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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The Falcon 9 booster used for Transporter-2 had its first launch exactly one year earlier when it launched a GPS III satellite and was also used to launch Turksat 5A and five Starlink missions prior to Transporter-2.
SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites on 2021-05-26.
SpaceX will have full global coverage with the Starlink constellation once all satellites launched to date reach their operational orbits.
Ten Starlink satellites launched to polar orbit on 2021-01-24 feature laser inter-satellite link technology.
Jonathan Hofeller is the Vice-President of Starlink and Commercial Sales at SpaceX.
SpaceX plans to install Starlink ground stations within Google’s data centers under their cloud partnership, as of 2021-05-13.
SpaceX launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites five days after Viasat requested on 2021-05-21 that the FCC stay the license modification.
Under SpaceX’s RDOF Phase 1 commitments, Starlink must provide high-speed internet services to nearly 643,000 homes and businesses in 35 states.
Viasat gave the FCC until the end of 2021-06-01 to stay an 2021-04-27 license modification that has enabled SpaceX to continue building out the Starlink constellation at an altitude of around 550 km.
SpaceX operates more than 1,600 Starlink satellites at about 550 km altitude and holds a license to deploy around 4,400 Starlink satellites in total.
The 2021-04-27 license modification reduced Starlink’s signal lag for video calls, gaming, and other latency-critical applications by shortening the distance between satellites and ground antennas.
Viasat filed a motion with the Federal Communications Commission on 2021-05-21 to stay approval of a SpaceX license modification that increases the number of Starlink satellites allowed at about 550 km from 1,584 to 4,408.
SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a set of 60 Starlink satellites on 2021-05-26 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Viasat's 2021-05-21 motion to the FCC seeks to block SpaceX from launching additional satellites until the FCC completes an environmental review of the Starlink constellation.
The second payload fairing half on the 2021-05-26 launch was on its third flight and had been used previously on a Starlink launch and the Transporter-1 rideshare mission in January.
Of the more than 1,600 Starlink satellites in orbit, roughly 700 have launched since January 2021.
Viasat asked the Federal Communications Commission to stay an 2021-04-27 license modification that allows SpaceX to continue building out the Starlink broadband constellation.
Starlink surpassed the 1,584 satellites permitted under its previous license in 550-kilometer orbits after launching a batch of 52 satellites on 2021-05-15.
SpaceX is slated to launch 60 more Starlink satellites on 2021-05-26.