Starlink tops 11 million users

Starlink says it now serves more than 11 million subscribers, a new milestone for SpaceX’s satellite internet business. (starlink.com) SpaceX’s latest Starlink progress report says the network added more than 4.6 million active customers in 2025 alone and expanded service to 35 additional countries, territories, and markets that year. (starlink.com) Starlink sells broadband through thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, a lower-altitude network that cuts delay compared with older geostationary systems parked much farther above Earth. Brightline said in a May 8, 2023 release that Starlink satellites orbit at about 550 kilometers, versus 35,786 kilometers for geostationary satellites. (gobrightline.com) The company is pitching that lower-latency design far beyond home internet. Starlink’s mobility page says it markets service for emergency vehicles, trucking, construction, energy crews, and trains, while its maritime page says it offers coverage in international waters. (starlink.com 1) (starlink.com 2) That wider push has turned Starlink into a transport and remote-operations product as much as a residential one. Brightline said it became the first passenger rail service to offer Starlink Wi-Fi in May 2023, and SpaceX has said airlines and cruise operators are also using the network. (gobrightline.com) SpaceX is also leaning on Starlink in disaster response. The company’s emergency-response page says terminals can be deployed in minutes and cites use after wildfires in Maui and Los Angeles and earthquakes in Vanuatu, Ecuador, and Japan’s Noto region. (starlink.com) The service has reached places that long had little practical broadband access. MIT Technology Review reported in February 2024 that Starlink was changing communications in Antarctica, where workers and researchers had historically faced long stretches of isolation and limited bandwidth. (technologyreview.com) SpaceX is still building out the system behind that growth. On February 2, 2026, the company said Starship would begin launching V3 Starlink satellites, which it said would add more than 20 times the capacity of current Falcon-carried V2 satellites per launch. (spacex.com) The 11 million figure is a company claim, but it fits Starlink’s recent growth curve: SpaceX’s own report says it added millions of customers in 2025, and the service now spans more than 150 countries and markets. (starlink.com)