SpaceX launches first satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base during the first launch of 2024 as it launches 21 Starlink satellites, including the first six with direct-to-cell capabilities to orbit, January 2. 2024. /CFP

T-Mobile U.S. said on Wednesday SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday with the first set of Starlink satellites that can beam phone signals from space directly to smartphones.

The U.S. wireless carrier will use Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink satellites to provide mobile users with network access in parts of the U.S., the companies had announced in August 2022.

Other wireless providers across the world, including Japan's KDDI, Australia's Optus, New Zealand's One NZ and Canada's Rogers, will collaborate with SpaceX to launch direct-to-cell technology.

The direct-to-cell service at first will begin with text messaging followed by voice and data capabilities in the coming years, T-Mobile said.

Source(s): Reuters