Elon Musk launches new Starlink service aimed specifically at governments
Tech billionaire and SpaceX, Tesla owner Elon Musk have announced a new government-focused satellite internet service called Starshield with a focus on “national security“.
Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts, the company said on its website.
While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on three areas: Earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. SpaceX said that Starshield will launch satellites with sensing payloads and deliver processed data directly to the user.
“Starshield provides assured global communications to government users with Starshield user equipment and builds satellite buses to support the most demanding customer payload missions,” it further informed.
Starlink already offers end-to-end user data encryption and Starshield will use “additional high-assurance cryptographic capability to host classified payloads and process data securely, meeting the most demanding government requirements”.
The company said that Starlink’s inter-satellite laser communications terminal, which is the only communications laser operating at scale in orbit today, can be integrated into partner satellites to enable incorporation into the Starshield network.
“SpaceX’s ongoing work with the Department of Defense and other partners demonstrates our ability to provide in-space and on-ground capability at scale,” said the space company.
Recently, the company announced that its satellite Internet service will be available on select airplanes with the official launch of Starlink Aviation next year.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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