{"id":81742,"date":"2018-08-15T10:02:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/spacex-seeks-approval-for-starlink-internet-tests-on-high-performance-govt-planes"},"modified":"2018-08-15T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T17:02:24","slug":"spacex-seeks-approval-for-starlink-internet-tests-on-high-performance-govt-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/spacex-seeks-approval-for-starlink-internet-tests-on-high-performance-govt-planes","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX seeks approval for Starlink internet tests on high-performance govt. planes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to updated regulatory documents and recent Aviation Week interviews with the US Air Force Research Laboratory, it can be all but guaranteed that the USAF has begun working with SpaceX to test the feasibility of using the company\u2019s planned Starlink satellite internet constellation for military communications purposes.<\/p>\n

In early August, SpaceX updated regulatory documents required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the company to be permitted to experimental test its two prototype Starlink internet satellites, named Tintin A and B. Launched roughly six months ago as a copassenger on one of SpaceX\u2019s own Falcon 9 rockets, the satellite duo has been quietly performing a broad range of tests on orbit, particularly focused on general satellite operations, orbital maneuvering with SpaceX\u2019s own custom-built electric propulsion, and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 the experimental satellites\u2019 cutting-edge communications capabilities.<\/p>\n

The orbit histories of @SpaceX<\/a>\u2019s Tintin A\/B Starlink prototype satellites, launched in February! Some thoroughly intriguing differences in behavior over the six months they\u2019ve spent on-orbit. Data and visualizations generated by the lovely http:\/\/CalSky.com<\/a><\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/a8CfQaZJep<\/a><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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According to updated regulatory documents and recent Aviation Week interviews with the US Air Force Research Laboratory, it can be all but guaranteed that the USAF has begun working with SpaceX to test the feasibility of using the company\u2019s planned Starlink satellite internet constellation for military communications purposes. In early August, SpaceX updated regulatory documents [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,9,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-military","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81742","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\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}