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Starlink has wrapped up 2025 with a detailed progress report, and the numbers underscore just how quickly SpaceX’s satellite internet business is scaling. According to Starlink’s newly released 2025 Progress Report, the service added 4.6 million new customers this year alone, doubling its active user base to more than 9.2 million globally — as we […]

SpaceX has officially closed out 2025 with its most ambitious year ever, completing a record-breaking 170 rocket launches across its Falcon and Starship programs. The milestone was highlighted by longtime SpaceX watcher Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), who shared an infographic showing just how dramatically the company’s launch cadence has accelerated over the past decade. SpaceX’s final […]

Starlink’s challengers are stepping up their game, as AST SpaceMobile has successfully launched its largest and most powerful direct-to-cell satellite yet. The Texas-based company announced this week that its first second-generation BlueBird Block 2 satellite, dubbed BlueBird 6, is now in orbit after launching aboard the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s LVM3 rocket. The satellite […]

Starlink’s global growth is showing no signs of slowing down. SpaceX’s satellite internet service has officially surpassed 9 million active users worldwide, reaching the milestone at a pace that’s accelerating faster with each passing month. In a post on X, Starlink confirmed the new figure, saying it is now “connecting more than 9M active customers […]

Concerns are growing in Western intelligence circles that Russia may be developing a new type of anti-satellite weapon specifically designed to disrupt or disable SpaceX’s Starlink network, a system that has become critical to Ukraine’s war effort and broader Western communications infrastructure. According to an Associated Press report, intelligence agencies from two NATO countries believe […]

If you were among Starlink’s earliest adopters, SpaceX may be sending you a surprise upgrade — completely free. SpaceX has begun notifying customers that its first-generation Starlink routers will soon be discontinued, and affected users are being offered a complimentary Starlink Router Mini as a replacement (via PCMag). According to an email sent to eligible customers, […]

SpaceX’s Starlink is no longer just a promising satellite internet experiment — it’s a full-blown growth engine. According to new data from Cloudflare, global web traffic flowing through Starlink more than doubled in 2025, underscoring just how quickly the service is scaling worldwide. As reported by Business Insider, Cloudflare’s data shows that Starlink traffic surged […]

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 […]

SpaceX’s Starlink is closer than ever to launching in South Africa after a major regulatory shift removed one of the biggest barriers blocking the satellite internet provider from entering the country. As first highlighted by longtime Tesla watcher @SERobinsonJr, South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has issued a new directive — […]

Starlink has landed another major aviation win — this time in the world of private jets. NetJets, the world’s largest private jet operator and a pioneer in fractional aircraft ownership, has announced a deal to bring Starlink’s high-speed satellite internet to roughly 600 aircraft across its global fleet by the end of 2026. The rollout […]

SpaceX appears to be heading toward a public offering sooner rather than later, and the latest comments from Elon Musk all but confirm it. Responding to a post by Ars Technica’s Eric Berger on X, Musk simply said, “As usual, Eric is accurate,” after Berger shared his report detailing why SpaceX now plans to go […]

SpaceX kicked off the week with yet another industry-shifting milestone, launching 29 additional Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on Monday aboard a Falcon 9 booster flying for a record 32nd time. The mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:26 p.m. PT/5:26 p.m. ET, marking the […]

Starlink has reached a major milestone in Kenya, setting a new all-time record for active users as SpaceX’s high-speed satellite internet service continues to gain momentum both across Africa and globally. According to data reported by TechAfrica News, Starlink Internet Services Kenya hit 19,460 active users as of September 2025 — its highest subscriber count […]