Starlink
Sign in to saveStarlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications provider that is a wholly owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing coverage to around 150 countries and territories. It also aims to provide global mobile broadband. Starlink has been instrumental to SpaceX's growth.
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Starlink is a satellite-based internet service operated by SpaceX that provides internet coverage to around 150 countries and territories worldwide, with plans to eventually offer global mobile broadband as well. The service has become important to SpaceX's business growth and represents a major way the company delivers telecommunications to customers globally.
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Key facts
- Spacecraft class.name
- Starlink
- Spacecraft class.image
- Starlink Mission (47926144123).jpg
- Spacecraft class.image_alt
- A batch of small satellites attached to the rocket with the Earth in the background
- Spacecraft class.image_caption
- 60 Starlink satellites stacked together before deployment on May 24, 2019
- Spacecraft class.image_size
- 300px
- Spacecraft class.manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Spacecraft class.country
- United States
- Spacecraft class.operator
- Starlink Services, LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of SpaceX)
- Spacecraft class.spacecraft_type
- Small satellite
- Spacecraft class.pcost
- US$10 billion (estimated)
- Spacecraft class.applications
- Internet service
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53 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Design phase (2015–2016)
- Start of development phase (2016–2019)
- First launches (2019–2020)
- Commercial service (2021–present)
- Subscribers
- Services
- Satellite internet
- Satellite cellular service
- Starshield
- Applications
- Military
- Military communications
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Gaza war
- Mali War and War in the Sahel
- Criminal
- Iran
- Passenger Wi-Fi on aircraft
- Maritime
- Internet availability and regulatory approval by country
- Iran
- Countries with Starlink availability
- Technology
- Satellite hardware
- User terminals
- Ground stations
- Satellite revisions
- MicroSat
- Tintin
- v0.9 (test)
- v1.0 (operational)
- v1.5 (operational)
- Starshield (operational)
- v2 (initial deployment)
- Launches
- Constellation design and status
- First generation
- Second generation
- Falcon 9
- Starship
- Incidents
- Impact on astronomy
- Visible optical interference
- Radio interference
- Increased risk of satellite collision
- Competition and market effects
- Similar or competitive systems
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications provider that is a wholly owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing coverage to around 150 countries and territories. It also aims to provide global mobile broadband. Starlink has been instrumental to SpaceX's growth.
SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites in 2019. , the constellation consists of over 10,020 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) that communicate with designated ground transceivers. Starlink constitutes 65% of all active satellites. Nearly 12,000 satellites are planned, with a possible later extension to 34,400. SpaceX announced that it had reached over 1 million subscribers in December 2022, 4 million subscribers in September 2024, 9 million subscribers in December 2025, and 10 million subscribers in February 2026.
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