Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to sign a partnership with Elon Musk’s ⁦⁩Starlink to deploy satellite-based internet services across remote and underserved regions. Maharashtra state is the Indian region of some 300,000 sq kms with Mumbai as its key city. “It was wonderful to welcome M Lauren Dreyer, VP/Starlink in Mumbai today, where […]

Starlink is offering a £35 (€40.36) monthly fee for its satellite broadband reception over the UK. The offer is available nationally except for London and the South-East of England. The areas with £35/month package can now get a 100Mb/s service with a £75 professional installation fee and no hardware fees, but users are signing a […]

Russia’s Roscosmos space agency has repeated its promise to launch around 300 broadband satellites by 2027, and that local manufacturers will supply 200,000 user terminals this year. However, observers say that with Russia’s aging Soyuz rockets are only able to carry about 15 satellites per rocket launch, consequently it would take 20 launches to carry […]

Satellite operator SES already serves dozens of airlines and thousands of aircraft with its solution for in-flight Wi-Fi and broadband. The company has seen a slew of airlines switching from SES (and rival geostationary operators Viasat and Eutelsat) to Starlink. SES says these airlines are risking their in-flight service by selecting Starlink and its ‘all […]

Ireland-based Ryanair has firmly declined adding in-flight WiFi from SpaceX’s Starlink. The low-cost airline argues that adding the exterior antenna to its aircrafts’ fuselage adds extra drag to the aircraft’s efficiency and thus costs more in fuel. “You need to put antenna on fuselage [and[ it comes with a 2 per cent fuel penalty because […]

South African–born Elon Musk has worked hard over the past few months in attempts to gain permission to launch SpaceX’s Starlink broadband–by–satellite service in South Africa. But far from nearing those permissions, there are signs that he still has a mountain to climb. Local reports say that political party Rise Mzansi’s leader, Songezo Zibi, and […]

The Lufthansa group of airlines will start installing Starlink in–flight broadband kit this year across its complete fleet.The group, which also includes Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Swiss, said the new Starlink service would start being installed on the first of its 850 aircraft later this year. Lufthansa says that the in–flight WiFi service […]

January 9th saw the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approve a batch of major requests from SpaceX to increase the size of the Starlink broadband-by-satellite fleet. The decision is notable in that the FCC has wasted no time in coming to its decision, and the benefits to SpaceX are considerable. The FCC said that it has […]

flyExclusive, the US private jet operator and a certified Part 145 Repair Station, has signed an authorised dealership agreement with Starlink, becoming a certified dealer and installer for Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency aviation connectivity system. flyExclusive will begin installation of Starlink on its fleet, setting a higher standard for the onboard experience with streaming-quality internet, real-time […]

SpaceX currently dominates satellite activity with over 9,000 satellites in orbit and ambitions to deliver ‘Direct-to-Consumer’ telephony. AST SpaceMobile has just six satellites in orbit but has dozens of major telcos signed up to its Direct-to-Consumer cellular plan and this year will have 45-60 satellites in orbit. SpaceX, on January 6th, has written to the […]