Starlink

Chinese defence boffins ponder microwaving Starlink satellites to stop surveillance

Beijing has filed the paperwork for its LEO constellation, but SpaceX is already there

Science27 Feb 2023 | 94

Starlink performance sees a bump, and so do prices

Still not quite as fast as it was in the halcyon days of 2021

Networks23 Feb 2023 | 12

Starlink tempts users with $200 Global Roaming service

'Almost anywhere on land' ... that's a bold promise

Networks21 Feb 2023 | 15

SpaceX cuts off Ukraine's 'offensive' Starlink use

Please, please, don't shoot down our satellites, Vlad

Networks09 Feb 2023 | 60

SpaceX tells astronomers: Fine, we'll try to stop Starlink spoiling stargazing sessions

Agrees measures to prevent streaks of light across the night sky in time-lapse observations

Networks13 Jan 2023 | 50

Ukraine secures 10k more Starlink receivers with EU help

More cash will still be needed to maintain service come spring, says Ukrainian deputy PM

Networks21 Dec 2022 | 10

FCC gives SpaceX OK to launch 7.5k Gen2 Starlink satellites

Subject to conditions: offer only valid if you can get Starship off the ground

Networks02 Dec 2022 | 17

UK to test Starlink satellite broadband for those hard to reach areas

But why Elon Musk's satellite broadband biz and not govt-funded OneWeb?

Networks01 Dec 2022 | 26

Starlink purchases 'Twitter takeover' ad package, Musk dismisses it as 'tiny'

Well, which one is it, then?

Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 32

Russia says Starlink satellites could become military targets

Urges peace in space, while also threatening to shoot western war zone internet out of the sky

Networks28 Oct 2022 | 104

Starlink terminals reportedly smuggled into Iran amid internet shutdowns

Don't thank Elon

Networks24 Oct 2022 | 14

SpaceX's in-flight Wi-Fi, Starlink Aviation, takes to the skies

Oh c'mon! Was it too much to expect Skynet?

Networks19 Oct 2022 | 10

Musk says Starlink will keep providing free service to Ukraine

'Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $'

Networks17 Oct 2022 | 24

Starlink, shot by both sides in Ukrainian fracas, lives to fight on

Opinion Jam today, jam tomorrow?

Networks17 Oct 2022 | 44

SpaceX reportedly fed up with providing free Starlink to Ukraine

How can Elon mess up geopolitics today?

Science14 Oct 2022 | 128

ULA's Vulcan Centaur to launch in early '23, with lunar lander and first Amazon broadband sats

Two down, 3,234 to go for Amazon's Kuiper service as it chases Starlink

Networks13 Oct 2022 | 7

Block this: Using satellites to plaster ads over our skies could work, say boffins

They can't hurt us if we stay indoors

Offbeat06 Oct 2022 | 85

US to relax restrictions for tech companies in Iran

With censorship looming, US wants to bring internet, communications companies into fray

Networks26 Sep 2022 | 6

Starlink broadband speeds slow as subscriber numbers grow

But a median of 60Mbps is not to be sniffed at when you're out in the sticks

Networks23 Sep 2022 | 24

Musk says Starlink will ask for exemption to US sanctions on Iran

Violence flares amid internet blackouts after woman dies in police custody

Networks20 Sep 2022 | 31

Testing of Starlink internet under way in Antarctica

Bandwidth-starved researchers rejoice

Networks15 Sep 2022 | 12

FCC Commissioner demands review of Starlink rural broadband subsidies

Withdrawal of SpaceX's $885.5m award a 'drastic action' – but Musk wouldn't want subsidy anyway, right?

Networks13 Sep 2022 | 32

Elon Musk claims SpaceX was in talks with Apple on iPhone 14 satellite services

Apple went with Globalstar for Emergency SOS feature, but such comments suggest a direction of travel

Networks09 Sep 2022 | 49

T-Mobile US and SpaceX hope to deliver phone service from space

Companies claim 'no modifications .. required' on ordinary cellphones, but analyst says Starlink has 'no authorization to deploy v2 satellites'

Networks26 Aug 2022 | 47

After suffering $1b subsidy snub, Starlink lands $2m US Air Force deal

Always look on the bright (oh God, they are so bright) side of life

Networks16 Aug 2022 | 7

Starlink satellite dish cracked on stage at Black Hat

Black Hat Once the modchip plans are live, you can, too

Security12 Aug 2022 | 19

FCC decides against giving Starlink $1b in rural broadband subsidies

Even those within the agency puzzled by the SpaceX decision when 'we have the technology to improve lives now'

Networks11 Aug 2022 | 23

SpaceX upgrades Starlink to reflect less light, can't launch without its Starship

