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Europe’s Starlink competitor is a go
The photo shows a light green camper van parked in a grassy area, with lush green trees forming a backdrop. The van's rear doors are open, revealing a neatly organized interior. In the foreground, a portable satellite dish takes centre stage, its rectangular white dish is flat and pointing up at the sky. A small foldable chair is visible to the right, near a person sitting and petting a dog.
290 IRIS² satellites by 2030 to provide secure connectivity to governmental users as well as private companies and European citizens. IRIS² is an acronym for Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite.

The bonuses will be that the service should be fully GDPR compliance, and the German Chancellor should not be spied upon again (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-security-agency-spied-merkel-other-top-european-officials-through-danish-2021-05-30/).

In September, FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel said she wanted to see more competition to Elon Musk’s Starlink, which has already launched some 7,000 satellites since 2018. “Our economy doesn’t benefit from monopolies… every communications market that has competition is strong, we see lower prices and more innovation, and honestly, space should be no exception.”

So, yes it is more than just about data sovereignty, it is quite true that more competition usually will also bring better pricing and services.

See https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322358/iris2-starlink-rival-europe-date-cost
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South Korea arrests CEO for adding DDoS feature to 240,000 satellite receivers
Graphic showing a portion of the curvature of the Earth, which simulated connections across it depicting network communications. A title says DDoS.
Allegedly, the functionality was needed to counter the attacks of a competing entity.

The exact way the DDoS functionality was leveraged on the devices was not specified, but these attacks are always illegal when targeting external systems.

Moreover, users of the satellite receivers were involuntarily taking part in attacks and might have experienced reduced device performance during these occurrences.

There has been more and more of a shift towards satellite communications for civilian Internet and mobile phone use, so this is probably just a wake-up call for all of us to realise that those satellites sitting up there in plain view, are not just going to be “allowed” to be used without any interference or weaponizations.

It will be both military (and I include all nations here) who will try to intercept or even block messages, as well as the usual hacking and ransomware suspects who will try to exploit them. The military of all nations will be pushing to have their encryption back doors included, and will want to be able to disable civilian satellite services “in times of need”.

All I’m saying is, we cannot assume these satellites will all just be there functioning in our interests 100% of the time. Of all the communications mediums ever invented, satellites are the most exposed and vulnerable of all. In other words, be sure not to rely solely on satellite communications in the future. Consider them a useful supplementary tool for communications, but do not neglect your more traditional means of communications.

See https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/korea-arrests-ceo-for-adding-ddos-feature-to-satellite-receivers
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