Starlink Revives GPS Function, But Only for Priority Plans
SpaceX has decided to retain a GPS-style location tracking feature for its Starlink service, but only for customers on Priority plans. This decision comes after the company initially announced the removal of the feature for all users. Maritime users had expressed concerns about losing access to this functionality, which helps counter GPS spoofing and jamming.
- ▪SpaceX will keep the GPS-style location tracking feature for Priority plan subscribers.
- ▪The location feature was previously terminated for all other customers on May 21.
- ▪Maritime users were particularly concerned about losing access to this feature due to GPS spoofing risks.
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It looks like SpaceX is backing off from completely removing a little-known Starlink function that can be used for GPS-style location tracking. The company will retain the feature, but only for customers on its business-focused Priority plans, according to an email sent to Jonathan Pitts, a Starlink provider for businesses."We recently communicated that dish location would be removed from the local device gRPC API. After further review, we have decided to continue supporting this functionality for Priority service plans," SpaceX wrote in the email.
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