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A TOP airline reveals it has fitted a plane with Elon Musk’s Starlink internet – with dozens more to follow.
The Starlink Wi-Fi – which is beamed down to Earth from satellites – will make in-flight internet 50 times faster than normal.
United Airlines says it has kitted out one of its regional aircraft.
And it’s promised to fit Starlink tech to more than 40 aircraft each month starting in May – right through to the end of 2025.
United reckons it takes about eight hours to take out the old Wi-Fi and fit Starlink. That’s 10 times faster than installing regular internet on board, according to the airline.
And the benefit for passengers will be the startlingly fast speeds.
The American air giant says travellers will be able to get speeds of up to 250Mbps (megabits per second).
In the UK, the average broadband speed is 69.4Mbps, according to Ofcom.
And Speedtest reports that the USA‘s median internet speed is 242.38Mbps.
United is hoping to fit its entire two-cabin regional fleet with Starlink by the end of the year.
And it then plans to upgrade its entire fleet too.
“Our ability to roll-out this innovative service with unprecedented speed and scale is a direct result of the advanced equipment, technology and team of experts at United,” said United tech bossGrant Milstead.
“Starlink has been a terrific partner – our combined spirit of innovation and collaboration will enable us to hit our goal of more than 300 regional aircraft installations before the end of this year.”
Although the removal and installation takes eight hours, each plane needs to be out of service for four days.
That gives United enough time to run tests on the new equipment.
The planes are fitted with about 85lbs of gear (versus the 300lbs of regular inflight internet).
That includes an external antenna that lets the airplane communicate with the Starlink satellites.
And coverage should be uninterrupted, so you won’t have to wait for your Netflix shows to load.
“Weather on the ground doesn’t hinder connectivity thanks to a weather-proofed inter-satellite laser link technology that allows satellites to communicate to each other and the ground reliably,” United Airlines explained.
SpaceX explains one of Starlink's biggest perks...
“Most satellite internet services come from single geostationary satellites that orbit the planet at 35,786 km,” SpaceX said.
“As a result, the round trip data time between the user and satellite – also known as latency – is high.
“Making it nearly impossible to support streaming, online gaming, video calls or other high data rate activities.
“Starlink is a constellation of thousands of satellites that orbit the planet much closer to Earth, at about 550km, and cover the entire globe.
“Because Starlink satellites are in a low orbit, latency is significantly lower—around 25 ms vs 600+ ms.”
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“Starlink-equipped aircraft will constantly switch between Starlink’s world’s largest, low-earth orbit constellation of satellites to ensure the best coverage and most reliable Wi-Fi onboard.”
The good news is that Starlink internet will be free for anyone flying with a MileagePlus account.
You don’t need to pay for MileagePlus – you can just sign up ahead of the flight.
Starlink is part of Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX.
It works by linking up on-the-ground equipment with a constellation of satellites orbiting Earth.
There are currently more than 7,000 Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit, with plans for 12,000.
Because Starlink beams internet down from space, you don’t need much on-the-ground infrastructure.
That means Starlink is excellent at delivering internet in hard-to-reach places, where building out regular internet services might be difficult.
The only catch is that you need an unobstructed view of the sky for Starlink to work – but that’s not an issue for airplanes.
A KNIFE in a plastic bag was found stashed inside a courtroom while another person tried to smuggle a replica handgun into the criminal courts.
In another bizarre case, a member of the public tried to bring a “murder weapon” through a security screen saying they planned to hand it to gardaí as evidence.
A log of Courts Service incidents and accidents for 2024 also disclosed how another person tried to bring a “large wrench tool” through a scanner.
When they were told it would have to be left at the entrance gate, the person became “verbally abusive” and gardaí had to be called.
A note of the incident said: “Upon receiving the returned item, the [person] threatened to assault [security] operative with [it].
“A garda sergeant who was leaving the building overheard the threat and removed the [person] from the building.”
In April, “a small knife in a rigid plastic bag” was discovered in the Criminal Courts of Justice with an investigation taking place.
It was later said it could not be determined with any certainty who had brought the weapon into the building.
The log of incidents detailed the discovery last March of an Airsoft pistol inside a backpack from a person trying to get into the courts.
The replica weapon was confiscated, with gardaí called and the owner told the item would not be returned to them.
In another case last summer, the legal representative of a high security prisoner at Portlaoise was attacked by their own client.
The two of them were discussing the case when the lawyer “stumbled out of the holding cell having been physically assaulted.”
In January of last year, two [people] were spotted on CCTV just after midday trying to access a solicitors suite using a stolen legal executive access card.
A note said: “This access card was disabled which is normal practice for unauthorised card use. At 13:15, the same two [people] were attempting to enter the solicitors’ suite area [again].”
In another incident, there was a fire alert after an alarm was activated in a holding cell beneath the Criminal Courts of Justice.
However, on further investigation it turned out to be a prison officer who was vaping.
Asked about the incident log, a Courts Service spokesman said: “We continuously manage the safety arrangements for all properties, including keeping a register and the reporting of incidents.
“This active management helps us ensure the optimum environment for the health and safety of all persons entering Courts Service buildings.”
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