On 4/11/22 15:11, Stephen Loosley wrote:
Au Navy patrol boats, although they probably already have them?
Some parts of the Australian Defence Force might have acquired Starlink terminals unofficially, I expect. The ADF has its own hardware on an Optus satellite, hopefully with that customer data better protected than for others. ;-)
The Optus satellite is coming to the end of its life and there is a project for new stuff. Starlink probably was not under consideration, being a purely civilian system, but after recent experience in the Ukraine, that might change.
In the interim, Australia buys capacity on civilian providers, and borrows some from the US military: https://breakingdefense.com/2022/02/jp-9102-australia-opens-bidding-on-its-biggest-space-contract-ever/
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