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’s Starlink LEO constellation had more than 1,600 satellites estimated to be in orbit at the time of writing.
Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX president and chief operating officer, expects Starlink terminals to reach the few-hundred-dollar price range within the next year or two and stated that current terminal costs are already less than half the $3,000 SpaceX originally paid for the equipment.
SpaceX is offering Starlink beta testers a terminal that includes an antenna and router for $499.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a group of Starlink satellites on 2021-05-15.
The Starlink launch scheduled for the weekend of 2021-05-15 will carry 52 satellites instead of the normal 60 because the mission includes a couple of paying guest spacecraft.
SpaceX will launch 52 Starlink satellites the weekend of 2021-05-15.
More than 1,500 Starlink satellites have been launched to orbit to date and will be used to deliver data to network-edge locations via Google Cloud.
Starlink will support Microsoft's space-focused, modular cloud business called Azure Space, which will offer mobile cloud computing data centers deployable anywhere in the world.
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites on 2021-05-09 using a Falcon 9 whose first stage was making its tenth flight.
The tenth-flight booster later launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM, and six Starlink missions prior to the 2021-05-09 launch, most recently on 2021-03-14.
The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit nearly 65 minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX expanded its Starlink beta test program to people in Austria and France in the week before 2021-05-09.
The 2021-05-09 Starlink launch is scheduled for 06:42 GMT (02:42 Florida time).
A recent FCC ruling permits SpaceX to operate up to 2,814 Starlink satellites at altitudes of 540 to 570 km, compared with previous targeting of 1,100 to 1,300 km.
SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on 2021-05-04.
SpaceX intends to launch another 60 Starlink satellites on or about 2021-05-09.
SpaceX has launched 1,620 Starlink satellites in total, with some having failed and been de-orbited.
SpaceX secured a three-year, $28,000,000 DEUCSI contract in December 2018 to test military uses of Starlink.
SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink low Earth orbit broadband satellites to polar orbit on 2021-01-24.
SpaceX modified its license to operate 4,408 Starlink satellites at around 550 km altitude.