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Starlink

Satellite broadband network for consumer, commercial and mobile connectivity.

by SpaceX

FieldedCommunicationsSpaceMilestoneFeb 26, 2023
starlink.com
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A Starlink flat-panel user terminal mounted on a truck roof rack

Photo: Photo by Tony Webster via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Resized and re-encoded as WebP from the original.

Timeline1

  1. MilestoneConfirmed

    Service reported at more than one million locations

    Dated operational scale update; not the start of service.

The latest 10 milestones. Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.

Cost to the Government

  • Contract unit priceReported
    $2K
    1,508 units

    USAID purchase of standard Starlink terminals for Ukraine (2022) at $1,500 each per the Washington Post (as reported by The Independent); USAID OIG gives 1,508 terminals procured. Terminal hardware price only; transport ($800K) and service excluded.

    Source

Unit costs and contract unit prices for this system, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.