SpaceX rolls out Starlink internet service for private jets

By Joey Roulette
FILE PHOTO SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress MWC in Barcelona Spain June 29 2021. REUTERSNacho Doce

FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is expanding its satellite internet unit's foray into in-flight WiFi services with the rollout on Wednesday of Starlink Aviation, offering customers a $150,000 airplane antenna amid mounting competition for airborne connectivity.

Starlink, SpaceX's growing network of thousands of internet satellites, will charge customers seeking broadband internet on private jets between $12,500 to $25,000 a month for the service, on top of a one-time $150,000 hardware cost, the company said on its website.

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