United Airlines plans to add SpaceX's Starlink Wi-Fi services to its entire fleet through a gradual rollout kicking off later this year. The airline announced on Sunday that it will begin testing connectivity using Starlink satellites next month,

The last time a Starship upper stage failed was in March last year, as it was reentering Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, but rarely has a SpaceX mishap caused widespread disruptions to air traffic.

SpaceX is set to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites today (Jan. 18), just two days after a test flight of the company's Starship megarocket ended in an explosion. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink craft is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today,