T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS) recently achieved a milestone by successfully conducting a wireless emergency alert (WEA) in the United States for the first time, using SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. T-Mobile initiated the test alert earlier this month for a hypothetical evacuation notice. The alert was sent 217 miles into space where it was received by one of the Starlink direct-to-smartphone satellites in low-earth orbit. Per the company, the satellite functioned as a cell tower in space and broadcasted the alert ...