Starlink Introduces A New, Smaller Dish For Connecting To Satellites

Starlink, an Internet Service initiative, has launched a dish that interested customers can purchase to learn more about SpaceX’s developing low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation.

Highlights:

According to The Verge, the dish is a slimmer and lighter-weight choice than the circular dish that Starlink beta testers will be testing in 2020.

SpaceX’s satellite internet project is called Starlink.

It was launched with the goal of deploying 12,000 satellites into low Earth orbit to offer people on the ground broadband internet access.

It will deliver Services in regions where traditional internet is lacking, such as isolated and rural areas.

In order to use the system, users must install a dish near their Home, such as on their roof.

At all times, the dish should be positioned so that users have an unobstructed view of the sky (free of trees or other obstructions).

Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit nominates Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as his successor

Chief Lalits recommendation to the government would start the process for appointment of Justice Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India.If the government approval comes through, Justice Chandrachud would be the first second-generation Chief Justice of India. His father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, was the 16th Chief Justice of India and one of the longest serving ones.

Justice Chandrachuds years in The Supreme Court has seen his hand in almost every notable judgment of the court. His erudite verdicts and dissents on the Bench were marked by a reformist approach, especially in the arena of civil liberties, individual and womens rights.

His latest judgment had held thatsingle Women are equally eligible to the protection of abortion laws. Justice Chandrachud had decriminalised adultery, upheld the right of women short service officers in Army and Navy to be considered for permanent commission and stood by a womans right to marry a partner of her choice. Justice Chandrachud upheld theright of women of menstrual age to enter the Sabarimala temple.

Indian To Join Phase II Multilateral Maritime Exercise Malabar

India is set to join the second Phase of the Multilateral Maritime Exercise with Japan, Australia and the United States.

Highlights:

The Quadrilateral exercise begins on 12 October in the Bay Of Bengal and ends on 15 October.

The exercise will build synergic coordination between the nations and enhance interoperability.

The Exercise focuses on advanced surface and anti-submarine warfare exercises, seamanship evolutions, and weapon firings.

What started as an annual bilateral naval exercise between India and the US in 1992, Malabar comprises a series of exercises with increasing scope and complexity over the years.