Starlink

France-based Univity, which seeks to build 3,400 VLEO satellites to reduce Europe's reliance on Starlink, raised €27M, bringing its total funding to €68M

Univity, a satellite internet startup backed by the French state, said on Thursday it had closed a 27 million euro ($32 million) …

Iranian media: Iran arrested 46 people allegedly in a network selling Starlink terminals and seized 139 terminals; there are an estimated 50K terminals in Iran

Iranian media: Iran arrested 46 people allegedly in a network selling Starlink terminals and seized 139 terminals; there are an estimated 50K terminals in Iran

SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly”, following a similar incident in December; the satellite likely exploded

It follows a similar incident from December. … SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly.”

The UK's Virgin Media O2 launches Europe's first satellite-to-mobile service, powered by Starlink and initially available for £3/month on select Samsung devices

Aalyria, a Google spinoff whose software allows routing of traffic across diverse satellite platforms in low earth orbit, raised $100M at a $1.3B valuation

In 2022, Google spun out a project focused on high-speed communications networks into a startup called Aalyria.

Russian forces in Ukraine are facing communications issues as SpaceX restricts Starlink access and Telegram faces a crackdown, per pro-Russian military channels

Russian forces fighting in Ukraine are facing communications problems from the dual blow of restricted access to Elon Musk's Starlink …

The US FCC approves Amazon's request to launch a second-generation Leo satellite constellation by deploying an additional 4,504 satellites in low Earth orbit

Amazon has received clearance to launch a second-generation satellite constellation for Leo, which promises to boost coverage and speeds for the company's Starlink challenger.

The US FCC grants Starlink rival Logos clearance to deploy up to 4,178 low Earth orbit broadband satellites by 2035; Logos raised a $50M Series A in June 2025

French authorities charge four people with spying for China by allegedly seeking to obtain satellite data from Starlink and other critical entities