There are many market rumours suggesting that Elon Musk’s SpaceX will mount its much-anticipated Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the next few days. However, there are some very different guesses as to how the IPO will be structured and what it might mean for the overall valuation of SpaceX, including Starlink. One report suggests that […]
A report from analysts at Quilty Space says that SpaceX’s Starlink broadband by satellite system has crossed 10 million subscribers and is now tracking toward $20 billion (€17.2bn) in 2026 revenue. “The business looks nothing like it did 18 months ago,” noted the report. Quilty forecasts that Starlink will achieve 16.8 million subscribers (up 33 […]
Just days after criticising rival Elon Musk for the SpaceX plans to launch 1 million satellites suitable for operating orbital data-centres, Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin rocket launch business has applied to place 51,600 satellites into orbit. Bezos and Blue Origin call the scheme ‘Project Sunrise’ and as one critic pointed out: “’Project Sunrise’ […]
Analysys Mason’s lead analyst Christopher Baugh, in a review ahead of the industry gathering in Washington DC for the annual satellite show (March 23rd-26th, World Satellite Business Week), says that the satellite and space sector is changing, from what was once a steady march of tech progress, to a rapid, multidimensional transformation driven by geopolitical […]
Amazon Leo had formally complained to the FCC about SpaceX’s plans for 1 million satellites. The complaint did not go down well with FCC chairman Brendan Carr. Carr, in a comment posted on X, said: “I think Amazon should focus on getting Amazon’s house in order with their own launches and their own satellite constellation, […]
A March 9th filing by SpaceX to the FCC – in effect – acknowledges the strength of AST SpaceMobile, especially in regard to AST’s European developments and its ‘Satellite Connect Europe’ partnership with Vodafone. SpaceX complains that AST is continuing to “wrap itself in the American flag” but as far as Europe is concerned it […]
March 7th saw SpaceX launch 25 satellites from its Vandenberg Space Force complex. There’s another 25 due to launch on March 10th also from Vandenberg, and a further 29 craft from Cape Canaveral on March 12th. These totals will take the overall total of satellites launched by SpaceX to 11,493, of which some 10,015 either […]
Amazon Leo has filed a formal petition calling on the FCC to deny SpaceX’s 1 million-satellite proposal for orbiting data centres using the Sun to charge batteries and the cold of space to cool on-board processing. Amazon argues that the SpaceX 1 million satellite project would take “centuries” to deploy. Amazon Leo says: “Deploying the […]
Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and COO made a major presentation at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress (MWC) and showcased her company’s new name for Starlink’s Direct-to-Device offering. The new name – hardly a surprise – is Starlink Mobile. The aim is to deliver 5G speeds to mobile devices anywhere in the world. The technology will […]
According to business commentator Sawyer Merritt, the SpaceX Starlink WiFi system is now available – or waiting to be fitted – on more than 5,700 aircraft. This equates to around 19 per cent of the world’s active global commercial aircraft. SpaceX has already won two of the top four largest US airlines to adopt Starlink […]