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Reuters • Mathieu Rosemain

Eutelsat names Orange veteran Jean-François Fallacher as CEO, prioritizing $4.75B OneWeb/Iris2 financing

Eutelsat on May 5 appointed former Orange France CEO Jean-François Fallacher to succeed Eva Berneke as head of the satellite operator, tasking him with steering the OneWeb integration and securing urgent financing of some $4.75 billion for its LEO projects, including Iris2.

2025-05-05T00:34:53.988910-07:00

Space.com

Amazon Launches First Kuiper Internet Satellites, Competes with SpaceX's Starlink

2025-04-28T16:16:02.129632-07:00

Spaceflight Now

Amazon Launches First Batch of Project Kuiper Satellites, Entering Rivalry with SpaceX's Starlink

2025-04-28T10:37:01.742154-07:00

Reuters

FAA Approves United Airlines' Starlink-Equipped Embraer 175 for May 2025 Launch

2025-03-31T06:26:30.667580-07:00

Hype Analysis

Starlink's 2024 Advances: Transforming In-Flight Wi-Fi Connectivity in Aviation

October 17, 2024 - Summary of Starlink's 2024 role in aviation: airlines adopt its high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi, enhancing passenger experience. Read More.

Starlink News Timeline

Forbes

Starlink IFC Install Base to Top 10,000 Aircraft by 2034 as United Launches Service May 15 SpaceX’s Starlink low-Earth orbit in-flight connectivity, installed on a few hundred aircraft today, will power United Airlines flights starting May 15 and serve more than 10,000 planes by 2034, according to a Valour Consultancy analysis and early hands-on reviews.

2025-05-08T00:36:08.512532-07:00

Starlink IFC Install Base to Top 10,000 Aircraft by 2034 as United Launches Service May 15

indiatoday.in

Starlink Secures Indian Government Approval, Poised to Enter World's Second-Largest Internet Market Elon Musk’s Starlink has received a Letter of Intent from India’s Department of Telecommunications, clearing a major regulatory hurdle to offer satellite internet service to over 760 million users. Final sign-off from IN-SPACe and spectrum allocation remain before the network can go live.

2025-05-07T20:52:07.940330-07:00

Starlink Secures Indian Government Approval, Poised to Enter World's Second-Largest Internet Market

TechCrunch

US Leverages Tariff Threats to Push Starlink Approvals, Leaked Cables Reveal Leaked State Department cables reveal that the Trump administration urged countries threatened with US tariffs to greenlight licensing for Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet. The strategy underscores the intertwining of US trade policy and diplomatic pressure in accelerating Starlink’s global rollout.

2025-05-07T12:45:23.786642-07:00

US Leverages Tariff Threats to Push Starlink Approvals, Leaked Cables Reveal

Space.com

SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Group 6-92 Smallsats on Falcon 9 with Droneship Recovery On May 6, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:17 p.m. ET, deploying 28 Starlink Group 6-92 smallsats into low-Earth orbit. The reusable first stage touched down on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

2025-05-06T20:31:43.576558-07:00

SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Group 6-92 Smallsats on Falcon 9 with Droneship Recovery

Reuters

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Eutelsat names Orange veteran Jean-François Fallacher as CEO, prioritizing $4.75B OneWeb/Iris2 financing Eutelsat on May 5 appointed former Orange France CEO Jean-François Fallacher to succeed Eva Berneke as head of the satellite operator, tasking him with steering the OneWeb integration and securing urgent financing of some $4.75 billion for its LEO projects, including Iris2.

2025-05-05T00:34:53.988910-07:00

Eutelsat names Orange veteran Jean-François Fallacher as CEO, prioritizing $4.75B OneWeb/Iris2 financing

Florida Today

SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Smallsats on Star Wars Day from Kennedy’s LC-39A At 4:54 a.m. ET on May 4, a fog-shrouded Falcon 9 lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center LC-39A, deploying 29 Starlink Group 6-84 small satellites to low-Earth orbit. The mission, with a 60% chance of favorable weather, expands SpaceX’s growing broadband constellation.

2025-05-04T04:02:02.737254-07:00

SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Smallsats on Star Wars Day from Kennedy’s LC-39A

Financial Times

Iberian Blackout Exposes Telco Weaknesses, Drives Starlink Adoption A massive power failure across Spain and Portugal last weekend knocked out traditional telecom networks, forcing emergency services, businesses and airlines to rely on SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet as a resilient backup. The incident underscores satellite constellations’ role in maintaining critical communications during infrastructure failures.

2025-05-03T21:35:18.352150-07:00

Iberian Blackout Exposes Telco Weaknesses, Drives Starlink Adoption

Spaceflight Now

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SpaceX Prepares Third Falcon 9 Flight of May to Launch 26 Starlink V2 Minis SpaceX is prepping its third Falcon 9 launch of May, targeting Sunday for the Starlink 15-3 mission from Vandenberg’s SLC-4E. The rocket will deploy 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into LEO on a south-easterly trajectory and recover booster B1081 on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.

2025-05-03T06:52:27.129038-07:00

SpaceX Prepares Third Falcon 9 Flight of May to Launch 26 Starlink V2 Minis

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