SpaceX Now Has Over 100 Starlink Satellites In Orbit With Direct To Cell Capabilities: T-Mobile Users To Gain Access Later This Year
SpaceX Now Has Over 100 Starlink Satellites In Orbit With Direct To Cell Capabilities: T-Mobile Users To Gain Access Later This Year
After a successful Starlink mission launch on Wednesday, Elon Musk's SpaceX currently has over 100 Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit with Direct to Cell capabilities.
在週三成功完成Starlink任務發射後，埃隆·馬斯克的spacex目前在低地球軌道上擁有超過100顆具有電芯直通功能的Starlink衛星。
What Happened: On Wednesday, SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of which have Direct to Cell capabilities, raising the total number of such satellites in orbit to over 100.
發生了什麼：在週三，spacex發射了20顆Starlink衛星，其中13顆具有電芯直通功能，將這種衛星總數提高到超過100顆。
Each of these satellites features a modem functioning as a cell tower in space, aiming to provide users with global access to texting, calling, and internet browsing using standard LTE phones, without requiring additional hardware, software, or apps.
這些衛星中的每一個都包含一個充當太空電信塔架的調制解調器，旨在使用標準LTE手機爲用戶提供全球短信、電話和上網服務，而無需額外的硬件、軟件或應用。
"With over 100 Direct to Cell satellites now launched, and 100s more planned to be launched this year, excited to provide ubiquitous connectivity to our customers starting with T-Mobile in the US this year!" Sara Spangelo, Senior Director of Satellite Engineering at SpaceX, said.
“目前已經發射了超過100顆電芯直通衛星，今年還計劃發射數百顆，非常興奮能夠在今年與美國T-Mobile一起爲我們的客戶提供普惠的連接服務！”spacex衛星工程高級董事Sara Spangelo表示。
With over 100 Direct to Cell satellites now launched, and 100s more planned to be launched this year, excited to provide ubiquitous connectivity to our customers starting with @TMobile in the US this year!
— Sara Spangelo (@sara_spangelo) July 3, 2024
“目前已經發射了超過100顆電芯直通衛星，今年還計劃發射數百顆，非常興奮能夠在今年與@TMobile一起爲我們的客戶提供普惠的連接服務！”
— Sara Spangelo (@sara_spangelo) 2024年7月3日
Why It Matters: T-Mobile and SpaceX announced a partnership in August 2022 aiming to connect the smartphones on T-Mobile's network to Starlink satellites. The partnership is aimed at providing connectivity to remote locations that are untouched by cell signals from any provider.
爲什麼這很重要：T-Mobile和spacex於2022年8月宣佈合作，旨在將T-Mobile網絡上的智能手機連接到Starlink衛星。該合作旨在向無任何供應商提供移動信號的偏遠地區提供連接服務。
Other cellular providers to have signed similar partnerships with SpaceX include Optus from Australia, Rogers from Canada, and KDDI in Japan.
其他與spacex簽署類似合作的手機服務供應商包括澳洲的Optus、加拿大的Rogers以及日本的KDDI。
SpaceX plans to roll out texting services with the help of the satellites by the end of 2024, followed by voice calls, data, and internet-of-things (IoT) services in 2025.
spacex計劃在2024年底之前藉助這些衛星推出短信服務，並在2025年推出語音通話、數據和物聯網（IoT）服務。
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