Satellite Internet News: 3 June 2025

Bandwidth Wars: The High-Stakes Battle for High-Throughput Satellite Dominance (2025–2035)

HTS use numerous narrow spot-beams and on-board processing to deliver dramatically higher data rates than legacy FSS, with platforms like Boeing 702X and SES-17 featuring fully digital, reconfigurable payloads. HTS constellations can

10 June 2025

Internet Access in Czechia: From Prague to the Sky

As of 2023, about 91.6% of Czechia’s population is online, equating to roughly 9.6 million internet users in a country of 10.5 million. Fixed broadband connections reached 4.1 million in 2023, roughly

9 June 2025

Connectivity · Czechia · Internet Access · Prague · Satellite Internet

Internet Access in Cuba: From Control to Constellations

The first internet connection in Cuba was established in 1996 as a 64 Kbps link via Sprint in the United States. In 2011, with help from Venezuela, Cuba installed the ALBA-1 undersea

8 June 2025

Censorship · Connectivity · Cuba · Internet Access · Satellite Internet

FAQ o Starlink satelitskom internetu

Opšti pregled SpaceX je lansirao hiljade Starlink satelita (preko 6.750 u orbiti do 2025. godine) kako bi formirao najveću svetsku satelitsku konstelaciju i obezbedio globalnu internet pokrivenost phys.org. P: Šta je Starlink?O: Starlink

7 June 2025

Connectivity · FAQ · Satellite Internet · Starlink · Technology

Starlink Global Coverage and Availability Report

As of mid-2025, Starlink is available in over 110 countries and territories. In the United States, Starlink began with limited trials in August 2020 and the public beta “Better Than Nothing Beta”

7 June 2025

Availability · Coverage · Global · Satellite Internet · Starlink

Starlink Satellite Internet FAQ

Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite-based broadband internet service, and by 2025 the constellation has launched over 7,500 satellites with about 6,750 active in orbit. The satellites orbit in low Earth orbit at roughly

7 June 2025

Connectivity · FAQ · Satellite Internet · Space Technology · Starlink

Satellite Internet FAQ

Traditional GEO satellite internet sends data roughly 22,000 miles to a satellite and back, yielding a round-trip latency of about 600–800 ms. Satellite internet can reach virtually anywhere with a clear view

6 June 2025

Connectivity · FAQ · Internet Access · Satellite Internet · Technology

How Satellite Internet Is Revolutionizing Disaster Response and Humanitarian Relief

Hurricane Maria in 2017 damaged 95% of cell towers in Puerto Rico, leaving the island largely without phone service. SpaceX’s Starlink uses a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation of hundreds to thousands of

4 June 2025

Disaster Response · Humanitarian Relief · Innovation · Satellite Internet · Technology

Inside the Sky Shield: How Secure Is Your Satellite Internet?

Satellite internet data travels from your dish to a satellite, then to a gateway and onto the internet, with traditional GEO orbits at about 35,786 km and newer systems like SpaceX Starlink

4 June 2025

Cybersecurity · Data Protection · Privacy · Satellite Internet · Security

Satellite vs Fiber Internet: The 2025 Latency & Bandwidth Showdown

Fiber-optic broadband latency is typically a few milliseconds on local networks, with total latency to nearby servers generally in the 10–30 ms range. Geostationary satellites sit about 22,000 miles (35,000 km) above

4 June 2025

Bandwidth · Fiber Optic · Latency · Satellite Internet · Technology

The Sky Connect: How Satellite Internet Is Revolutionizing Rural and Remote Life

LEO satellites orbit at roughly 500–1,200 km, delivering latency of about 20–50 ms and broadband speeds comparable to terrestrial networks, versus GEO’s ~600 ms latency. SpaceX Starlink has launched over 7,000 satellites

3 June 2025

Innovation · Remote Areas · Rural Connectivity · Satellite Internet · Technology

Battle for the Final Frontier: Starlink vs OneWeb vs Kuiper vs Telesat Lightspeed

Starlink has launched over 8,000 satellites since 2019, serves 125 countries, and by April 2025 reached the 250th dedicated Starlink launch, establishing SpaceX’s network as the largest in orbit. OneWeb, founded in

3 June 2025

Broadband · OneWeb · Satellite Internet · Space Technology · Starlink

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