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Apple rejected Elon Musk’s satellite offer, now its plans are in jeopardy: report
A new report outlines Apple’s once huge satellite ambitions that internal fears and even Elon Musk played a part in putting a stop to.
Through the effort, dubbed Project Eagle within Apple, the companies would lob thousands of Boeing satellites into orbit to beam internet down to iPhones. Apple’s reluctance to upset its carrier partnerships is a major recurring theme, which seems to have ultimately stopped the company from pursuing the kind of full-blown satellite offerings it once envisioned. His pitch: SpaceX would agree to exclusively provide satellite connectivity to iPhones for 18 months if Apple would pay it $5 billion up front, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal.
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