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• Munsif Vengattil
Elon Musk says Starlink will keep its satellite internet service affordable in India, where data prices are among the world’s lowest, positioning the service against Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio. The comments come days before Jio’s parent company is set to launch what is described as India’s largest-ever IPO.
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KLM plans to offer free Starlink connectivity on intercontinental flights from mid-2027, while Royal Air Maroc expects to become the first African airline to offer the service in early 2027. Both selections add airline customers for Starlink’s low-latency satellite internet offering.
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Elon Musk says Starlink will keep its satellite internet service affordable in India, where data prices are among the world’s lowest, positioning the service against Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio. The comments come days before Jio’s parent company is set to launch what is described as India’s largest-ever IPO.
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A memorandum of understanding will combine Astrogate Labs’ AstroLink optical communication terminals for satellites with Spacebeam’s Osong optical ground station infrastructure. The companies plan to bring their respective technologies together for optical communications, linking onboard terminals with ground services.
Amazon Leo says it remains on track to begin initial broadband service this year, with its first launch on ULA’s Vulcan and its third flight on Europe’s Ariane 6 in the 64-booster configuration expected “in the coming weeks.” The missions are part of the constellation’s deployment sequence.
A Royal United Services Institute study says Moscow has incentives to use a nuclear weapon in space to disable proliferated satellite networks that support U.S. missile defenses. The warning highlights the exposure of space-based defense infrastructure to attacks with potentially broad effects across satellite networks.
Seattle-based Kapta Space has raised a $24 million Series A to build next-generation radar payloads designed to track moving targets. The funding will support development of the company’s space-based sensing technology, though the announcement provides no further details on customers, deployment timing or the payloads’ specifications.
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