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 is offering Starlink beta testers a terminal that includes an antenna and router for $499.
SpaceX first launched its Starlink broadband services to residential users in 2020 supporting about 100 Mbps broadband speed with unlimited data caps per month.
SpaceX raised $850,000,000 on 2021-02-23, to support investments in its Starlink satellite broadband constellation and reusable launch vehicle Starship.
SpaceX expects to achieve full global Starlink connectivity a few months after its 28th Starlink launch, a milestone the company anticipates reaching late 2021.
The OneWeb/Starlink near-collision incident involved the U.S. Space Force alerting OneWeb, who contacted Starlink for coordination.
SpaceX turned off its automated collision avoidance system during the OneWeb/Starlink near-collision incident.
Moritz Seger, Digital Transformation Manager at ZAHORANSKY AG, supports using Starlink in combination with ADTANCE Support and Fieldstreaming to gain independence from internationally varying conditions and poorly developed mobile networks in rural areas.
Starlink is a division of SpaceX that operates a satellite internet constellation designed to deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations of the globe with historically challenged connectivity.
SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper account for almost half of the projected demand for small satellites from 2021 to 2030.
In December 2020, Viasat petitioned the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to conduct an environmental review of Starlink before granting SpaceX permission to operate nearly 3,000 more satellites in lower orbits.
Starlink has launched more than 1,300 satellites to amass its LEO broadband constellation.
SpaceX was building roughly six Starlink satellites per day at its factory in Seattle and had maintained that production rate for about a year as of March 2021.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites on 2021-03-24.
SpaceX planned to achieve global Starlink coverage by the end of 2021.
SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on 2021-03-24 at 4:28 a.m. EDT.
SpaceX planned to expand Starlink into other markets including backhaul services for telecommunications providers and mobility applications and remained open to working with partners.
The other half of the Falcon 9 payload fairing used on the 2021-03-24 mission had previously supported a prior Starlink mission.
The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed a payload of 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit 64 minutes after liftoff.
The same Falcon 9 booster launched Turksat 5A in 2021-01-01 and three other Starlink missions prior to the 2021-03-24 launch.
SpaceX was developing a Gen 2 Starlink constellation to continuously refresh satellites and increase network capacity and density.