Starlink

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about the U.S. Navy’s MH-60, SpaceX’s Starlink and FedEx founder Fred Smith. Plus: Behind the Scenes at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed in Ohio.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies has raised a ¥8.9 billion ($61.8 million) Series F round.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways has completed the installation of Starlink connectivity systems on 54 Boeing 777 aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Victoria Moores
Virgin Atlantic has detailed plans to introduce Starlink connectivity and to reconfigure its Airbus A330neo and Boeing 787-9s with more premium seats.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Bill Carey
The FAA has awarded a supplemental type certificate to install Starlink inflight connectivity on the Cessna 208 Caravan single-engine turboprop.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. government is highly reliant on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 medium and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles and Dragon crew capsule.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The latest trend in satellite development is two-dimensional: flat sats.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Better known for its defense services, Metrea is now taking its first forays into aerial firefighting.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump launched broadsides against each other on social media and in public on June 5.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Germany has pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.65 billion) to aid Ukraine’s defenses and boost the country’s ability to strike at long-range against Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Less than halfway through its expected 66-min. glide around Earth, Starship experienced a leak that led to a loss of attitude control.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Hughes, a manufacturer of satellite broadband antennas, is making new inroads in aviation.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Garrett Reim
SpaceX is proposing a Starlink-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) service as a complement or alternative to conventional GPS.
Commercial Space

By Fred George
Satellite navigation’s vulnerability to jamming and spoofing is not new.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Starlink’s honeymoon as a breakout connectivity option for business aviation has ended, with rival Gogo getting Parts Manufacturer Approval from the FAA.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Matthew Fulco
The island has scrambled to assemble an adroit supplier team after failing to reach an agreement with Elon Musk-owned Starlink.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
Eutelsat on May 5 announced that telecommunications veteran Jean-François Fallacher will take over as CEO.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Swissto12 sees an old-school, broadcast-only application for geostationary (GEO) communications satellites returning.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Amazon plans to use the satellites to roll out high-speed internet service later this year.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The 76-year-old alliance wants to bolster its space capabilities with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Europeans have developed a wariness of relying on U.S. space tech, but the U.S. is light years ahead of its Old World cousins in the emerging space sector.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Connectivity upgrades and a new global MRO event are highlights of this issue’s roundup.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
A €70 million ($75.7 million) Series B round to fund the deployment of a 100-sat 5G internet-of-things constellation has been closed by Sateliot.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
It will not work with Elon Musk-owned Starlink, but Taiwan plans to establish a satellite communications network by 2029.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Optical cross-link technology is maturing at a critical juncture, with government and commercial customers pouring billions into proliferated constellations.
Satellites