Starlink in Iran: How the regime jams the service and what helps against it
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In Iran, not only mobile and fixed networks are jammed, but also Starlink. We explain how this is likely achieved despite thousands of satellites.

While neither the regime nor SpaceX likes to reveal their cards, hackers and journalists are not deterred by this, and the laws of physics apply to everyone.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    It would be hard to do? How much would that affect the general use of starlink for users on other parts of the world?

    Only two countries have demonstrated air launched rockets that can destroy satellites on orbit, the USA and Russia. There is good speculation that China has built anti-satellites satellites, but no one is aware of any actual proven test.

    Here’s the USA’s anti-satellite rocket being launched on its one and only test:

    Now, lets assume that all 3 countries decide they want to attack Starlink satellites at once with all their weapons. Perhaps they destroy 30 satellites in total. As of November 2025 the Starlink network surpassed 10,000 satellites in orbit. As for replacing the lost satellites, a single launch places 25 to 28 satellites in orbit at a time. Within the next 24 hours 25 more Starlink satellites will be launched:

    In 4 days, another launch is occurring that will place 24 more Starlink satellites in orbit.

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    So destroying a few dozen Starlink satellites might cause a slight blip in coverage for maybe a few minutes tops in specific narrow geographic locations, but only for a little while until replacements move to positions.

    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Didn’t starlink satellites in really low orbit? Maybe you don’t need as sofisticate technology as with other satellites.