Tag: Starlink

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Buys Ad Campaign on Twitter for Starlink

SpaceX has bought an advertising package on Twitter for its satellite internet service Starlink, said Elon Musk, who owns the rocket company and the social media platform. “SpaceX Starlink bought a tiny—not large—ad package to test effectiveness of Twitter advertising in Australia & Spain. Did same for FB/Insta/Google,” Musk wrote on Twitter on Monday. Twitter,…


Elon Musk Reacts to Reports Biden Admin Looking to Block His Twitter Deal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reacted to reports that President Joe Biden’s administration is considering looking into the billionaire’s acquisition of Twitter as well as his actions with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network to see if they should be subject to national security reviews. Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday, replying to a post by American mixed martial…


SpaceX Rolls out Starlink Internet Service for Private Jets

WASHINGTON—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 airplane antenna amid mounting competition for airborne connectivity. Starlink, SpaceX’s growing network of thousands of internet satellites, will charge customers seeking broadband internet on private jets between $12,500–$25,000 a…


Musk Says SpaceX Losing $20 Million a Month on Starlink Internet in Ukraine

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said that SpaceX is losing around $20 million a month on providing its Starlink satellite internet to Ukraine, while the Pentagon confirmed it has not paid the company any money for the service. Musk said in an Oct. 19 post on Twitter that his rocket company is losing approximately $20…


EU Mulls Paying for Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet for Ukraine: Report

European Union countries are discussing covering the costs of providing Ukraine with Starlink internet, a Lithuanian official told Politico, which comes as Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX continues to pay for it but is looking for external funding to foot the bill for the service. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told Politico in an interview…


Elon Musk Says Starlink Adding Donation Feature After Ukraine Funding Controversy

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said that SpaceX would be rolling out a feature letting people donate Starlink satellite internet units to places in need, after Musk said that the rocket company couldn’t continue to fund Starlink in Ukraine “indefinitely.” Musk said in an Oct. 17 post on Twitter that SpaceX would add a donate…


Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can’t ‘Indefinitely’ Fund Internet for Ukraine

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said Friday that SpaceX cannot “indefinitely” fund the Starlink internet service in Ukraine, after a report said his rocket company had asked the Pentagon to cover the costs of the service that have helped Ukrainian forces with battlefield communications. Musk made the remarks in a post on Twitter as part…


Amazon’s Answer to Elon Musk’s Starlink Gets New Space Ride for 2023 Launch

Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that satellites for its Project Kuiper internet program will be launched by the new Vulcan rocket in early 2023. The Jeff Bezos-founded company said in a statement that its first two satellites—Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2—will be launched on the maiden flight of the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket early…


Japan Is First Asian Country With Starlink Satellite Internet Services

Starlink, the SpaceX satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk, has officially debuted in Japan, the company announced on Twitter on Monday, making the country the first in Asia to have access to Starlink. Starlink が日本でのサービスを開始しました - アジアでは初めてのサービス国です → t.co/slZbTmHdml — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 10, 2022 Japan’s telecommunication firm KDDI Corporation said in September 2021 that…


Elon Musk Says Starlink Still Far From Cashflow Positive: ‘Any Support Is Super Helpful’

Elon Musk made a plea for its SpaceX-owned Starlink satellite internet service on Tuesday. What Happened Musk took to Twitter to note that all low-earth orbit communications constellations to date have gone bankrupt. His claims may not be farfetched, as in 2020 alone three satellite communications companies including Intelsat SA, Speedcast International and OneWeb went…