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| Air Force to test StarLInk on an AC-130 gunship! |
| 2019-11-06 |
| [SpaceNews] A program known as Defense Experimentation Using the Commercial Space Internet, or DEUCSI, recently tried out SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband services and demonstrated download speeds of 610 megabits per second into the cockpit of a C-12J Huron twin-engine turboprop aircraft. “That’s a large number,” program manager Brian Beal said Nov. 5 during a conference call with reporters. Beal said he could not comment on how Starlink’s data throughput compares to other services but said the connectivity is considerably faster than what most Air Force users have today. “Between SpaceX and other competitors the numbers we can expect are significantly higher than what we were used to in the past,” Beal said. Upcoming Air Force tests Beal, the program manager, said the Air Force next week will install a Starlink terminal on an AC-130 gunship aircraft to test the service. Next spring a similar test will be conducted on a KC-135 aerial refueling tanker. “We are setting up prototypes so we are ready as soon as the commercial offers are ready,” he said. The Air Force Space Command is responsible for the procurement of commercial satellite communications. The work accomplished by the DEUCSI experiments will be shared with that office, Beal said. “We provide them information to help them prepare for those leases.” |
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