Starlink

FCC kicks off 'Space Month' with vow to fast-track satellite licensing

Agency aims to replace its default 'no' with default 'yes' while overhauling rules for operators

Public Sector07 Oct 2025 | 7

Starlink is burning up one or two satellites a day in Earth’s atmosphere

Kessler syndrome is bad; atmospheric incineration may be worse, says astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell

Science06 Oct 2025 | 79

SpaceX rockets toward next Starship launch, set for October 13

Once more with feeling...

Science01 Oct 2025 | 26

Starlink outage knocks tens of thousands offline worldwide

Downdetector logged 40,000 reports before service flickered back

Networks15 Sep 2025 | 49

Eutelsat LEO revenue rockets 84% as governments cool on Starlink

OneWeb constellation may be smaller, but it's suddenly looking like a safer bet for some

Networks05 Aug 2025 | 13

Amazon’s Kuiper satellite broadband to offer commercial services in mid-2026, at least in Australia

Updated Maybe sooner in other places

Networks05 Aug 2025 | 6

T-Mobile's satellite service lifts off, and it's open season on rivals

Verizon and AT&T customers can now buy D2C connections à la carte from the magenta monster

Networks24 Jul 2025 | 10

Financial 'stretch' for UK to join Europe's Starlink rival, says minister

Possibility of joining IRIS² remote as Britain grapples with fiscal squeeze

Networks05 Jul 2025 | 131

Bezos beams up batch two as Project Kuiper plays catch-up with Starlink

ULA's Atlas V deploys second load of Amazon's broadband satellites

Networks24 Jun 2025 | 6

Atlas V glitch delays second Project Kuiper launch

Amazon's satellite constellation hits another snag as ULA rocket aborts on pad

Science17 Jun 2025 | 12

AST just got a small boost in its D2C battle against Elon Musk's Starlink

But the five-satellite upstart has a short time window

Networks13 Jun 2025 | 4

Eviden unveils satellite monitoring tool, as Starlink asks UK for E band access

Space broadband and space-linked phones all very well, but someone's got to track them

Networks28 May 2025 | 2

India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor, snoop

Officials demand device registration, location locking, logs of user activity

Networks07 May 2025 | 12

Satellite phone tech coming to your mobe this year – but who pays for it?

Operators mulling whether to price tech into subs, says report, which notes Musk's Starlink satellite dominance

Networks10 Apr 2025 | 45

Earth's atmosphere is shrinking and thinning, which is bad news for Starlink and other LEO Sats

The thermosphere usually drags space junk to its doom. As it thins, ruined orbits are a possibility

Science11 Mar 2025 | 72

Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukraine

Increasingly shaky relationship with the States has Europe considering options

Networks07 Mar 2025 | 187

SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 booster and scrubs a Starship

Reusable first stage of workhorse tips over after landing

Science04 Mar 2025 | 70

FAA confirms it's testing Starlink, maybe for tasks Elon says Verizon is doing badly

Plus: Musk's biz empire reportedly pulled in $6B-plus from Uncle Sam last year

Networks27 Feb 2025 | 36

Amazon's Kuiper secures license to take on Starlink in the UK

Everybody is going to play nice, OK?

Networks04 Feb 2025 | 33

Ontario responds to Trump tariff by pitching Starlink deal into the trash

Updated Canadian province 'won't do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy'

Networks03 Feb 2025 | 103

Will 2025 be the year satellite-to-smartphone services truly take off?

Analysis Connectivity direct to unmodified mobes looms, thanks to Starlink and co

Networks02 Jan 2025 | 39

Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine

Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk's finest

Networks01 Jan 2025 | 19

Europe signs off on €10.6B IRIS² satellite broadband deal

Service promised by 2030 for bloc's take on Starlink

Networks16 Dec 2024 | 41

Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers

Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands

Networks11 Dec 2024 | 33

Neuraspace adds a second telescope to track objects in orbit

Starlink satellites might annoy astronomers, but at least they're easy to spot

Science09 Dec 2024 | 2

SpaceX hits 400 launches of Falcon 9 rocket

Yet another batch of Starlink satellites mark the milestone

Science29 Nov 2024 | 56

Starlink gets FCC nod for space calls, but can't dial up full power

Authorization conditional on operations not causing harmful interference

Networks27 Nov 2024 | 35

Musk agrees with fan that worries over orbital Starlink traffic a 'silly narrative'

Forget the 10x programmer. How about 10x satellites?

