Our organization has supported AST SpaceMobile with the largest number of BlueWalker 3 models and smartphones. The experiment was carried out in Hawaii, during the installation of the connection, a download speed of 10 Mbps was achieved. This opens up a new topic in the Internet Collection and creates a lot of problems for astronomers.
The experiment was conducted with the participation of the American telecom operator AT&T, but not with the larger US company. Previously, this required modified phones, the first successes of which were achieved with the help of special devices and were achieved precisely by AST SpaceMobile this year. Now data exchange at acceptable speeds is also available for conventional phones, as well as an increase in the desire for experiments to increase the data transfer rate at the level of the 5G standard.
BlueWalker 3 is an experimental satellite designed specifically to test technologies for direct connection to phones in regular orbits. It has one of the largest antennas with an area of 65 square meters, which makes the object very bright in the blackness of space. This is a meeting of astronomers, and I was able to imagine it in my office, at the technological station, more and more telecom operators belated satellites.
Source: Tech Cult
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