nicht für Telefonate über #Satellite (Sipgate App Telefonie) oder einen schlecht implementieren Webchat der so tut als wäre alles zeitkritisch und als müsse eine Internetverbindung eine super Latenz haben um 5 Wörter Text zu übertragen.

#Anzünden!!!

aljazeera@squeet.me

Rare mobile upload from inside Gaza after communication blackout | AJ #shorts

Palestinians are trying to use international SIM cards or access satellite internet to get messages out after Israel severed all communication networks to th...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #ElonMusk #Gaza #SIM #Starlink #aid #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #cards #communication #international #internet #latestnews #message #networks #newsheadlines #satellite
Rare mobile upload from inside Gaza after communication blackout | AJ #shorts

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

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RUSHED, SURPRISE #ROCKET LAUNCH: There was no warning. On Thursday night at 7:28 pm PDT, a Firefly Alpha rocket lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It carried an unusual #satellite named "Victus Nox." Stephen Hummel saw the launch more than a thousand miles away at the McDonald Observatory in Texas:

"A bright exhaust cone expanded to cover a large area of the sky during astronomical darkness," says Hummel. "After the cone faded, there was a slight red afterglow" probably caused by the rocket #punching a #hole in the #ionosphere.

Latin for "conquer the night", Victus Nox is a US Space Force experiment, testing the ability of Firefly Alpha to launch a #military satelite with only 24 hours notice--a so-called "responsive #launch." In the past, typical Defense Department launches took anywhere from two to five years. The last responsive #space #experiment, the June 13, 2021 launch of TacRL-2, required 21 days.

Alpha Firefly successfully launched Victus Nox only 27 hours after it received a "go" notice. The extra 3 hours was a result of a #weather delay. The mini-fridge-sized satellite will now provide "space domain awareness" data to the Space #Force.
#DEW ?