Williams, a professor at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney, wrote in The Conversation that the submersible's communications were through a transponder that received sonar signals through the water: According to Starlink's website, "SpaceX is leveraging its experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy the world's most advanced broadband internet system." Starlink, which develops satellite technology, is a subsidiary of SpaceX, a satellite and spacecraft company that Musk founded and runs. Internet from space supporting Titanic dive expedition 🛰️🚢 Starlink in turn quote tweeted OceanGate, saying, "Internet from space supporting Titanic dive expedition." In another tweet, the company thanked Starlink for "the internet connection we need to make our Titanic dive operations a success."ĭespite being in the middle of the North Atlantic, we have the internet connection we need to make our #Titanic dive operations a success - thank you /sujBmPr3JD
Without any cell towers in the middle of the ocean, we are relying on to provide the communications we require throughout this year's 2023 Titanic Expedition. The wreck of the Titanic lies about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. OceanGate tweeted right before the expedition that it was relying on Starlink: "Without any cell towers in the middle of the ocean, we are relying on to provide the communications we require throughout this year's 2023 Titanic Expedition." However, it was true that OceanGate, the company that operates the submersible, said it was relying on Starlink technology during the expedition. As scientists have pointed out, the submersible could not have relied on satellite internet to communicate with the surface while it was underwater. The missing submarine was using Elon Musk's Starlink satellites for its communications at sea. When news broke of the failed communications, a number of news reports and posts claimed that the missing submersible was relying on Elon Musk's Starlink satellites for its communications.
Search-and-rescue operations soon were underway in the North Atlantic Ocean to bring up the five-person sub, who were facing the loss of oxygen and crushing pressure in the depths of the ocean, as of this writing. On June 18, 2023, the submersible Titan was exploring the wreckage of the Titanic when it lost contact with the chartered research ship it was part of. How, or to what extent, the vessel's mothership was using Starlink to communicate remained unknown. How, or under what circumstances, the mothership used Starlink technology during the expedition remained unknown.Įditor's Note: Since the original publication of this fact check on June 20, 2023, Snopes clarified its rating and text to make clear that - while OceanGate, the company overseeing the submersible's expedition, said it was using Starlink satellites for the trip - the submersible itself was not using the technology to communicate. However, scientists have pointed out that the submersible would have had an acoustic link with the surface vessel and could not have relied on satellite internet to communicate with the surface.
Starlink is a subsidiary of SpaceX, which Elon Musk runs, and OceanGate indeed said it was relying on the company for the expedition, which included the submersible and a mothership - that is, a vessel that stays above water to navigate and communicate with land during the expedition.
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