T-Mobile and SpaceX have activated their satellite-based texting service for T-Mobile users impacted by wildfires in Los Angeles. T-Mobile is also offering free unlimited talk, text, and data for customers in specific unaffected areas of Los Angeles County (Altadena,

The direct-to-cell Starlink system in Southern California will deliver wireless emergency alerts and power SMS texting to 911 services.

T-Mobile has opened up emergency texting over SpaceX's Starlink satellite network for areas affected by Southern California's fires.

The National Reconnaissance Office launched new spy satellites into lower Earth orbit late Thursday, adding to the growing constellation of such U.S.-based intelligence-gathering satellites around the world.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 of the company’s Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday (Dec. 28). The mission launched at 8:48 p.m. EST (5:48 p.m. PST local time or 0148 GMT on Dec. 29) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E).