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 has more than 800 Starlink satellites in orbit, including 180 satellites launched in October 2020 on three Falcon 9 launches.
Viasat asserted in FCC filings that the Starlink satellite failure rate is far higher than SpaceX projected, citing in part the deliberate deorbiting of the original 60 v0.9 Starlink satellites launched in May 2019.
One satellite from the 2020-10-18 Starlink launch, identified as Starlink-1819, did not raise its orbit and its tracking data indicated orbital decay consistent with a malfunction.
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites on 2020-10-24.
The 2020-10-24 launch was the third Starlink mission in less than two weeks following Falcon 9 Starlink launches on 2020-10-06 and 2020-10-18 that each carried 60 satellites.
The Falcon 9 upper stage from the 2020-10-24 launch deployed a payload of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit 63 minutes after liftoff.
On 2020-10-20, Microsoft expanded its cloud computing services for the space industry to include mobile cloud computing data centers that can be deployed anywhere and connect to SpaceX’s Starlink and SES’ O3b internet satellites.
The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed a payload of 60 Starlink satellites 63 minutes after liftoff on 2020-10-18.
The 2020-10-18 launch was the second Starlink mission in less than two weeks as SpaceX seeks to maintain a launch cadence of roughly two Starlink missions per month.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites on 2020-10-18 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:25 a.m. Eastern.
More than 50 Starlink satellites have reentered, including 45 of the 60 v0.9 satellites launched in May 2019 and the first two Tintin prototypes launched in February 2018.
Early users of Starlink highlighted by the company include the Washington state emergency management department, which used Starlink to provide connectivity during recent wildfires, and the Hoh tribe, which previously had no broadband access because of its remote location.
SpaceX has launched more than 700 Starlink satellites since 2018 but had not introduced commercial Starlink service as of the RDOF qualified bidders announcement.
After the GPS 3 scrub, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 on 2020-10-06 carrying 60 Starlink satellites using a booster making its third flight.
SpaceX opened a factory in Seattle to produce thousands of small satellites for its Starlink broadband megaconstellation.
SpaceX’s missile-tracking satellite will be based on the Starlink satellite bus with an OPIR sensor acquired from another supplier.
Two BlackSky satellites hitched a ride to orbit on 2020-08-07 on a Falcon 9 rocket that was deploying SpaceX’s latest batch of Starlink satellites.
T.S. Kelso, senior research astrodynamicist at Analytical Graphics Inc., identified four Starlink satellites launched in 2019 with orbits below 200 km.
SpaceX launched 60 Starlink internet satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket on 2020-09-03.
The Falcon 9 deployed the batch of 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit 15 minutes after liftoff.