Alaska Airlines said Starlink internet would be free for all loyalty members, as it doubles down on a key customer segment.

SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit today (Aug. 18), atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Musk's network, which connects to more than 8,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit, has more than 6 million users worldwide.

The UIDAI onboarding of Starlink comes over a month after the satcom operator received the last remaining regulatory clearance from the Indian government.

The service Down Detector reported a large spike in user error reports at this time, which peaked just before 2 p.m. The majority of these users reported either a "total blackout" of Starlink services or problems with their satellite internet. (Disclosure: Down Detector is owned by Ziff Davis, the same company that owns Mashable.)

The SpaceX spacecraft company successfully launched two dozen satellites into low-Earth orbit Monday on its latest Falcon 9 mission of the year.

According to a recent report from the speed test site Ookla, Starlink users receive median speeds of 105Mbps down and 15Mbps up. That's plenty of bandwidth for many households but it still falls short of what the Federal Communications Commission defines as broadband. (Disclosure: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.)

A Starlink device is a useful tool straight out of the box, but there are additional settings you can take advantage of to unlock its full potential.

Billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink has partnered with the UIDAI to use Aadhaar-based verification to enable a quick and KYC-compliant process for customers in India. We take a look at what can be

In testimony before a Senate committee in June, the top general in the US Space Force said it is "worrisome" that China is moving in this direction. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Chief of Space Operations, used China's emergence as an argument for developing space weapons, euphemistically called "counter-space capabilities."