Networks25 Nov 2024 | 63

Brazil hooks up with Chinese satellite broadband service that doesn't operate yet

After beefing with Elon Musk, comms minister wants to diversify product choice

Networks21 Nov 2024 | 9

Trump appoints Musk associate Brendan Carr as FCC chair

Likely to look more favorably on Elon's adventures in space-based comms

Networks18 Nov 2024 | 35

Starlink finally files proper paperwork to operate in India

Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband

Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 4

Scientists demand FCC test environmental impacts of satellites

updated Boffins say it's absurd that the US comms watchdog won't consider atmospheric harms

Science24 Oct 2024 | 15

Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free

Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion

Networks08 Oct 2024 | 151

US lawmakers dig into FCC's $900M Starlink snub in wake of Hurricane Helene

Nearly a billion dollars in rural broadband subsidies wouldn't go amiss

Networks08 Oct 2024 | 39

SpaceX accuses 'meme-stock' rival of 'misinformation' over Starlink signals waiver

AST SpaceMobile partners 'provide zero technical support for their opposition,' letter to FCC rages

Networks04 Oct 2024 | 28

China calls for realtime censorship of satellite broadband

Great Firewall reaches all the way into space

Networks30 Sep 2024 | 27

Musk's Starlink rockets to 4 million subscribers

Satellite broadband mega-constellation passes mega-milestone

Networks27 Sep 2024 | 51

Starlink-branded hardware reportedly found amid wreckage of downed Russian drone

Space broadband on weapons is not something Elon Musk condones

Networks27 Sep 2024 | 165

Starlink's new satellites emit 30x more radio interference than before, drowning cosmic signals

V2 sats beam 10M times brighter noise, hampering telescopes

Networks19 Sep 2024 | 112

China claims Starlink signals can reveal stealth aircraft – and what that really means

If this really was that useful, they wouldn't be telling us

Security17 Sep 2024 | 97

FCC boss starts bringing up Musk's Starlink dominance, antitrust concerns

SpaceX broadband network now accounts for nearly two-thirds of all active satellites in orbit

Networks12 Sep 2024 | 52

Starlink U-turns, will block X in Brazil after all

Musk fought the law and the law won... for now

Networks04 Sep 2024 | 38

Astronomers back call for review of bonkers rule that means satellite swarms fly without environment checks

Space boffins want pollution from the likes of Starlink regulated

Science29 Aug 2024 | 48

Shots fired as AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to block Starlink's direct-to-cell plans

Rivals claim signal waiver would interfere with terrestrial networks

Networks16 Aug 2024 | 40

Would you rather buy space broadband from a billionaire, or Communist China?

Beijing's first Starlink-slayers are in orbit, and buyers beyond the Great Firewall are on the agenda

Networks08 Aug 2024 | 51

SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure

Cracked line blamed for leak

Science26 Jul 2024 | 19

SpaceX hit by inflight Falcon 9 failure

Upper stage engine suffers a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly, leaving Starlink satellites too low

Science12 Jul 2024 | 35

Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer

Just when you think we've solved chlorofluorocarbons

Science25 Jun 2024 | 91

Starlink stuffs the internet into a backpack by invitation only

Satellite dishes not just for roofs anymore

Networks21 Jun 2024 | 15

Starlink offers 'unusually hostile environment' to TCP

Hopping satellites every 15 seconds will do that to a protocol, natch

Networks22 May 2024 | 98

AT&T formalizes deal for space-based cellular service on unmodified mobiles

AST still only has a single test satellite in orbit, so don't hold your breath

Personal Tech16 May 2024 | 11

Starlink suffers 'degraded service' from solar storm but emerges intact

Unusually high activity from Sun may have also hastened Hubble's demise

Networks13 May 2024 | 24

Starlink geofence appears to have some gaping holes

I guess the brains down in Africa gonna take some time to do the things they never should have had

Networks03 May 2024 | 36

Starlink clashes with Telecom Italia over frequency data sharing

Refusal to play ball may result in satellite operator moving investment elsewhere

Networks02 Apr 2024 | 18

Is Russia using Starlink in Ukraine? Congress demands answers

And saying Starlink doesn't work inside Russian borders isn't sufficient...

Offbeat08 Mar 2024 | 59

Square Kilometre Array precursor looks to filter out satellite interference

Starlink isn't the biggest problem, but increasing numbers of orbiting transmitters isn't helpful

HPC20 Feb 2024 | 13