News Bluetooth device on Earth connects to satellite in orbit — Hubble Network's connection spans 600km with more to come

[Admin]

Hubble Network has announced that it has become the first company ever to establish a Bluetooth connection to space, between a consumer Bluetooth chip and their satellite in orbit. Hubble Network promises this is only the beginning.

Bluetooth device on Earth connects to satellite in orbit — Hubble Network's connection spans 600km with more to come : Read more

 

[helper800]

This *could* be a crazy paradigm shift for a lot of industries. Though, as I implied earlier, this should be taken with a massive bucket of salt coming from a startup with little to no evidence.

 

[ThomasKinsley]

I have little problem believing a satellite can send signals to low powered bluetooth devices, but a low power bluetooth device talking back to the satellite? Those have to be some special signals that the satellite is sending and receiving. I'm skeptical.

 

[targetdrone]

Blue Snipping to the extreme.

 

[COLGeek]

Until independently verified, I am (more than) skeptical.

 

[drtweak]

Sooo can they integrate this into my Bluetooth speaker and phone so i can go home and torture my coworkers still to the music I make them listen to even when I'm away?

 

[diminishedfifth]

They can get a connection 600KM away, but me being less than 1 foot away from my phone. The connection can be iffy at times

 

[USAFRet]

hmm...I thought one of the main considerations of Bluetooth was short range. So that it does not interfere with other connections and devices.

I'll need some more 'proof'.

 

[umeng2002_2]

Fools. Space isn't real.

 

[Co BIY]

They can get a connection 600KM away, but me being less than 1 foot away from my phone. The connection can be iffy at times

They can see that the device paired from orbit but the Bluetooth "On" button in Windows randomly disappeared preventing anything useful from happening.

 

[vijosef]

Radio communications can be done a longer distances with larger antennas and more power, but at lower speeds.

This article does not says hoy much lower are the speeds.

 

[dalek1234]

I smell BS