The equipment for Starlink will be engineered by the planes’ manufacturer and certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. Starlink has approximately 6,300 satellites orbiting around the Earth.

The Federal Aviation Administration will have to approve SpaceX’s Starlink equipment before it can be equipped on United’s planes, according to the Wall Street Journal. Get Forbes Breaking ...

For example, when it’s too cold (which probably isn’t an issue here in Zimbabwe), the Starlink equipment’s built-in heating mechanism activates. When it’s too hot, the cooling system kicks in.

With Starlink in place, they’ll be able to go from text-based messaging to using video and voice, both to talk to each other, but also to maybe send a video of some equipment that’ll need ...

In-flight Wi-Fi can be hit or miss, but that’s about to change. WSJ’s Joanna Stern tested Starlink and Intelsat’s low-Earth-orbit satellite tech. Photo Illustration: Ryan Trefes Elon Musk ...

Initially, Starlink only targeted smaller regional and private jet aircraft, but now its equipment is also certified for commercial passenger planes from Airbus and Boeing and is already in use ...

The internet equipment on United planes will be subject to approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. Starlink operates a constellation of more than 6,300 satellites, which SpaceX started ...

United Airlines will soon provide free Wi-Fi to passengers on flights after inking a deal with Starlink, the satellite constellation internet provider from Elon Musk-owned SpaceX. The offering ...

GREAT news for internet users across Zimbabwe - Starlink has officially launched nationwide services as of September 7, ...

The forum suggests that “at capacity” means that Starlink has maxed out the number of active users in the area. The more ...

PARIS — SpaceX nearly doubled its backlog of Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi orders with last week’s United Airlines deal, a company director said Tuesday. “Very excited that we have about ...