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SpaceBorn United’s website has had few updates since a panel at South by Southwest three years ago.
SpaceX has commercial IFC contract wins with Emirates, IAG, Lufthansa Group, Korean Group, and Southwest.
Southwest plans to upgrade all its aircraft with high-speed, low Earth orbit satellite technology and views the Starlink agreement as a major step in that plan.
Starlink will replace the Anuvu system that is installed on older Southwest aircraft.
Southwest Airlines reached a deal to integrate SpaceX’s Starlink in-flight connectivity service on Feb. 11.
In May 2022, Southwest signed a deal with Viasat for Viasat’s next-generation Ka-band satellite IFC system to be factory-installed on all new aircraft deliveries starting in the first quarter of 2023.
Southwest expects Starlink to be available on more than 300 aircraft by the end of 2026.
The Southwest-Starlink agreement will impact Anuvu’s work on Southwest aircraft.
Starlink service on Southwest will be free to loyalty members through a partnership with T-Mobile.
The first Starlink-equipped Southwest aircraft is set to enter service this summer.
In June 2022, Southwest signed a deal with Anuvu for Anuvu to modernize in-flight connectivity equipment across 350 of Southwest’s 737NG aircraft.
ViaSat’s system will continue to be line-fit installed on all of Southwest’s brand-new B737 MAX aircraft.
Southwest plans to rapidly integrate Starlink into its fleet.
Southwest currently works with Viasat and Anuvu for in-flight connectivity service.
Red dot and Rumble In The Valley were confirmed over the midnight skies in Southwest China.
Red dot and Rumble In The Valley were confirmed over the midnight skies in Southwest China.
Southwest Research Institute managed the IMAP payload and coordinated the development and delivery of all 10 mission instruments contributed by multiple institutions.
At 0642:04 UTC on December 12, objects 56120 and 67001 came close to each other approximately 1600 km southwest of Baja.
Launch 82 will take place at Xichang spaceport in southwest China.
The research work was supported in part by NASA, and the coauthors of the paper include Michael Manga from UC Berkeley, Alyssa Rhoden from Southwest Research Institute, and Matthew Walker from Planetary Science Institute.