SpaceX Starlix Satellite internet coverage

 

This article is about the SpaceX satellite internet service. For other uses, 

see  Starlink.

   Starlink is a satellite internet

constellation operated by  SpaceX,

 Starlink is a satellite internet 

 constellation operated by SpaceX,  providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries.

 It also aims for global coverage with satellite personal communications 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, which communicate with designated ground transceivers. 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.

In February 2017, documents indicated that 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.
 On 15 October 2019, the United States Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC) submitted filings to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on SpaceX's behalf to arrange spectrum for 30,000 additional Starlink satellites to supplement the 12,000 Starlink satellites already approved by the FCC. 

Astronomers have raised concerns about the constellations'  effect on ground-based astronomy and how the satellites will add to an already congested orbital environment. Astronomers have raised concerns about the constellations' effect 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 w, allowingthem to de-orbit at the end of their life. Additionally, the satellites are designed to autonomously avoid collisions based on uplinked tracking data.

60 Starlink satellites stacked together before deployment on 24 May 2019
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Country of oorigin united	United States
Operator	SpaceX
Applications	Internet service
Website	starlink.com
Specifications
Spacecraft type	Small satellite
Launch mass	v 0.9: 227 kg (500 lb) v 1.0: 260 kg (570 lb) v 1.5: ~295 kg (650 lb)[1]
Equipment	u-, Ka-, and E-band phased array antennas Laser transponders (some units) Hall-effect thrusters
Regime	Low Earth orbit Sun-synchronous orbit
Production
Status	Active