{"id":179751,"date":"2024-01-03T17:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T23:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/spacex-launches-the-first-set-of-starlink-satellites-for-t-mobiles-direct-to-cell-plan"},"modified":"2024-01-03T17:27:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T23:27:55","slug":"spacex-launches-the-first-set-of-starlink-satellites-for-t-mobiles-direct-to-cell-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/spacex-launches-the-first-set-of-starlink-satellites-for-t-mobiles-direct-to-cell-plan","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches the first set of Starlink satellites for T-Mobile\u2019s direct-to-cell plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/piHM49q0-Do?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first satellites capable of providing <a href=\"https:\/\/direct.starlink.com\/\">direct-to-cellular service<\/a> via SpaceX\u2019s Starlink network and T-Mobile\u2019s cellular network have been sent into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the cell-capable satellites were among a batch of 21 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:44 p.m. PT Tuesday. The satellites were deployed successfully, and the rocket\u2019s first-stage booster made a routine landing on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX plans to launch hundreds of the upgraded satellites in the months ahead, with the aim of beginning satellite-enabled texting later this year. 4G LTE satellite connectivity for voice and data via unmodified mobile devices would follow in 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/fcc-clears-spacex-to-test-cellular-starlink-on-phones\">pending regulatory approval<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first satellites capable of providing direct-to-cellular service via SpaceX\u2019s Starlink network and T-Mobile\u2019s cellular network have been sent into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Six of the cell-capable satellites were among a batch of 21 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:44 p.m. PT Tuesday. The satellites [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,418,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-internet","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}