A dazzling problem

Science01 Aug 2022 | 35

Philippines logs on to Starlink for remote area internet services

Comms ministry boss sees space as preferable to messing around with mountaintop builds

Networks28 Jul 2022 | 13

SpaceX: 5G expansion could kill US Starlink broadband

It would be easier to take this complaint seriously if Elon wasn't so Elon

Networks23 Jun 2022 | 39

Starlink's success in Ukraine amplifies interest in anti-satellite weapons

US think tank sees growing interest in counterspace capabilities

Networks02 Jun 2022 | 49

Algorithm spots 104 asteroids in huge piles of data

Rocks stood out like a THOR thumb for code

Science01 Jun 2022 | 13

Beijing needs the ability to 'destroy' Starlink, say Chinese researchers

Paper authors warn Elon Musk's 2,400 machines could be used offensively

Security25 May 2022 | 132

Starlink's Portability mode lets you take your sat broadband dish anywhere*

* Terms and so many conditions apply

Networks06 May 2022 | 71

Putin threatens supply chains with counter-sanction order

‘Certain organizations’ to be named in ten days and denied access to Russian resources

Security04 May 2022 | 77

Hawaiian Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi via SpaceX's Starlink

Fly to some paradise, tweeting as you go, arrive, relax under the stars only to watch those same satellites in the sky

Networks25 Apr 2022 | 12

SpaceX's Starlink service lands first aviation customer

Nope, not Delta – it's a regional semi-private jet operator and service 'won't require' logins

Networks22 Apr 2022 | 31

SpaceX's Starlink service suffers brief but global weekend outage

Out of this world service for Musk's satellite broadband

Offbeat11 Apr 2022 | 4

French court pulls SpaceX's Starlink license

Service 'likely to have a significant impact on market for provision of broadband internet access'

Networks06 Apr 2022 | 139

Hooking up to Starlink might be pricier than you thought

Increases inbound for Musk's satellite Internet service and his Falcon rockets

Networks23 Mar 2022 | 61

China launches test satellites for orbiting broadband service

GalaxySpace plans 144 birds for small-footprint high-surveillance service

Networks08 Mar 2022 | 13

Geomagnetic storm takes out 40 of 49 brand new Starlink satellites

SpaceX launched even though the space weatherman predicted tricky conditions could follow a solar flare

Science09 Feb 2022 | 119

SpaceX Starlink sat streaks now present in nearly a fifth of all astronomical images snapped by Caltech telescope

Annoying, maybe – but totally ruining this science, maybe not

Science20 Jan 2022 | 26

Indian government tells Starlink to refund pre-orders placed before licences approved

Elon Musk's satellite internet company 'remains excited to serve' the country

Networks05 Jan 2022 | 26

Indian government warns locals not to use Starlink's internet services

If you are going to sell satellite internet subscriptions in India, you Musk get a license, says regulator

Off-Prem29 Nov 2021 | 38

Satellite of love: Space broadband outfit Viasat acquires rival Inmarsat

Promises to keep Inmarsat's commitments to build more stuff in Blighty

Off-Prem10 Nov 2021 | 7

DARPA plans thousands-strong satellite constellation Space-BACN sandwich

Mmmm... BACN. Is there anything it can't do?

Networks15 Sep 2021 | 8

UK regulator Ofcom seeks more powers to deal with mega constellations

Operator shall talk unto operator or the big stick will be wielded

Networks27 Jul 2021 | 17

In the '80s, satellite comms showed promise – soon it'll be a viable means to punt internet services at anyone anywhere

Feature We've come a long way from Terry Wogan's celeb interviews

Networks22 Jul 2021 | 90

Belgian boffins dump Starlink dish terminal's firmware, gain root access and a few ideas

Extra-terrestrial service probed

Networks08 Jul 2021 | 15

Things that needn't be said: Don't plonk a massive Starlink dish on the hood of your car

It's illegal

Networks05 Jul 2021 | 34

SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband constellation to achieve full global coverage by September, boss claims

Astronomers and amateur star gazers will be delighted

Networks22 Jun 2021 | 12

SpaceX spat with Viasat: Rival accused of abusing legislation to halt Elon's Starlink expansion

Viasat's 'newfound environmentalism is belied by its actions at every turn'

Legal16 Jun 2021 | 22

Google Cloud and SpaceX buddy up to fling edgy data and cloud services via Starlink

Sign-ups open in second half of 2021

Off-Prem13 May 2021 | 4

Starlink creates risk of internet investment doom cycle, says APNIC researcher

Early users get speed, so policy-makers may stop building, but more users means slower speeds ...

Networks23 Apr 2021 | 43

SpaceX's Starlink: Overhyped and underpowered to meet broadband needs of Rural America, say analysts

As the constellation stands anyway

Science09 Apr 2021 | 113