Roberto Cingolani, CEO of Leonardo. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images ROME, Italy – European defense giant Leonardo hopes to present a satellite alliance with Airbus and Thales within months, the company’s CEO told CNBC, as the continent looks for alternatives to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Following months of talks, Leonardo’s Roberto Cingolani told CNBC: “At…
A satellite dish in a ground network of satellites at Eutelsat’s Madeira office. Photographer: /Bloomberg via Getty Images Zed Jameson | Bloomberg via Getty Images Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat skyrocketed almost 390% last week — and a potential change of tack in European defense has been helping the rally. The firm’s stock price…
Rachel Looker BBC News, Washington Reuters Starlink provides high-speed internet to remote areas such as war zones Secretary of State Marco Rubio and tech billionaire Elon Musk have had a contentious exchange with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in a series of X posts on Sunday over the use of Musk’s Starlink satellite system in…
SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, as the company looks to push development of the mammoth vehicle further, including with a crucial test for how it will deploy satellites. The company launched Starship from its private “Starbase” facility near Brownsville, Texas, shortly after 5:30 p.m. ET. A few minutes later, the…
China faces a tall order in its efforts to catch up to Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite service. SpaceX’s Starlink already has nearly 7,000 operational satellites in orbit and serves around 5 million customers in more than 100 countries, according to SpaceX. The service is meant to offer high-speed internet to customers in remote and underserved…
Nov 02, 2024 02:08 PM IST Musk, who voiced his direct support for Kyiv, donated several hundred Starlink terminals to Ukraine amid war with Russia. Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a clarification against media reports accusing him of supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine claiming that if it wasn’t for Starlink, Kyiv would have…
