Jio Partners With SpaceX to Offer Starlink Broadband Internet Services in India
Jio Platforms Limited announced a strategic partnership with SpaceX on Wednesday, a move which will introduce Starlink broadband services in India. The Reliance Industry subsidiary says it will leverage the Elon Musk-owned company’s constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites to provide its customers with high-speed broadband services even in the…
PM Modi Said to Meet Elon Musk for Possible Starlink Talks During US Trip
PM Modi is set to meet Elon Musk during his trip this week to the United States. Musk is likely to hold one-on-one talks with Modi, and India’s government expects that these could include Starlink’s long-delayed plans to launch satellite broadband services in India, said the two sources, who declined to be named as the plans are private.
SpaceX Calls off Falcon 9 Launch of Four MicroGEO Satellites at Last Second
SpaceX’s planned launch of four MicroGEO satellites was halted at the final second on December 21, 2024. The Falcon 9 rocket, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral, was forced into a scrub after the engines ignited at T-0 seconds due to an unspecified technical issue. The satellites, developed by Astranis, were intended to provide broadband service…
Amazon Seeks Regulatory Approval to Launch Project Kuiper Satellite Internet Services in India: Report
Amazon’s Project Kuiper could be launched in India in the coming months, as the US based company has applied for approval to operate its satellite-based broadband internet services in the country. Amazon’s Kuiper Systems will rely on a constellation of 3,236 satellites that are located in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide access to low-latency and…
ISRO’s LVM3 to Launch With 36 Broadband Communication Satellites on Saturday
Shortly after Friday midnight, the countdown will begin for the launch of 36 broadband communication satellites on board ISRO’s heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) from Sriharikota spaceport. The launch of ‘LVM3 – M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission’ is scheduled at 0007 hours IST on October 23 (midnight of October 22). OneWeb is a private satellite…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rolls Out In-Flight WiFi Services for Private Jets With Starlink Aviation
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expanding its satellite internet unit’s foray into in-flight WiFi services with the rollout on Wednesday of Starlink Aviation, offering customers a $150,000 (nearly Rs. 1.2 crore) airplane antenna amid mounting competition for airborne connectivity. Starlink, SpaceX’s growing network of thousands of internet satellites, will c…