Starlink hits 150+ countries

Starlink says its satellite internet service is now available in more than 150 countries, territories and markets worldwide. (starlink.com) The company’s availability map says its roaming plan works “anywhere in over 150 markets,” and Starlink’s 2025 progress report said it added 35 new markets in 2025 alone. (starlink.com 1) (starlink.com 2) That expansion followed a year in which Starlink said it connected more than 4.6 million new active customers. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said on February 13, 2026, that Starlink had crossed 10 million active customers. (starlink.com) (broadbandbreakfast.com) Starlink works by linking user terminals on the ground to thousands of low Earth orbit satellites, which circle much closer to Earth than older communications satellites and cut lag time. Starlink’s site says the service delivers high-speed, low-latency internet with more than 99.9 percent average uptime globally. (starlink.com) The network is no longer aimed only at rural homes. Starlink’s 2025 report says it served more than 21 million airline passengers and more than 20 million cruise passengers during the year. (starlink.com) (orbitaltoday.com) Starlink’s aviation support page says in-motion aviation service has regulatory approval in Antarctica and dozens of other jurisdictions, while use over local territorial waters and over land still depends on government approval. (starlink.com) In Antarctica, that has changed daily life at research bases. MIT Technology Review reported in February 2024 that workers who had long faced severe communication limits could suddenly send video and stay in close contact with home. (technologyreview.com) The service has also become part of emergency and wartime communications. Time reported in March 2026 that Starlink’s reach had extended into conflict zones including Ukraine, Gaza and Iran. (time.com) That reach has also brought political and regulatory scrutiny. Governments still control whether Starlink can operate inside their borders, on moving aircraft, or in territorial waters, even as SpaceX pushes toward broader global coverage. (starlink.com 1) (starlink.com 2) For now, the clearest measure of Starlink’s growth is geographic: a service that started with a limited beta in 2020 now says it can connect users across more than 150 markets on land, at sea and in the air. (starlink.com 1) (starlink.com 2)