
SpaceX Rolls Out Starlink Aviation Product for Satellite Internet to ...
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- Oct 19, 2022
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SpaceX has signed early deals with commercial air carriers, inking agreements with Hawaiian Airlines and semiprivate charter provider JSX to provide Wi-Fi on planes. Up until now SpaceX has been approved to conduct a limited amount of inflight testing, seeing the aviation Wi-Fi market as "ripe for an overhaul."
This latest offering marks a direct challenge to leading inflight connectivity provider Gogo. But William Blair analyst Louie DiPalma said in a note to investors on Wednesday that the Starlink product "appears to be too big and too expensive to challenge" Gogo's position in the small-to-midsize business jet market and that "this will likely come as a welcome relief to Gogo investors."
"Starlink's entry into the business jet connectivity market has pressured Gogo shares. We anticipate that Gogo will be able to fend off competition because of its unique air-to-ground cellular network. Gogo is the dominant provider of inflight connectivity for business jets, and serves over 6,600 business jets with its cellular network and an additional 4,500 aircraft with [satellite] connectivity," DiPalma said.
Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a note that, while Starlink's "premium pricing" is expected to have "a relatively limited impact to Gogo in the near-term," SpaceX's new service "highlights growing competitive
intensity in a market that Gogo has historically dominated with >80% market share."
Starlink is the SpaceX's plan to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites, designed to deliver high-speed internet to anywhere on the planet. SpaceX has launched nearly 3,500 Starlink satellites into orbit, and the service had about 500,000 subscribers as of June. The company has raised capital steadily to fund development of both Starlink and its next-generation rocket Starship, with $2 billion brought in just this year.
The FCC has authorized SpaceX to provide mobile Starlink internet service, with the company's product offerings now including services to residential, business, RV, maritime and aviation customers.
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