Elon Musk’s Starlink is expected to launch 3-4 batches of its broadband satellites per month throughout 2023. Each batch will be of about 50 satellites, unless Musk achieves success with SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket when the number carried could approach 350-400 per launch. A forecast from ABI Research says that SpaceX’s existing 3,500+ satellites in […]
SpaceX has further delayed a planned launch of a batch of Starlink broadband satellites to January 14th. It is the third delay for the launch. But another important event is planned for SpaceX at its giant Starship base in South Texas. This latest Starlink flight will take 51 satellites into orbit and take place from […]
French satellite services company IEC Telecom has been appointed a reseller for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband system. IEC Telecom has announced a new service portfolio with Starlink capacity for satcom users from home office workers to international enterprises and maritime businesses. IEC already supplies clients with sat-phones, Thales maritime products and has been in business some […]
Latvian airline airBaltic will equip its entire Airbus A220-300 fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink internet broadband connectivity system. The airline says that every passenger will benefit from complimentary, in-flight high-speed internet access during all flights without hassles or login pages. Starlink can deliver up to 350 Mbps to aircraft, and with latency as low as 20 […]
SpaceX wrapped another flawless launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, but with rival OneWeb as the paying customer. The rocket carried 40 OneWeb craft (Launch 16) to their transfer orbits on January 9th. This extra 40 means that OneWeb now has 542 satellites either in orbit or en route to their designated positions, and within […]
In December 2022, the FCC granted a partial approval for a SpaceX application for a massive expansion to its mega-constellation. The FCC said that the Elon Musk Starlink broadband business could go ahead with launching 7,500 ‘Generation 2’ satellites, but has declined to approve an application for a further 30,000 satellites. A report from Quilty […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch 40 OneWeb low Earth orbiting satellites into their transfer orbits on January 9th at at 11.50pm Florida time. The launch will be the second by SpaceX for its broadband rival OneWeb, and the 16th overall launch for OneWeb’s constellation. This launch will add another 40 satellites […]
SpaceX has raised a reported $750 million (€706.7m) in a new funding round. The move values the business at a spectacular $137 billion. The new cash has come from a series of investors, reports CNBC, including private equity venture capital outfit Andreessen-Horowitz, which was founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. As at April 2022, […]
SpaceX successfully launched its latest batch of Starlinks on December 28th, but there’s some confusion as to the precise make-up of the satellites carried into orbit. Officially, SpaceX talks about the mission being Starlink Group 5-1, and there’s plenty of talk about the satellites being the first flight dedicated to Starlink’s ‘second generation’ versions. The […]
SpaceX has told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it is ready to start launching its second generation Starlink satellites. The letter to the FCC says that it anticipates beginning its second generation satellites “before the end of December”. SpaceX has also asked for FCC permission to bring into use these second generation craft and […]