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Volume 18 Number 11
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Starlink Becoming More Available
High-Speed, Low-Latency Broadband Internet Portal is to be Integrated into the Community Buildings and County Park in Cameron County Precinct 1
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Cameron County Released on Friday, March 4th, that they will have Starlink internet services in select areas! Starlink is a satellite network service that is being developed by the private spaceflight company that we all know in Brownsville as SpaceX. They possess some of the newest, most advanced Broadband Internet Systems out there. I mean, It’s kinda rocket science, right?
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enables Starlink to deliver services like online gaming that are usually not possible on other satellite broadband systems. Why should we care about Starlink? Well, as we all are aware Russia has been attacking Ukraine, and the war is real. In that Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX sought to help the Ukrainians & tweeted two weeks ago that Starlink satellite internet service was “active in Ukraine” with “more terminals en route,” Starlink has been able to aid Ukraine in staying
in communication as Russia continues to attack and hack parts of the Ukrainian Government’s communications. The technological advancements happening with satellite internet are not only great for us, but have been aiding those in desperate need as well! So, where will the free “weefee” be, and how is this beneficial for our area? Cameron County announced on March 4th, that the integration of Starlink internet services will be available at Pedro
exam, but for a competition. “I feel pretty confident,” Salinas said before the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Brain Bee competition, which challenges high school students and tests their knowledge of neurology. “I’ve always liked science, so I have some prior knowledge about
psychology and brain conditions – but so much is still a mystery,” Salinas said. Dr. Michael Dobbs, professor and chair of the Department of Neurology at the UTRGV School of Medicine, before the competition began told the 25 high school students – from La Joya, Edinburg and
Brownsville – that there is still so much left to discover about brain health and commended them for their interest in the field. “The 1990s was the decade of the brain, and a lot has been discovered since I left medical school,” said Dobbs, whose research as a student contributed to finding dopamine receptors
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According to SpaceX’s website, most satellite internet services today come from single geostationary satellites that orbit the planet at about 35,000km, while Starlink is a constellation of multiple satellites orbiting much closer to Earth, at about 550km, and cover the entire globe. Because Starlink satellites are in a low orbit, the round-trip data time between the user and the satellite – also known as latency – is much lower than with satellites in geostationary orbit. This
“Pete” Benavides County Park, the Bob Clark Social Service Center, and the Public Works Warehouse in Cameron County. They plan to have Starlink up and going. The Cameron County Commissioner of Precinct 1, Sofia C. Benavides says, “I have been trying to get service to our facilities for 16 years and to have SpaceX choose my area for the first installation is absolutely wonderful.” She continues by expressing her gratitude, “I am very grateful to SpaceX and look forward to having accessibility in the near future for all those in Precinct 1 that are eager to have connectivity.” Los Fresnos News has reached out to find out more details on where else we might be seeing internet service by Starlink pop-up in the near future. Cameron County Judge, Eddie Trevino, Jr. says “Currently, the logistics for public use and its respective access are being discussed and finalized. I want to thank the leading space industry, SpaceX for their continued support of the communities in Cameron County,“
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – MARCH 3, 2022 – It wasn’t your average Saturday morning. Destiny Salinas, a junior from La Joya Juarez Lincoln High School in Mission, was busy cramming her own brain with information about the brain – not for an
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in rat brains in the study of addiction and Parkinson’s disease. “So, these quiz questions are hard,” he said. “There are some I don’t know!”
MOTIVATED TO LEARN Hours after the initial quiz – a daunting verbal grilling ► CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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