Delta WiFi moving to Amazon Leo
04-20-2026 | 10:58 AM
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Now that we have a more complete view, we wanted to provide an update on our NG-3 mission. While we are pleased with the nominal booster recovery, we clearly didn't deliver the mission our customer wanted, and our team expects. Early data suggest that on our second GS2 burn, one of the BE-3U engines didn’t produce sufficient thrust to reach our target orbit. Blue Origin is leading the anomaly investigation with FAA oversight to learn from the data and implement the improvements needed to quickly return to flight operations. We have been in steady communication with the team at AST SpaceMobile, we appreciate their partnership, and we’re looking forward to many flights together.
10:41 AM · Apr 20, 2026
@davill
Now that we have a more complete view, we wanted to provide an update on our NG-3 mission. While we are pleased with the nominal booster recovery, we clearly didn't deliver the mission our customer wanted, and our team expects. Early data suggest that on our second GS2 burn, one of the BE-3U engines didn’t produce sufficient thrust to reach our target orbit. Blue Origin is leading the anomaly investigation with FAA oversight to learn from the data and implement the improvements needed to quickly return to flight operations. We have been in steady communication with the team at AST SpaceMobile, we appreciate their partnership, and we’re looking forward to many flights together.
10:41 AM · Apr 20, 2026
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/bl...-third-launch/
TLDR: As of yesterday, Amazon's second stage rocket failed to reach orbit and the satellite is breaking up uncontrolled over land.
It's stating the obvious again that we should've gone with Starlink, established and proven, politics aside. Future promises means nothing especially in the space industry.
If you think otherwise, I have a supersonic commercial airliner to sell you that will be ready in 2024! (I promise).
On another note, the prelim on the 330 extreme turbulence event was just published in Comply this week. It has a whole page discussing Viasat connectivity and the crew's wi-fi. Obviously can't post details here but make your own conclusions.
04-20-2026 | 11:08 AM
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https://x.com/davill/status/2046283237887218141
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/bl...-third-launch/
TLDR: As of yesterday, Amazon's second stage rocket failed to reach orbit and the satellite is breaking up uncontrolled over land.
It's stating the obvious again that we should've gone with Starlink, established and proven, politics aside. Future promises means nothing especially in the space industry.
If you think otherwise, I have a supersonic commercial airliner to sell you that will be ready in 2024! (I promise).
On another note, the prelim on the 330 extreme turbulence event was just published in Comply this week. It has a whole page discussing Viasat connectivity and the crew's wi-fi. Obviously can't post details here but make your own conclusions.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/bl...-third-launch/
TLDR: As of yesterday, Amazon's second stage rocket failed to reach orbit and the satellite is breaking up uncontrolled over land.
It's stating the obvious again that we should've gone with Starlink, established and proven, politics aside. Future promises means nothing especially in the space industry.
If you think otherwise, I have a supersonic commercial airliner to sell you that will be ready in 2024! (I promise).
On another note, the prelim on the 330 extreme turbulence event was just published in Comply this week. It has a whole page discussing Viasat connectivity and the crew's wi-fi. Obviously can't post details here but make your own conclusions.
How many failures did Starship Heavy have again?
04-21-2026 | 02:44 AM
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Starship is still in development and not yet launching commercial payloads. SpaceX needs Starship V3 to demonstrate reliability and on-orbit refueling before moving forward with its NASA Artemis lunar lander contract.
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Delta Air Lines’ (DAL) Ed Bastian rebuffed Elon Musk’s criticism about his airline picking Amazon.com (AMZN) for its in-flight Wi-Fi service, saying the retail giant’s product is cheaper than SpaceX’s Starlink and also includes a suite of streaming content, Bloomberg’s Sri Taylor and Bruce Einhorn report. “Amazon brings a lot more than just satellite technology,” Bastian told Bloomberg in an interview on Monday. “They bring great retailing capability and Amazon Prime and video gaming technologies, which Starlink does not have… I think the opportunities, in terms of the improved bandwidth with a much lower price point than what we’ve ever seen from Starlink, will make a big difference,” he said.
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