Starlink

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Satellite internet constellation, telecommunications provider

• Coverage

  Approximately 130 countries and territories

• Operator

  Starlink Services, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX)

• Profit (2024)

  $72 million USD

• Parent Company

  SpaceX

• Revenue (2022)

  $1.4 billion USD (with a net loss)

• Key Technologies

  Hall-effect thrusters, Startracker navigation system

• Primary Use Case

  Satellite-based internet connectivity for underserved areas and competitive service in urban areas

• Country of Origin

  United States

• Planned Satellites

  Nearly 12,000, with a possible extension to 34,400

• Facilities Location

  Redmond, Washington, United States (research, development, manufacturing, orbit control)

• Actual Revenue (2024)

  $2.7 billion USD

• Projected Revenue (2025)

  $11.8 billion USD

• Subscribers (December 2022)

  Over 1 million

• Subscribers (September 2024)

  4 million

• Estimated Project Cost (2018)

  At least $10 billion USD

• Current Satellites (as of May 2025)

  Over 7,600 in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• Projected Revenue (2024, December prediction)

  $7.7 billion USD

• Percentage of Active Satellites (as of May 2025)

  65%

Timeline

• Starlink project inception. (Source: Wikidata)

  2015-01-01

• SpaceX estimated the cost of designing, building, and deploying the Starlink constellation would be at least $10 billion USD. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-05-XX

• SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites. (Source: Summary)

  2019-XX-XX

• Hugh Lewis, a space debris expert, stated that Starlink satellites represent the single main source of collision risk in low Earth orbit. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2021-08-XX

• Ukrainian government publicly requested Starlink terminals following the Russian invasion. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2022-02-26

• First Starlink terminals arrived in Ukraine. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2022-02-28

• Starlink reached over 500,000 subscribers. (Source: DBPedia)

  2022-06-XX

• Starlink reported revenues of $1.4 billion USD. (Source: Summary)

  2022-XX-XX

• Starlink announced reaching over 1 million subscribers. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-12-XX

• Expected 2024 revenue was projected to reach $6.6 billion USD. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-05-XX

• Starlink reached 4 million subscribers. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-09-XX

• Prediction for 2024 revenue was raised to $7.7 billion USD; however, actual 2024 revenue was $2.7 billion USD with a profit of $72 million USD. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-12-XX

• The Starlink constellation comprised over 7,600 satellites in low Earth orbit. (Source: Summary)

  2025-05-XX

• Starlink's revenue is expected to reach $11.8 billion USD. (Source: Summary)

  2025-XX-XX

Starlink

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications provider that is a wholly owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing coverage to around 130 countries and territories. It also aims to provide global mobile broadband. Starlink has been instrumental to SpaceX's growth. SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of May 2025, the constellation consists of over 7,600 mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) that communicate with designated ground transceivers, and Starlink comprises 65% of all active satellites. Nearly 12,000 satellites are planned, with a possible later extension to 34,400. SpaceX announced reaching over 1 million subscribers in December 2022 and 4 million subscribers in September 2024. The SpaceX satellite development facility in Redmond, Washington, houses Starlink research, development, manufacturing, and orbit control facilities. In May 2018, SpaceX estimated the cost of designing, building and deploying the constellation would be at least US$10 billion. Revenues from Starlink in 2022 were reportedly $1.4 billion with a net loss. In May 2024 that year's revenue was expected to reach $6.6 billion but by December the prediction was raised to $7.7 billion. Revenue was then expected to reach $11.8 billion in 2025. Financial statements filed with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce revealed Starlink 2024 revenue only reached $2.7 billion, about two-thirds short of the latest prediction, for a profit of $72 million. Starlink has been extensively used in the Russo-Ukrainian War, a role for which it has been contracted by the United States Department of Defense. Starshield, a military version of Starlink, is designed for government use. Astronomers raised concerns about the effect the constellation would have on ground-based astronomy, and how the satellites contribute to an already congested orbital environment. SpaceX has attempted to mitigate astronometric interference concerns with measures to reduce the satellites' brightness during operation. The satellites are equipped with Hall-effect thrusters allowing them to raise their orbit, station-keep, and de-orbit at the end of their lives. They are also designed to autonomously and smoothly avoid collisions based on uplinked tracking data.

Web Search Results

• Starlink - Wikipedia

  Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications provider that is a wholly owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing coverage to around 130 countries and territories. It also aims to provide global mobile broadband. Starlink has been instrumental to SpaceX's growth. [...] Starlink provides satellite-based internet connectivity to underserved areas of the planet, as well as competitively priced service in more urbanized areas. [...] Starlink was activated during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after a request from the Ukrainian government. Ukraine's military and government rapidly became dependent on Starlink to maintain Internet access. Starlink is used by Ukraine for communication, such as keeping in touch with the outside world and keeping the energy infrastructure working.

• Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy - Space

  - How to see starlink satellites - Coverage - History - Impact on astronomy - Expert Q&A - Collision risk - End of lifespan: Deorbiting - V2 Starlinks - Use in emergencies - Future plans - How do they work? - How can I get Starlink internet? - Additional resources - Bibliography Starlink is the name of a satellite network developed by the private spaceflight company SpaceX to provide low-cost internet to remote locations. [...] Starlink, SpaceX's giant and ever-growing broadband constellation, has been a vital piece of Ukrainian communications infrastructure throughout the ongoing Russian invasion. Ukrainian government officials publicly requested Starlink terminals on Feb. 26, just two days after the invasion began, and the first ones arrived in the country on Feb. 28. [...] In August 2021, Hugh Lewis, the head of the Astronautics Research Group at the University of Southampton, U.K. and Europe's leading space debris expert, told Space.com that Starlink satellites represent the single main sources of collision risk in low Earth orbit.

• Starlink Satellite Constellation - eoPortal

  Designed and built upon the heritage of Dragon, each spacecraft is equipped with a Startracker navigation system that allows SpaceX to point the satellites with precision. Importantly, Starlink satellites are capable of tracking on-orbit debris and autonomously avoiding collision. Additionally, 95 percent of all components of this design will quickly burn in Earth’s atmosphere at the end of each satellite’s lifecycle—exceeding all current safety standards—with future iterative designs moving to [...] With Starlink, SpaceX hopes to provide a satellite-based network of high-speed internet connections worldwide. The final constellation will consist of more than 30,000 satellites, which far exceeds the number of all satellites in Earth orbit to date. Other companies such as OneWeb, Amazon and others are planning or in some cases already enacting similar projects. German companies also have corresponding plans to launch large numbers of microsatellites cheaply into Earth orbits. Astronomy is [...] - If you can’t beat them, join them. That is the thinking behind a new managed network service offered by satellite operator Intelsat that integrates geostationary satellites, SpaceX’s Starlink low Earth orbit constellation and cellular broadband. Intelsat is buying Starlink terminals and services and reselling them as part of a multi-layer, multi-orbit managed network that includes geostationary satcom and LTE connectivity. “We combine them in one gateway so the user has one interface,” said

• SpaceX

  SpaceX =============== []( Falcon 9 Falcon Heavy Dragon Starship Human Spaceflight Rideshare Starshield Starlink Shop Falcon 9 Falcon Heavy Dragon Starship Human Spaceflight Rideshare Starshield Starlink Mission Launches Careers Updates Shop THE ROAD TO MAKING LIFE MULTIPLANETARY -------------------------------------- Learn More RECENT LAUNCH AX-4 MISSION ------------ REWATCH RECENT LAUNCH [...] Starship's Ninth Flight Test ---------------------------- REWATCH ADVANCING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT --------------------------- LEARN MORE SpaceX © 2025PRIVACY POLICYSUPPLIERS [](

• Live Starlink Satellite and Coverage Map

  System Services → Compass Calibration is set to ON. Search Help x Incremental search of currently filtered sats by 1. NORAD numbers (ex. 48140) 2. labels (ex. STARLINK 1028) 3. ground station town/state names (ex. AK) 4. re-entries (ex. re-) 5. Launches (ex. Launch..) 6. Space stations (ex. ISS or CSS) 7. Missions (ex. Mission L10) Click a result, or push enter for the first match Map Key ✕ : ground station (planned or in operation). [...] Table of starlink launches Table of starlink satellites Conjunctions forecast Ground stations Constellation Layout Status over time download data HELP IOS App / Donate Latest tweets Map key About and Help Privacy Policy Support satellitemap.space ✕ Buy Me A Coffee Buy and review the IOS app to encourage more development and defray hosting costs. The IOS app is available at a low fixed price. It is not freemium, by subscription or ad-supported. [...] Live Starlink Satellite and Coverage Map =============== Loading Version (eg v0.9,v1.0) Show Orbits ° - ° DISPLAY Globe Theme Day/Night- [x] No Labels- [x] Intensity- [x] People Stations- [x] Projection HOME Dishy faces Geolocationattempt Latitude(S is -) Longitude(W is -) Save Reset More Functions ✕ INFO

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  United States

• Instance Of

  Q54806917

• Inception Date

  1/1/2015

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. SpaceX started launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,000 mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), which communicate with designated ground transceivers. In total, nearly 12,000 satellites are planned to be deployed, with a possible later extension to 42,000. Starlink provides internet access to over 500,000 subscribers as of June 2022. The SpaceX satellite development facility in Redmond, Washington houses the Starlink research, development, manufacturing, and orbit control teams. The cost of the decade-long project to design, build, and deploy the constellation was estimated by SpaceX in May 2018 to be at least US$10 billion. SpaceX expects more than $30 billion in revenue by 2025 from its satellite constellation, while revenues from its launch business were expected to reach $5 billion in the same year. Astronomers have raised concerns about the effect the constellation can have on ground-based astronomy and how the satellites will add to an already congested orbital environment. SpaceX has attempted to mitigate astronomy concerns by implementing several upgrades to Starlink satellites aimed at reducing their brightness during operation. The satellites are equipped with krypton-fueled Hall thrusters which allow them to de-orbit at the end of their life. Additionally, the satellites are designed to autonomously avoid collisions based on uplinked tracking data.