US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”

It seems US didn't coordinate Starshield's unusual spectrum use with other countries.

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[@inemesitaffia]

It would be for Elon's side gig with Russia or something.

You mean Northrop Grumman, the maker of the sensors.

 

[@inemesitaffia]

But the majority of communications would still be in standard Starlink frequencies using standard protocols. The terminals and satellites being repurposed Starlink gear are going to operate more or less the same as Starlink - most of the time. Having some terminals that operate in random bands and mostly transmit straight up would make them harder to track than the standard off the shelf Starlink gear

For these sats SpaceX removes the regular Starlink transmitters and installs transceivers from another company

 

[@inemesitaffia]

Umm, maybe these guys haven't been reading the news? The way things are going, I'd say it's 50/50 as to whether or not anyone in an executive branch department would coordinate and authorize their actions with anyone! I admire their faith in "norms" and whatnot, but...

The constellation started operating under the previous government.

This is disingenuous nonsense.