Jeff Bezos got some good news in April. His Blue Origin rocket company scored a $2.4 billion contract from the US Space Force to loft military satellites into space. The award was a coup for the startup and showed it was finally playing in the same league as Elon Musk’s SpaceX,

The Information reports that three years ago, Musk offered Apple an 18-month exclusive connection via SpaceX in return for $5 billion up front, and $1 billion per year after that to support satellite-connected iPhone features.