Starlink reaches 11M users
SpaceX’s Starlink now reports more than 11 million subscribers in over 150 countries and is being used to bring high‑speed internet to planes, ships, remote polar stations, and even conflict zones. (x.com). Social posts this week have framed it as a way to eliminate conventional ‘dead zones’ wherever users can see the sky. (x.com)
Starlink says its satellite internet service now connects more than 10 million active customers worldwide, up from 9 million in late December 2025. (starlink.com) (broadbandbreakfast.com) SpaceX said on February 13, 2026 that Starlink had crossed 10 million active customers across 160 countries, territories, and markets. Its own availability map now says service is available in more than 150 markets. (broadbandbreakfast.com) (starlink.com) The network works by linking users to thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, which sit much closer to Earth than older communications satellites. That shorter distance cuts delay, which is why Starlink markets the service as fast enough for video calls, streaming, and gaming. (starlink.com 1) (starlink.com 2) SpaceX’s 2025 progress report says Starlink added more than 4.6 million active customers in 2025 alone and expanded into 35 additional countries, territories, and markets. A separate network update said the service had already reached more than 6 million active customers globally by mid-2025. (starlink.com 1) (starlink.com 2) Starlink is no longer pitched only as home broadband for rural households. SpaceX says it now serves most major cruise lines and several commercial airlines, moving the product into aviation, shipping, and other mobile uses where fiber and cell towers cannot reach. (starlink.com 1) (starlink.com 2) On planes, Starlink says its aviation terminals deliver 135 to 310 megabits per second downlink per terminal with latency below 99 milliseconds. The company also says its laser-linked satellites provide coverage over open ocean and in polar regions, where ground infrastructure is sparse. (starlink.com) In the United States, Starlink said median peak-hour download speeds were nearly 200 megabits per second as of July 2025, with median latency at 25.7 milliseconds. The company said it had launched about 450 terabits per second of cumulative capacity and built more than 100 gateway sites in the country. (starlink.com) The service has also become part of wartime communications in Ukraine. Reuters reported on February 5, 2026 that Ukrainian officials said Starlink terminals used by Russian forces had been deactivated after what Kyiv described as unauthorized use of thousands of connections. (usnews.com) (digitalstate.gov.ua) At the poles, the National Science Foundation said in 2023 that the United States Antarctic Program was rolling out Starlink at McMurdo and Palmer stations after earlier testing. SpaceX now says its laser mesh network supports service in polar regions for aircraft and other users far from ground stations. (nsf.gov) (starlink.com) The latest milestone shows how fast Starlink has shifted from a niche backup connection to a global network used at home, at sea, in the air, and in places where the nearest cable line is thousands of miles away. (opensignal.com) (starlink.com)
