>They're already in talks (trials, too I think) with Airlines to equip their aircraft with terminals. I'm sure commercial shipping companies would be interested too.
Would an airplane using Starlink be more easily tracked in an emergency to avoid MH370 type of mystery?
> Would an airplane using Starlink be more easily tracked in an emergency to avoid MH370 type of mystery?
The thing that makes Starlink so appealing to airliners is that they can now do real-time telemetry of virtually every sensor on the plane without going bankrupt from the satellite data cost - not just for disaster recovery, but also for regular maintenance. Think of some random but unimportant component failing and the airline can dispatch a spare part and a repair crew to wait for the plane and do the maintenance right when it lands.
Would an airplane using Starlink be more easily tracked in an emergency to avoid MH370 type of mystery?