SpaceX Debuts ‘Starshield’ — Starlink Satellite Designed for Military?

SpaceX, the giant space firm of Elon Musk, introduced a new satellite service that specifically caters to the military, aptly named Starshield.

The new venture of the Musk-owned firm appears to be a Starlink service that has been tweaked for defense.

SpaceX Debuts 'Starshield'

As per the latest news story by CNBC, SpaceX is looking to expand its current Starlink satellite service, which offers internet to consumers. This time, the new offering, Starshield, specifically caters to the military or the defense sector.

While there are only scant details about the new Starshield service of SpaceX, its website gives away a little information about what we can expect from it.

According to a recent report by Tech Crunch, the newly-introduced brand under SpaceX now sits alongside other subsidiaries under the renowned tech firm, such as Starlink, Starship, and Dragon.

But it is worth noting that the new brand is only seen on the website of the space firm. Tech Crunch reports that it has yet to reach other media platforms of the Musk-owned firm.

Starlink Satellite Designed for Military?

The website of the new business line says that "Starshield is designed for government use." It further noted that the current Starlink offering, on the other hand, "is designed for consumer and commercial use."

From there, it goes to show that the new satellite service appears to be the government catering counterpart of Starlink.

The tagline of the new service reiterates the market that it plans to conquer. The slogan reads: "supporting national security."

However, it remains to be seen how SpaceX plans to go about it. CNBC reports that the tech behemoth has never actually publicly disclosed whether it has started testing this new service. It is also unclear if the firm is already working on it.

The website of Starshield highlights three offerings, namely Hosted Payloads, Communications, and Earth Observation.

For the communications aspect, the page says that the new brand "provides assured global communications to government users."

On the other hand, its hosted payload provides users support in even the "most demanding customer payload missions."

And on top of the two, the service also focuses on Earth Observation. The new business plans to launch "satellites with sensing payloads." Not to mention that the service also assures users that processed data will be sent directly to them.

All that said, the new satellite service of SpaceX looks to be a new jacked version of Starlink. It rocks more advanced features, specially made for defense needs.