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au Starlink Direct began service in April 2025 and enables communications across all of Japan, including the roughly 40% of land area that had previously lacked coverage.
As of January 23, 2026, four Starlink launch booster assignments were changed with the following swaps: 17-20 from 1088 to 1097, 17-19 from 1097 to 1082, 6-101 from 1090 to 1095, and 6-103 from 1095 to 1090.
Emirates will deploy Starlink across its entire 232-aircraft in-service fleet by mid-2027, starting with Boeing 777s in late 2025 and moving to Airbus A380s in 2026.
Saudi Arabia has approved Starlink.
Oman has approved Starlink.
Gulf Air will roll out Starlink high-speed internet across its entire fleet starting mid-2026.
Starlink operates through a growing constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites that deliver high-speed, low-latency internet.
The first Starlink-equipped Gulf Air A320 is scheduled to enter service in mid-2026 with fleet-wide installation to follow.
Starlink is a satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk.
Starlink satellites benefit from being in the Earth’s shadow for a larger portion of their orbit compared with Project Kuiper satellites operating at higher altitudes.
Gulf Air will offer complimentary Wi-Fi to passengers from boarding through arrival on aircraft equipped with Starlink.
Gulf Air CEO Martin Gauss supports bringing next-generation in-flight connectivity to all passengers with Starlink.
Starlink satellites are physically larger than Project Kuiper satellites and orbit at lower altitudes of approximately 550 km.
Qatar Airways launched Starlink service across its Boeing 777 fleet in October 2024.
Bahrain approved the launch of Starlink this month.
SpaceX and its Starlink constellation are identified as reshaping the economics and geopolitics of space access.
Russia interfered with the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Federal Communications Commission granted Space Exploration Holdings authorization to construct, deploy, and operate an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing the total authorized Gen2 satellites to 15,000 worldwide.
The Starlink 17-20 mission will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The FCC authorization allows SpaceX to upgrade Gen2 Starlink satellites with advanced form factors, waive obsolete requirements that prevented overlapping beam coverage, and add new orbital shells at altitudes ranging from 211 to about 300 miles.