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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Starlink satellites also launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
On 2022-05-14 a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 53 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster used on the 2022-05-13 Vandenberg launch previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and two Starlink missions.
Elon Musk tweeted 2022-05-10 that Russian hackers are increasing efforts to take down SpaceX’s Starlink broadband service.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center at 5:42 a.m. Eastern.
Statistics maintained by spaceflight analyst and astronomer Jonathan McDowell indicate that 10 Falcon 9 missions 2022 have launched nearly 500 satellites for the Starlink constellation.
Viasat requested on 2022-05-02 that the FCC perform an environmental review before approving SpaceX’s plan to add nearly 30,000 satellites to the Starlink constellation.
The next batch of Starlink satellites is slated to launch on 2022-05-05.
SpaceX is incorporating visors on Starlink satellites and implementing other measures intended to reduce interference with astronomers.
SpaceX has deployed more than half of the 4,408 first-generation Starlink satellites that the FCC approved to operate at altitudes of around 550 km.
In the 2022-02-08 letter to the FCC, NASA estimated that there would be a Starlink in every asteroid survey image taken for planetary defense, decreasing asteroid survey effectiveness by rendering portions of images unusable.
SpaceX is seeking FCC permission for a larger constellation of second-generation Starlink satellites proposed to operate between 340 and 614 km to improve performance.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on 2022-04-29 at 5:27 p.m. ET.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster had previously supported one Starlink mission prior to the 2022-04-29 launch, bringing its total Starlink missions to two.
Elon Musk’s Starlink sent thousands of terminals to Ukraine to connect the country to its internet broadband network.
JSX plans to offer Starlink broadband to passengers at no extra cost.
On 2022-04-21, JSX reached a deal that positions it to be the first air carrier to offer Starlink 2022.
On 2022-04-25, Hawaiian Airlines plans to offer free Starlink services on transpacific flights to and from Hawaii next year.
There are no plans to offer Starlink service on the Boeing 717 aircraft that Hawaiian Airlines uses for short flights between the Hawaiian Islands.
JSX signed a deal to provide Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi on up to 100 planes covering the 77 30-seat Embraer jets currently in its fleet.