SpaceX Successfully Tests SCS Satellites

January 11, 2024 |Satellite

SpaceX has sent and received the first text messages through its supplemental coverage from space (SCS) satellites, it posted on X Wednesday. It said it plans to "rapidly launch a constellation of hundreds of satellites to enable text service in 2024" followed by voice, data and IoT services in 2025. SpaceX launched its first batch of SCS Starlinks last week (see 2401030032).