August 21, 2025
 

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Alaska Airlines to Switch to Starlink for Fleet-Wide In-Flight Connectivity
Alaska Airlines has tapped SpaceX's Starlink to equip its entire fleet with in-flight connectivity (IFC) service — swapping out its existing IFC provider Intelsat.   Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday that all aircraft – regional, narrowbody and widebody – will be connected with Starlink by 2027, with some planes entering service in 2026. 

This comes after Alaska Airlines acquired Hawaiian Airlines in September. Hawaiian Airlines was the first major airline to offer Starlink.…[continued]

Connectivity
Google Announces Pixel 10, With Satellite Messaging Options
Google announced the Pixel 10 lineup of phones on Wednesday, continuing its work with Skylo to offer satellite emergency messaging, while T-Mobile also highlighted the…[continued]
Finance
Sumitomo Corporation Invests in Ursa Space
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas has invested into Ursa Space Systems to help the company serve customers across Asia, particularly in the Japanese market. The firm…[continued]
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Connectivity
SXM-10 Marks Second New GEO in Service for SiriusXM This Year
The SiriusXM SXM-10 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has now entered service, marking the second new satellite to enter service for SiriusXM this year. …[continued]
Podcast
On Orbit Podcast: AI and a New Era of Geospatial Intelligence with Esri’s Beau Legeer
In this week’s episode, On Orbit interviews Beau Legeer, director of Imagery and Remote Sensing at Esri. While Esri doesn’t operate its own satellites, the…[continued]
Opinion
In the Magazine: Unlocking European Space Security Through Civil-Defense Collaboration
Europe is actively expanding its defense ambitions, and space is becoming an increasingly strategic part of that vision. Yet the pace of space-based capability development…[continued]
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