The Navy is testing out the Elon Musk–owned satellite constellation to provide high-speed internet access to sailors at sea. It’s part of a bigger project that’s about more than just getting online.

The Navy is testing out the Elon Musk–owned satellite constellation to provide high-speed internet access to sailors at sea. It’s part of a bigger project that’s about more than just getting online.

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    US military already controls all GPS satellites for military operations. For that reason, EU has its own Galileo system, Russia has Glonass and China has Beidou.

    While this would be for non-operational stuff only, it’s still a bad look and reason to look into finances of people making this decision.