15 Facts About Starlink

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries.

SpaceX has attempted to mitigate astronomy concerns by implementing several upgrades to Starlink satellites aimed at reducing their brightness during operation.

Starlink was publicly announced in January 2015 with the opening of the SpaceX satellite development facility in Redmond, WA.

In May 2022, Starlink entered the Philippine market, and is the company's first Asian deployment, due to a landmark legislative change about all-foreign allowance of company ownership in regards to utility entities such as internet and telco companies.

Starlink was able to obtain a provisional permission from the country's Department of Information and Communication Technologies, National Telecommunications Commission and Department of Trade and Industry and will soon start commercial services, aimed at regions with lower internet connectivity.

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Starlink provides satellite internet connectivity to underserved areas of the planet, as well as competitively priced service in more urbanized areas.

Starlink has stated that the positive cash flow from selling satellite internet services would be necessary to fund their Mars plans.

NSDA leverages existing commercial satellite bus development such as Starlink to reduce costs, including free-space optical laser terminals for a secure command and control mesh network.

On 26 February 2022, Elon Musk announced that the Starlink satellites had become active over Ukraine after a request from the Ukrainian government to replace internet services destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In May 2022 a Starlink-enabled Ukrainian Internet App was the key component of a successful new artillery fire coordination system.

On 25 April 2022, Hawaiian Airlines announced an agreement with Starlink to provide free internet access on its aircraft, becoming the first airline to use Starlink.

Starlink satellites are planned to launch on Starship, an under-development rocket of SpaceX with a much larger payload capability.

One Starlink satellite launched with an experimental coating to reduce its albedo.

The NRECA criticisms included that the funding allocation to Starlink would include service to locations—such as Harlem and terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport and Miami International Airport—that are not rural, and because SpaceX was planning to build the infrastructure and serve any customers who request service with or without the FCC subsidy.

Starlink was specifically criticized for being still in beta testing and an unproven technology.