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Budget UK airline easyJet to deploy Starlink’s LEO satellite broadband service

27th October, 2026 (6 Comments)

The UK’s largest airline, easyJet, has perhaps somewhat surprisingly announced that it will soon start offering fast onboard Wi-Fi connectivity “for the very first time” by harnessing Starlink’s (SpaceX) mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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Ofcom open more satellite spectrum for ships, aircraft and UK urban high density areas

23rd October, 2026 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has today confirmed that they will give satellite broadband and navigation operators access to harness more radio spectrum on ships and aircraft. In addition, they’re also opening up more Q/V band spectrum to help similar operators serve gateways in urban ‘high density’ areas with extra capacity to meet demands.

Amazon Leo speed test reaches 400Mbps+ on Pro satellite broadband dish

14th October, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Amazon Leo service, which busy deploying thousands of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally to compete with Starlink, has successfully tested their Leo Pro dish (terminal) to slightly beyond its top rated download speed of 400Mbps (Megabits per second) in a beta test of the service.

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Study compares UK 5G fixed wireless broadband performance to Starlink

13th October, 2026 (7 Comments)

A new study from Opensignal has compared the performance of 5G and 4G powered Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband to that of Starlink’s LEO satellite network across 14 European markets, including the United Kingdom. In the UK, Starlink comes out top for rural broadband, but it’s a much more mixed picture in urban areas, where Three UK is strongest for 5G FWA.

Opensignal Satellite D2D Mobile Connections Map of UK

Opensignal map shows where UK Mobiles connect to Starlink’s D2D satellites

13th October, 2026 (4 Comments)

Market analyst and network benchmarking firm Opensignal, which examines mobile networks by gathering crowdsourced data from users of their App, has published what they’re calling the “world’s first interactive map of satellite-to-smartphone D2D connections” (Direct-to-Device) – currently showing where people are connecting via Starlink’s satellite mobile network.

SpaceX granted approval to launch 15,000 LEO satellites for Starlink Mobile

7th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted SpaceX permission to put a further 15,000 next generation satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in order to help feed Starlink’s Mobile service, which will harness radio spectrum recently acquired from T-Mobile and EchoStar.

Sky UK extends satellite TV partnership with SES into the 2030s

30th September, 2026 (31 Comments)

Global satellite provider SES, which operates a large global network of satellites that can deliver video and data services to 99% of the world’s population, has today signed another extension of their existing partnership with Sky. This will see them continuing to provide capacity to support the Sky Q TV service in the UK and Ireland beyond 2029, and into the 2030s.

SpaceX successfully puts 26 operational Starlink V3 broadband satellites into orbit

28th September, 2026 (9 Comments)

SpaceX has this afternoon successfully launched their new Starship rocket into a proper orbit around the Earth (Flight 14) and deployed 26 fully operational commercial Starlink V3 broadband satellites (these are not temporary test samples like last time), which marks a significant achievement after several years of intense development.

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Sharp developing universal satellite broadband dish to connect with Starlink

24th September, 2026 (2 Comments)

Japanese electronics giant Sharp has revealed that it’s developing a compact satellite terminal (dish / antenna) that will technically be able to connect to multiple different satellite communications networks, potentially including Starlink, OneWeb, SES and others. The goal is to make it easier for customers to switch between different networks as competition grows. Easier said than done.

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SpaceX set to launch first fully operational Starlink V3 broadband satellites

17th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

Next week looks set to be a pivotal moment for SpaceX as the company will attempt to launch their Starship rocket again (Flight 14), which will for the first time attempt to place Starship into a proper orbit around the Earth and then deliver 26 fully operational commercial Starlink V3 broadband satellites (not test samples like before).

Telesat Lightspeed satellite broadband network

Telesat’s Lightspeed satellites to provide automated backup for subsea cables

15th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen satcom specialist neXat to lead a new €1.5m (£1.28m) project that aims to create an automated satellite backup (failover) for when submarine fibre optic networks suffer outages (cable breaks). The new system will be supported by Telesat’s future Lightspeed constellation of ultafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit.

Amazon Leo buys 6 more Arianespace rocket launches for broadband satellites

14th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Amazon Leo service, which is building a new constellation to deliver thousands of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has extended their existing agreement with Arianespace in Europe by adding six additional rocket launches (total of 24 launches) via their Ariane 6 vehicle.

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Lincolnshire County Council trials Starlink broadband for rural farms

11th September, 2026 (20 Comments)

The Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England has launched a new pilot project that aims to address rural broadband “not spots” across the agricultural sector by helping farms deploy Starlink’s satellite based broadband service. If found to be successful, the initiative could be rolled out “across the county” to farms where fibre-based solutions are unlikely to be delivered in the near future.

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Eutelsat buys further 229 OneWeb LEO broadband satellites from Airbus

11th September, 2026 (3 Comments)

Eutelsat has revealed that they’ve purchased an additional 229 satellites for OneWeb’s constellation of ultrafast broadband spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is in addition to the 440 already procured from Airbus. A total of 669 new satellites have now been procured and they’ve also chosen Arianespace to help launch some of these in 2027 and 2028.

Starlink showcases new Router 4 hub for LEO satellite broadband service

10th September, 2026 (11 Comments)

Satellite broadband service Starlink has finally published details of their new Wi-Fi 7 capable home wireless “Router 4” (UTR-261) hub on their website, which largely confirms the details revealed in last month’s FCC filings (here) and gives us a better look at the device itself. A new video showcase has also been shared via social media.

O2’s Satellite mobile service extended to UK business customers

7th September, 2026 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that their recently launch consumer Direct-to-Device (D2D) based O2 Satellite service (here), which enables normal Smartphones to connect to their UK mobile network via Starlink’s cell-focused broadband satellites, is being made available to business customers via O2 Business.

Starlink impose 10Mbps speed cap on heavy users of its “unlimited” broadband UPDATE

6th September, 2026 (22 Comments)

Some customers of Starlink’s ultrafast satellite broadband service, specifically those on their residential plans with “unlimited” data usage, have reported that they’ve had their internet speeds capped to c.10Mbps after consuming huge amounts of data. But this is despite their usage patterns being the same for, sometimes, several years.