Enlarge / A SpaceX Starlink user terminal/satellite dish. reader comments 196 with 99 posters participating Share this story SpaceX today was granted permission to use a lower orbit for Starlink satellites, as regulators agreed with SpaceX that the change will improve broadband speed and latency while making it easier to minimize orbital debris. In granting… Read More »
Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. reader comments 94 with 66 posters participating Share this story SpaceX has accused satellite-broadband rival OneWeb of spreading a false story claiming that the companies’ satellites nearly crashed into each other. In reality, “[t]he probability of collision never exceeded the threshold for a [collision-avoidance]… Read More »
Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish in the Idaho panhandle’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest. reader comments 149 with 82 posters participating Share this story SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expects the Starlink satellite broadband service to be “fully mobile” later in 2021, allowing customers to use the satellite dishes away from home. “Yeah, should be fully… Read More »
Enlarge / SpaceX Starlink logo. reader comments 47 with 36 posters participating Share this story The Starlink broadband network will probably stick with one price instead of offering different tiers of service, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell said yesterday. “I don’t think we’re going to do tiered pricing to consumers. We’re going to try… Read More »
Enlarge / Cars could eventually get satellite Internet from SpaceX Starlink. reader comments 52 with 29 posters participating Share this story SpaceX on Friday asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy Starlink satellite broadband to passenger cars and other moving vehicles. The application describes SpaceX’s plans for Earth Stations in Motion (ESIMs) for… Read More »
Enlarge / The SpaceX Starlink satellite dish partway through a teardown. reader comments 31 with 26 posters participating Share this story SpaceX says it is building a factory in Austin, Texas, to design systems that will help make satellite dishes, Wi-Fi routers, and other equipment for its Starlink satellite broadband network. The news comes from… Read More »
Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. reader comments 142 with 80 posters participating Share this story Starlink broadband speeds will double to 300Mbps “later this year,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter yesterday. SpaceX has been telling users to expect speeds of 50Mbps to 150Mbps since the beta began… Read More »
Enlarge / Screenshot from the Starlink order page, with the street address blotted out. reader comments 133 with 83 posters participating Share this story SpaceX this week began accepting preorders for Starlink broadband, asking for $99 deposits for service that would be available in the second half of this year. To start the process, you… Read More »
Getty Images | imaginima reader comments 102 with 72 posters participating Share this story More broadband-industry groups are lining up against SpaceX’s bid to get nearly $900 million in Federal Communications Commission funding. Two groups representing fiber and rural Internet providers yesterday submitted a report to the FCC claiming that Starlink will hit a capacity… Read More »
Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. reader comments 64 with 40 posters participating Share this story A new SpaceX filing outlines plans for Starlink to offer phone service, emergency backup for voice calls, and cheaper plans for people with low incomes through the government’s Lifeline program. The details are in… Read More »