US achieves 1st-ever space Bluetooth link using satellites [Video]

On March 4, SpaceX’s Transporter-10 ride-sharing mission launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California put into orbit two satellites belonging to Seattle-based Hubble Network. These satellites have now achieved the seemingly impossible feat of making a Bluetooth connection to Earth from over 370 miles (600 km) away. 

Founded in 2021 by Alex Haro, Ben Wild, and John Kim, Hubble Network had an uphill task ahead of itself, given that Bluetooth connections can notoriously fail when users are in the same room. 

Wild, a founder of another company dealing with the Internet of Things (IoT), was shocked when he first heard of the concept. However, through his experiences with IoT devices, he agrees that they are power-hungry, extremely expensive to operate, and do …