Upgrades on the way for both, with deep-ocean services and programmable sats on the way Two of the world's satellite positioning service constellations reached important milestones this week, after the European Space Agency and China's Satellite Navigation Office each launched its own pair of satellites....

Free text messages for users of its own and rival networks during test period T-Mobile US has started a public beta of its Direct-to-Cell service using Starlink satellites, offering just text messages for now, with data and voice calls coming later. Access will be free until July - after which it will cost $15 per month....

First license plates, now a way to calculate pace in orbit. Speeding tickets next? Scientists at America's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico say they have developed a Spacecraft Speedometer that satellites can use in orbit to ideally avoid orbital collisions....