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Ryanair Ready for Wi‑Fi, Refuses to Pay For It

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said he wants inflight internet on the airline's aircraft, but only if Ryanair does not bear installation or service costs, following a public exchange with Elon Musk over potential connectivity offerings. O'Leary said added costs would clash with Ryanair's low‑fare short‑haul model.

2026-01-21T17:35:10.953381-08:00

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX targets first West Coast Starlink launch of 2026, adds 25 V2 Mini Optimized satellites to polar LEO

2026-01-21T15:22:02.662687-08:00

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Blue Origin unveils TeraWave: 5,408‑satellite LEO/MEO optical constellation targeting up to 6 Tbps

2026-01-21T10:18:41.709346-08:00

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

United to fit Starlink on 1,000+ aircraft in 2026, adding more than one plane per day as Wi‑Fi lifts premium demand

2026-01-21T14:09:51.702928-08:00

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PaxEx.Aero

Ryanair Ready for Wi‑Fi, Refuses to Pay For It Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said he wants inflight internet on the airline's aircraft, but only if Ryanair does not bear installation or service costs, following a public exchange with Elon Musk over potential connectivity offerings. O'Leary said added costs would clash with Ryanair's low‑fare short‑haul model.

2026-01-21T17:35:10.953381-08:00

Ryanair Ready for Wi‑Fi, Refuses to Pay For It

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX targets first West Coast Starlink launch of 2026, adds 25 V2 Mini Optimized satellites to polar LEO SpaceX will launch its first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026, sending 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into a polar low Earth orbit. The flight continues rapid V2 Mini deployments to boost polar coverage and capacity for commercial and government users.

2026-01-21T15:22:02.662687-08:00

SpaceX targets first West Coast Starlink launch of 2026, adds 25 V2 Mini Optimized satellites to polar LEO

Via Satellite

Es'hailSat and Qatar Armed Forces sign MoU to develop sovereign military satcom and ground networks Es'hailSat and the Qatar Armed Forces signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop military satellite communications and associated ground networks to meet sovereign requirements. The agreement formalizes cooperation to bolster national defence communications, operational readiness and secure, resilient control of space-based links.

2026-01-21T14:15:52.726045-08:00

Es'hailSat and Qatar Armed Forces sign MoU to develop sovereign military satcom and ground networks

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

United to fit Starlink on 1,000+ aircraft in 2026, adding more than one plane per day as Wi‑Fi lifts premium demand United will install SpaceX Starlink inflight Wi‑Fi at a pace of more than one aircraft per day throughout 2026, targeting over 1,000 installations. Management says the fleet rollout helped Q4 2025 results and is a material contributor to a forecast for record 2026 profits driven by stronger premium demand.

2026-01-21T14:09:51.702928-08:00

United to fit Starlink on 1,000+ aircraft in 2026, adding more than one plane per day as Wi‑Fi lifts premium demand

Wall Street Journal

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SpaceX IPO push driven by orbital data‑centres, sources say Sources say Elon Musk's plan to deploy orbital data centres aboard an upgraded Starlink has accelerated SpaceX's push for an IPO. Company executives view public markets as the route to raise the capital and scale needed to build and operate large on‑orbit compute infrastructure.

2026-01-21T10:57:17.722292-08:00

SpaceX IPO push driven by orbital data‑centres, sources say

Reuters

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Blue Origin unveils TeraWave: 5,408‑satellite LEO/MEO optical constellation targeting up to 6 Tbps Blue Origin unveiled TeraWave, a LEO/MEO optical‑satellite constellation of 5,408 spacecraft, aiming to begin deployments late next year and deliver up to 6 Tbps of capacity for enterprise, data‑centre and government customers. The network uses optical links and multi‑orbit layering to enable high‑throughput, low‑latency services.

2026-01-21T10:18:41.709346-08:00

Blue Origin unveils TeraWave: 5,408‑satellite LEO/MEO optical constellation targeting up to 6 Tbps

Space Intel Report

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OHB lifts three‑year revenue and profit targets after ESA budget boost and German/EU military space plans OHB has raised its three‑year revenue and profit targets, citing a renewed ESA budget and emerging German and EU military space programmes as drivers. The supplier said higher programme funding and defence requirements underpin stronger order visibility and improved financial guidance for its spacecraft and launch‑related business.

2026-01-21T09:53:52.098551-08:00

OHB lifts three‑year revenue and profit targets after ESA budget boost and German/EU military space plans

Universe Today

Lunar far‑side radio telescopes could image dozens of black‑hole shadows beyond the Event Horizon Telescope's Earth‑bound limit Earth‑sized baselines cap the Event Horizon Telescope to the M87 and Milky Way black‑hole shadows; placing radio telescopes on the Moon’s far side — missions like LuSEE‑Night — would extend the interferometric baseline and sensitivity, enabling imaging of dozens more shadows and new low‑frequency cosmic signals.

2026-01-21T08:52:04.781089-08:00

Lunar far‑side radio telescopes could image dozens of black‑hole shadows beyond the Event Horizon Telescope's Earth‑bound limit

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Ryanair Ready for Wi‑Fi, Refuses to Pay For It

SpaceX targets first West Coast Starlink launch of 2026, adds 25 V2 Mini Optimized satellites to polar LEO

Blue Origin unveils TeraWave: 5,408‑satellite LEO/MEO optical constellation targeting up to 6 Tbps

United to fit Starlink on 1,000+ aircraft in 2026, adding more than one plane per day as Wi‑Fi lifts premium demand

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