If you run Starlink on your RV, boat, or road trip rig, SpaceX just reworked its roaming rules, and there’s a change worth understanding before your next trip out of the country.
The company is now bundling countries into shared regions, which quietly expands where you can travel without eating into your roaming allowance. That’s a big deal if you’ve been nervous about the new 30 day international cap.
Here’s when it hits. Anyone who signed up on or after July 14 is already living under the new policy. If you’re an existing customer, you’ll get moved over on August 17, 2026.
The headline for American users: SpaceX now lumps the United States and Canada into one shared home region. So a summer haul up to Banff or a fishing trip across the border no longer counts as international travel, and it won’t start your 30 day clock. The grouping stretches across US territories too, which is handy if your travels run toward the Pacific.
The full North American region covers:
Register your account anywhere in that list and you can roam across all of it freely, no countdown triggered.
SpaceX built the same setup for Europe, collapsing a big batch of countries into a single region. If you relocate or spend a stretch overseas with a European-registered account, moving between these countries won’t ding your allowance either.
The European region includes:
Now the catch. That 30 day window only exists on the Roam Unlimited plan, and it resets per trip rather than tallying up over a year. Step outside your home region and the countdown begins. When you hit day 30, SpaceX gives you three moves: jump to a Priority plan for longer stretches abroad, localize the account if you’ve genuinely moved, or just drive back into your home region to reset the clock.
Keep in mind that Roam Unlimited is the only plan with international travel baked in at all. Every other Roam tier is meant for use inside your home country or grouped region, so overseas travel means upgrading first.
One more thing before you pack up the dish. Using Starlink abroad requires Travel Registration, which means handing over a passport or another government issued photo ID. Fire it up in a country SpaceX hasn’t cleared yet, the ones tagged “Coming Soon” or “Waitlist,” and your service can get cut off on the spot. And even inside the grouped regions, SpaceX warns that local regulations in certain spots may shorten how long you can stay connected, so it isn’t a blanket free pass everywhere.
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