A new end-of-the-year deal has surfaced for some subscribers of SpaceX’s Starlink service, offering discounts on upgrades to the all-new Flat High Performance dish. SpaceX is offering a special $600 discount to customers upgrading to the Flat High Performance dish option, as spotted in an email sent to customers and shared on Reddit on Friday […]
SpaceX’s Gateway network for its Starlink internet service is expanding, and Microsoft is among the companies set to help it do so. SpaceX will use Microsoft data centers to host some of its Starlink Gateways, as spotted by @Nathan Owens in satellite images and shared on Thursday. The satellite imagery shows large plots of land […]
SpaceX on Tuesday filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to outfit 2,016 second-generation Starlink satellites with payloads for the “direct-to-cellular system” it is partnering with T-Mobile on, as spotted by Tesla North reader Nathan Owens (@VirtuallyNathan). Back in August, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced satellite phone and data service for the latter’s […]
Image: SpaceX @SpaceX’s Starlink internet is being celebrated by video game personality @Hiper for providing high-speed internet during a streaming event at Spain’s Castillo de Almodovar castle. The event oversaw Hiper streaming Fortnite alongside other video game personalities for long periods of time, all located at the Almodovar, Cordoba castle in Spain. El equipo @SpaceX […]
SpaceX’s Starlink internet is offering what the @Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX) calls “unprecedented connectivity” at its site in Allan Hills, Antarctica. The news comes in a post from the Center, which pointed out impressive connection speeds despite 30-knot winds at the site. COLDEX is researching ice cores of up to 2.7 million years […]
SpaceX is constructing Gateway “Megasites” for its second-generation Starlink satellites, as spotted by Kieran Kunhya (@kierank_) and further detailed by @Nathan Owens in a recent filing in the United Kingdom. The filing shows that one Starlink Gen2 Megasite is being built in Wherstead, UK by the Hibernia Network, while the very first of the Gateways […]
SpaceX has launched Starshield, a new, secured satellite service geared toward government entities and national security applications. It sounds kind of like Starlink, but for the government instead of regular consumers and capable of more than just providing an internet connection. “Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink […]
In early November, SpaceX announced a new Fair Use policy for its Residential customers in the US and Canada, along with all Business and Maritime customers. The new policy was set to begin in December 2022, but now SpaceX has delayed the policy, according to an update on its website. The plan would offer up […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved SpaceX to launch up to 7,500 next-generation Starlink satellites on Thursday, according to a report from CNBC. “Our action will allow SpaceX to begin deployment of Gen 2 Starlink,” said the FCC. The approval is only for part of SpaceX’s application for Starlink next-gen satellites. The company wanted 10,800 […]
Starlink is garnering more users than ever before with its recent service expansions, but speeds could be decreasing across the board with added use for users of SpaceX’s satellite internet service. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet speeds dropped slightly in the third quarter of the year, as shared on Wednesday with data compiled by Ookla‘s speed […]
SpaceX is raising prices for Starlink internet in Ukraine, following struggles to lock down continued funding for the country’s satellite internet hardware and services, according to a report from PC Mag, citing user reports from Ukraine. The news came in email form for many users of the internet service, with SpaceX alerting customers that it […]
After SpaceX unveiled its Starlink RV mobile internet service earlier this year, one customer of the company is showing off the contents of the order. SpaceX’s Starlink RV internet kit was spotted being unboxed on Monday, showing the next-generation terminal as it comes from the company (via Reddit). The photo shows the RV kit sitting […]
SpaceX has launched a referral program for Starlink, available in Germany and received by @awlnx (via @VirtuallyNathan). SpaceX sent out an email to existing Starlink customers in Germany that included a unique referral code link to share. The unique referral URL looks like this: starlink.com/?referral=RC-1173-49138-8 SpaceX says for a limited time, new customers in Germany […]
Starlink, SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit satellite internet service, is offering increased internet access in many rural regions where residents do not currently have stable connectivity, and the company has just become operational in one new island country. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet is now available in Haiti, as the company has officially been registered as “Starlink Haiti […]
SpaceX today launched its Cargo Dragon capsule’s 26th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-26) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/FcVOep82eo — SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 26, 2022 CRS-26 was originally slated […]
