There's a strong indication that SpaceX does use software receiver in Falcon 9 and Starlink: when they didn't encrypt the downlink telemetry someone captured th

There's a strong indication that SpaceX does use software receiver in Falcon 9 and Starlink: when they didn't encrypt the downlink telemetry someone captured the signal and found some plain text: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/receiving-space-x-falcon-9-telemetry-with-a-hackrf-and-1-2m-satellite-dish/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/receiving-space-x-falcon-9-telemetry... That plain text looks like what a software GNSS receiver outputs as its very verbose, and this paper: https://radionavlab.ae.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nichols_ION_GNSS_2022.pdf https://radionavlab.ae.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10... , a paper about a software receiver mentioned this: > PpRx has been licensed through the Radionavigation Lab to multiple commercial companies, but notably a major aerospace company that uses the technology across their suite of advanced spacecraft and satellites. The SDR is deployed across the company’s mega-constellation of satellites used for broadband Internet