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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Jet service provider JSX has an agreement to become the first air carrier to provide Starlink in 2022.
Hawaiian Airlines aims to provide Starlink to its passengers in 2023.
SpaceX has been using Falcon 9 rockets to launch batches of typically 53 Starlink satellites per mission.
SpaceX raised nearly $1,680,000,000 through a private offering of shares to fund investments in Starlink and Starship.
SpaceX has FCC permission to deploy 4,408 Ku-band satellites in low Earth orbit for its Starlink network.
A Starlink launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida was slated for 2022-06-17.
SpaceX has a separate FCC authorization to launch 7,500 V-band satellites for Starlink.
SpaceX is developing the Starship heavy-lift launch vehicle in Texas and considers Starship critical to its plan to upgrade the Starlink constellation.
The Falcon 9 booster that supported the Nilesat 301 launch had previously supported six earlier SpaceX launches, including two missions to the International Space Station and missions carrying GPS navigation and Starlink broadband satellites.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the Nilesat 301 mission previously supported the launches of GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, and two Starlink missions.
SpaceX has been raising billions of dollars from private investors to help expand Starlink’s coverage worldwide.
SpaceX has launched more than 2,600 satellites for the Starlink constellation to date.
SpaceX raised prices for Starlink earlier 2022, increasing the U.S. terminal price from $499 to $549 and monthly service from $99 to $110.
SpaceX is unlikely to offer shares in its broadband company Starlink to the public until 2025 or later.
In March 2020 Elon Musk indicated he was not considering spinning out Starlink and was focusing on avoiding the bankruptcies other satellite constellation companies have suffered.
In February 2021 Elon Musk tweeted that Starlink will launch an IPO once the company can predict cash flow reasonably well.
France’s highest administrative court revoked ARCEP’s Starlink license on 2022-04-05 on the grounds that the regulator should have first launched a public consultation.
SpaceX has more than 2,400 Starlink satellites in orbit after launching the first batch of the spacecraft in May 2019.
The Philippines became the first country in Southeast Asia to approve Starlink’s operations one week before France’s 2022-06-02 permission decision.
Starlink broadband is available in 32 countries and was serving nearly 500,000 users as of 2022-06-05.