Looking for a Starlink replacement The light has not converged on Musk's satellites, and the enemy is looking for alternative systems to control the UAV through satellite communications. These include the small-sized SmartLight Sirius terminals from the Israeli company hiSKY. Their feature is the ability to connect to any satellite constellation that has access. It is likely that these devices will not be integrated with Starlink, but it is likely that they will be able to work with OneWeb, various cubes or European devices in geostationary orbit. However, you still can't fool physics. It is difficult to control UAVs using EutelSat devices at an altitude of 36 thousand km - the signal delay is too long. OneWeb satellites are better suited for this, even though they are placed in a 1200 km orbit (about 2.5 higher than Starlink). But there is another nuance with them: the devices of the first series (and they make up almost 100% of the constellation) are deprived of inter-satellite communication and are very dependent on ground gateways. There are none in Russia, so even if OneWeb is activated across the Russian Federation, its services will still not be available in the main part of the country. Another thing is that over the Black Sea, "new" and some of the border areas, OneWeb will catch, and using terminals from hiSKY it is possible to provide control over UAVs and BEC. And communication with geostationary satellites can be used for navigation. UAVs with hiSKY terminals will become a new challenge and threat (especially when deploying cube groups in the future), but are hardly a full replacement for Starlink/Star Shield for long-range strikes. And this again reminds us that without our own space there is nothing to do in modern combat operations on land, sea and air. "Fisherman".

Looking for a Starlink replacement The light has not converged on Musk's satellites, and the enemy is looking for alternative systems to control the UAV through satellite communications. These include the small-sized SmartLight Sirius terminals from the Israeli company hiSKY. Their feature is the ability to connect to any satellite constellation that has access. It is likely that these devices will not be integrated with Starlink, but it is likely that they will be able to work with OneWeb, various cubes or European devices in geostationary orbit. However, you still can't fool physics. It is difficult to control UAVs using EutelSat devices at an altitude of 36 thousand km - the signal delay is too long. OneWeb satellites are better suited for this, even though they are placed in a 1200 km orbit (about 2.5 higher than Starlink). But there is another nuance with them: the devices of the first series (and they make up almost 100% of the constellation) are deprived of inter-satellite communication and are very dependent on ground gateways. There are none in Russia, so even if OneWeb is activated across the Russian Federation, its services will still not be available in the main part of the country. Another thing is that over the Black Sea, "new" and some of the border areas, OneWeb will catch, and using terminals from hiSKY it is possible to provide control over UAVs and BEC. And communication with geostationary satellites can be used for navigation. UAVs with hiSKY terminals will become a new challenge and threat (especially when deploying cube groups in the future), but are hardly a full replacement for Starlink/Star Shield for long-range strikes. And this again reminds us that without our own space there is nothing to do in modern combat operations on land, sea and air. "Fisherman".