NATO tests satellite internet as backup for damaged undersea cables

Over the past few years, undersea cables from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean have been severed in apparent acts of sabotage. Now a NATO-backed project has shown how to quickly reestablish the most vital communications using satellites.

$2.5 million debut loot The project – short for Hybrid Space-Submarine Architecture Ensuring Infosec of Telecommunications – took place on January 16 in Sweden. This test simulated how the software could rapidly match outgoing data communications with available satellite Internet providers, such as SpaceX’s Starlink and Viasat.