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SpaceX sent 27 of its Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit from California this evening (April 3).
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Amazon will begin deploying its satellite broadband constellation, Project Kuiper, this month in what is expected to become the first serious challenge to the dominance of Elon Musk’s Starlink.
From The Financial Times
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SpaceX launched Falcon 9 from California on Thursday to send Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The launch was scheduled for 9:02 p.m. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.
European defense giant Leonardo hopes to present a satellite alliance with Airbus and Thales within months, the company's CEO told CNBC, as the continent looks for alternatives to Elon Musk's Starlink.
United Airlines announced Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved its first Starlink-equipped aircraft type allowing passengers to have access to high-speed Wi-Fi. The first commercial flight will be on the United Express Embraer 175 scheduled for May.
This is not to say that Starlink has magically avoided all the friction caused by Musk’s increasingly MAGA politics. There have been scattered protests at SpaceX facilities in Texas, California and Washington state. But analysts don’t expect them to hurt the company.
United Airlines said the FAA has approved its first Starlink-equipped aircraft type and that the first commercial flight is planned for May.
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The timing of the lawsuit is interesting as it comes when Musk's other companies Starlink and Tesla have just begun making inroads into India with their business plans.
United Airlines's commercial passengers will experience Elon Musk's Starlink technology starting in May, according to a statement from the airline.
After years of planning, the Trump administration is overhauling a federal universal broadband initiative to open the door to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service.
"Starlinks will help residents of the front-line territories to stay in touch: call relatives, call emergency services, read the news. Due to attacks and destruction of base stations in the de-occupied territories,