The SpaceX/T-Mobile partnership wasannouncedin August 2022. At that time, Musk said it could provide beta service before the end of 2023. The companiessaid in March 2023that they were still planning to test the service before the end of the year, but it laterbecame clear...
Starlink is set to expand its market in Africa with upcoming launches in Botswana, Ghana, and Kenya. However, Starlink has obstacles to overcome before launching in the new markets. Botswana finally granted SpaceX an operating license for Starlink after rejecting the company’s application in Febru...
Since then, SpaceX has deployed thousands of Starlink satellites into the constellation acrossmultiple launches, the most recent of which took placeon June 12and delivered another 52 satellites into low-Earth orbit. That brings thetotal number of satellites launched to approximately 4,600. Do Starli...
Anonymous raQ 13 Oct 2023 I live in the country ruled by dictators. So they will never agree to allow such a thing. Here, all cellular companies are under severe control. My question is that does this technology allow us to connect to the free world without the dict...
SpaceX's internet-beaming Starlink satellite division has reached cash flow breakeven, CEO Elon Musk says. Of the 80 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy missions SpaceX has performed in 2023 so far, Starlink satellite launches have represented 51 of them. Musk announced Starlink's financial milestone on ...
In photos: SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit A train of SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from a video captured by satellite tracker Marco Langbroek in Leiden, the Netherlands on May 24, 2019, just one day after SpaceX launched 60 of the ...
As of July 2024, there are 6,281 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 6,206 are working according to Astronomer Jonathan McDowell who tracks the constellation on his website. Given the high numbers of regular Starlink launches (sometimes multiple times a week), there is ample opportunity to...
Starlink will be deployed immediately on all Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises ships, as well as all new vessels for each brand. The cruise company expects to complete the installation by the end of the first quarter of 2023. ...
Starlink has the advantage of being part of SpaceX, which in addition to launching Starlink satellites, also conducts regular partner launches. Other satellite internet providers may not be able to schedule regular satellite launches due to the high-cost factors involved. ...
The International Astronomical Union issued a statement in July 2019 noting concern about the multiple satellite launches. "The organisation, in general, embraces the principle of a dark and radio-quiet sky as not only essential to advancing our understanding of the Universe of which we are a ...