How Starship missions could mix Starlink and tanker tests

Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me (in studio!) to talk about Starlink V3, Starlink satellite relay, Kuiper’s rollout, the Airbus-Thales-Leonardo merger, and the future of Iridium.

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Topics

• Caleb Henry (@ChenrySpace) / X
• The OneWeb Book | Caleb Henry | Substack
• Quilty Space
• Satellite operators will soon join airlines in using Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi - Ars Technica
• Starlink mini lasers to link Muon Space satellites for near real-time connectivity - SpaceNews
• Project Kuiper plots broadband services in five countries by end of March - SpaceNews
• Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to combine space businesses - SpaceNews
• Project Bromo: An Escape Hatch, Not a Fortress
• Iridium pulls $1 billion 2030 service revenue goal amid SpaceX’s D2D push - SpaceNews

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