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 completed a test with two Starlink satellites equipped with crosslinks that transferred hundreds of gigabytes of data.
SpaceX has launched 713 Starlink satellites to date.
SpaceX plans to roll out a public beta of Starlink internet service later in 2020.
SpaceX’s usual fairing recovery ships were deployed to different locations for a scrubbed Starlink Falcon 9 mission, prompting sea recovery of the Saocom-1B fairings.
SpaceX attempted to launch a Starlink batch from Cape Canaveral at 10:12 a.m. Eastern on 2020-08-30 but that mission was delayed until at least 2020-09-01 due to inclement weather.
SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral on 2020-08-30.
The Falcon 9 carried 58 small broadband satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink constellation and three SkySat optical imaging satellites for Planet on the 2020-08-18 mission.
On 2020-06-23, SpaceX notified the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that nine Starlink satellites had suffered diminished maneuvering capability above injection and that another five had been deorbited either to test the de-orbit process or because the satellites were not performing optimally.
SpaceX has tested Falcon 9 reuse limits on Starlink missions, launching Starlink satellites on the first-ever fourth and fifth flight of a rocket booster.
SpaceX has launched 653 Starlink satellites to date, including two prototypes.
SpaceX has launched more than 650 Starlink satellites as it builds a constellation of thousands of satellites for global internet connectivity.
SpaceX has launched 14 times in 2020, with nine of those launches for the company’s Starlink megaconstellation.
All 57 Starlink satellites on the 2020-08-07 launch are equipped with visors.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites and two BlackSky imaging satellites on 2020-08-07.
This launch was the tenth SpaceX Starlink mission, placing a total of 595 Starlink satellites into orbit excluding two experimental 'Tintin' satellites launched in February 2018.
SpaceX has estimated it will need to invest $10,000,000,000 in its Starlink constellation.
SpaceX started launching VisorSats, Starlink satellites equipped with sunshades to block sunlight from hitting reflective surfaces.
SpaceX has tested Falcon 9 booster reuse limits on its Starlink launches, including a 2020-06-03 launch that marked the fifth launch and landing of the same booster.
SpaceX has launched the first 482 Starlink satellites of a planned multi-thousand-satellite constellation.
SpaceX launched a VisorSat on the Starlink launch of 2020-06-03 with sunshades intended to block sunlight from reaching reflective surfaces on the satellite.