SpaceX
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Elon Musk’s Starlink has reportedly been installed at the White House, raising questions about security and necessity. -
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured agreements with India’s largest telecom companies, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, to bring Starlink’s satellite internet service to the country.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX will offer free Starlink terminals to areas of Los Angeles affected by raging wildfires.
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Telstra has partnered with SpaceX's Starlink to bring direct-to-device messaging to users in Australia.
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Expereo has become a Starlink authorised reseller, enabling the company to provide Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity to businesses.
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T-Mobile has opened registration for beta access to its direct-to-cell satellite service with Starlink.
Forthcoming events
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Satellite company OneWeb has now put 80% of its 648 satellites into orbit, after a successful overnight launch by SpaceX from Florida.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX might be worth US$137 billion, three times as much as he paid for Twitter in October 2022.
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SpaceX is due to launch 40 satellites for its rival, OneWeb, tomorrow – the first time UK-based company has used Elon Musk’s launch services.
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Geostationary satellite companies used to be the innovators. Now the fresh thoughts are coming from low-orbit companies and the older generation needs a new role, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray
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SpaceX is strengthening its programme to introduce satellite-to-cellphones services by stepping up recruitment.
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Hurtigruten Expeditions, a cruise ship company that specialises in the Arctic and Antarctic, has fitted SpaceX’s Starlink on its fleet.
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Satellite companies Inmarsat and Viasat, which are hoping to merge next year, have criticised the UK’s competition regulator for saying that the union will put up prices for airline passengers.
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Internet speed monitor Ookla has found that speeds from SpaceX’s broadband satellite service Starlink is slowing down.
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Iridium is to back up its fleet of 75 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites with another five, though the company insists there isn’t a problem with the existing units.
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The first satellite to test mobile phone services from space is due for launch this weekend.
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Deutsche Telekom’s T‑Mobile US is to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network to expand coverage across rural parts of the US – and SpaceX wants to attract other mobile operators around the world.
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Nigerian customers of SpaceX’s Starlink service will pay only US$99 for their starter kit, only a sixth of the $599 that US customers have to pay.
