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title: "SpaceX reaches agreement with United Airlines, Starlink Wi-Fi backlogged orders close to doubling"
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description: "SpaceX has reached an agreement with United Airlines to provide free Starlink Wi-Fi services to all flight passengers, leading to nearly doubling of backlogged orders. United Airlines will equip all aircraft with in-flight connectivity in the coming years, with testing set to begin early next year. Starlink has currently signed contracts with around 2,500 aircraft and has been providing services to multiple airlines. SpaceX launches new satellites every three days, with 6,400 satellites currently connecting over 3 million customers"
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# SpaceX reaches agreement with United Airlines, Starlink Wi-Fi backlogged orders close to doubling

According to the Zhītōng Finance and Economics APP, a senior executive of SpaceX stated that the company recently reached an agreement with United Airlines (UAL.US) to provide free internet connection for all flight passengers, with the backlog of Starlink Wi-Fi orders nearly doubling. Under this agreement, United Airlines will offer in-flight connectivity services on all its aircraft in the coming years, with testing set to begin early next year. This is also the largest airborne connectivity agreement for Starlink.

Nick Galano, sales and partnership director of Starlink, mentioned at the World Space Business Week conference in Paris, "We now have contracts with around 2,500 aircraft, which is very exciting for us. This will bring continuous growth experience for this startup and resonate with all passengers and airlines worldwide."

It is understood that SpaceX has started providing in-flight Wi-Fi services for Hawaiian Airlines (HA.US), Qatar Airways, Zipair Tokyo, airBaltic in Latvia, and the semi-private airline JSX.

Galano stated that the Starlink satellite constellation "could be more than 100 times the capacity provided by all traditional systems," with the current capacity exceeding 300 terabits per second.

Currently, there are approximately 6,400 Starlink satellites in orbit, connecting over 3 million customers. SpaceX is also not slowing down, launching a new satellite-carrying rocket approximately every three days this year

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