Amazon takes on SpaceX in the satellite internet with Project Kuiper
Amazon has a plan to deliver internet from space using 3,236 small satellites in low Earth orbit. It’s called Project Kuiper. In April, the company signed a multibillion-dollar contract — the largest rocket deal in the history of the commercial space industry — for launches of its Kuiper satellites with three different entities: Jeff Bezos’s […]
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Russia Tried to Hold Ukraine’s Internet Hostage, Then SpaceX Stepped In
Photo credit: NurPhoto – Getty Images SpaceX’s successful intervention in Ukrainian satellite signal-jamming is a model for the Pentagon, officials say. Russian electronic jamming affected Starlink satellite internet receivers sent to Ukraine. SpaceX quickly issued a fix for the jam, something the Pentagon says current rules won’t allow the public sector to do. The U.S. […]
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SpaceX inks 1st deal to provide Starlink internet service on planes
SpaceX just secured its first deal to provide inflight internet service on airplanes using its Starlink constellation of broadband satellites. The service will be available later this year to customers of JSX, a charter airline company that plans to equip 100 planes with Starlink-provided inflight Wi-Fi. “The service will be offered to all JSX customers […]
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SpaceX launches 51 Starlink internet satellites in the constellation’s 1st West Coast launch
One of SpaceX’s oldest rockets launched on a historic 10th flight, carrying the first stack of Starlink satellites into space in more than two months before sticking a landing at sea to cap the successful mission. The previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Station at 11:55 […]
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