Starlink, a division of SpaceX, is a satellite internet constellation operator aiming to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband internet to underserved areas globally. With over 7,000 satellites in low Earth orbit as of March 2025, Starlink offers internet services with download speeds between 50 and 220 Mbps. It utilizes phased array antennas and optical space lasers for global coverage and supports various applications, including remote work, disaster recovery, and IoT. Keywords associated with Starlink are satellite internet, SpaceX, broadband, and LEO constellation.
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SpaceX expects to launch Starlink commercially in Ghana in the third quarter of 2024.
Providers offering Starlink services in South Africa without permission face a fine of around $264,000 or 10% of their annual turnover for every day the offense continues, whichever is greater.
The National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana cautioned the general public on 2023-12-07 against using services purported to be from Starlink following reports of equipment being sold and operated in the country.
SpaceX has launched more than 5,400 Starlink satellites as of November.
The first stage booster supporting the Starlink 6-31 mission flew for the sixth time and its prior missions include Crew-6 and SES O3b mPOWER as well as multiple previous Starlink missions.
Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on Saturday, 2023-12-02 at 11:00 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
PONANT can select the backbone GEO VSAT for data requiring guaranteed throughput while augmenting polar coverage with Starlink, Eutelsat OneWeb, and Iridium LEO services.
Marlink completed the integration of Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb LEO internet services on PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot to provide three LEO solutions for the ship’s polar itineraries.
The first stage booster supporting the Korea 425 mission is flying for the 17th time and previously supported Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and seven Starlink missions.
Intelsat is producing a new flat panel phased-array electronically steered antenna that enables moving vehicles to use broadband services from Intelsat’s geostationary satellites and from SpaceX’s Starlink low Earth orbit network.
This launch brought the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 5,514.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-124 / Starlink 6-30) to low-Earth orbit.
Booster B1062 previously supported 16 missions, including GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and nine Starlink missions.
SpaceX received a $70,000,000 task order in September for Starlink communications services under the PLEO framework.
SpaceX has launched approximately 5,000 Starlink satellites since 2019 and is pursuing international approvals that could allow expansion to as many as 40,000 Starlink satellites in orbit.
A prior SpaceX event on Friday, 2023-11-17 launched 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
As of 2023-11-18, astronomer Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics counts more than two million Starlink subscribers in more than 60 countries.
This was the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting the 2023-11-20 Starlink mission.
SpaceX targeted Sunday, 2023-11-19 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base with liftoff targeted for 10:33 p.m. PT and backup opportunities available until 2:30 a.m. PT on Monday, 2023-11-20.
Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, 2023-11-20 at 2:30 a.m. PT.