SpaceX announced on Monday evening it has launched Starlink in Malaysia, which comes after Tesla recently launched the Model Y in the nation.
“Starlink is now available in Malaysia, marking the 60th country around the world where Starlink can provide high-speed internet connectivity,” said the company.
A photo was shared of the Starlink dish sitting below the famous Petronas Towers.
Other recent Starlink stats? There are now nearly 300 cruise ships set to use the low-Earth orbit satellite internet on rivers and sea.
Starlink also launched this month in the Philippines, Kenya, Guatemala and Cyprus.
As SpaceX continues to rapidly scale Starlink, its suppliers are racing to keep pace. One of them, European chipmaker STMicroelectronics, has revealed just how massive its role in the satellite internet network has become — and how much bigger it’s about to get. According to Reuters, STMicro has shipped more than 5 billion radio-frequency antenna […]
SpaceX’s Starlink constellation is continuing its rapid expansion, and the company is now on track to surpass 10,000 satellites in orbit by February 2026 — a milestone that would cement Starlink as one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever deployed in space. Looking at cumulative deployment trends over the past six years, the pace […]
SpaceX’s Starlink is proving that high-speed satellite internet isn’t just for homes, RVs, or airplanes — it can also keep up with off-road race trucks blasting through the desert at full throttle. In a new showcase shared by Starlink, competitive off-road racing team 1 Nine Industries and Terrible Herbst Motorsports used Starlink connectivity to prepare […]
