KEVIN CORTNEY Kevin Courtney Our late-day neighborhood strolls are usually the quiet things. We love flowers, cats, quirky house paint jobs. But not this Tuesday. As we turned from Partrick Road into Morningside Drive, the shattering sound of metal crashing into metal engulfed us. If this were Ukraine, you would assume a drone strike. Something … Read more
The Pentagon said Thursday it had agreed to purchase Starlink satellite internet terminals from Elon Musk’s SpaceX for use in Ukraine. The Pentagon declined to offer further contract details, including the price, scope and timing of delivery. Starlink is SpaceX’s global network of more than 4,000 satellites, providing services to more than 50 countries. Ukrainian … Read more
Amazon has revealed a trio of satellite dishes, as the company prepares to take on SpaceX’s Starlink with its own Project Kuiper internet network. The tech giant will offer a standard, ultra-compact, professional version of its antennas, with speeds ranging from around 100 megabits per second up to 1 gigabit per second. Amazon said the … Read more