US Military Begins Testing Broadband Satellite
Category: InternetPosted: April 11, 2008 08:20AM
Author: razor
The United States military has launched the first of six Wideband Global SatCom satellites, and it is expected to go online for the first time next week, beginning a three month testing period. Once all six satellites are in orbit and functional, the military expects a 10x boost in data transmission, effectively providing more voice, data, and video capacity than the 10 satellites that they are set to replace. The full satellite force - built by Boeing - is expected to be fully operational in 2012, and is a joint US/Australian venture, with about 10% of the total bandwidth going to our friends Down Under. Hopefully, some of that broadband speed will be used to scour eBay for stolen military equipment. Doh!
