Launching its first satellite package in 2019, SpaceX quickly began forming groups, anticipating high-speed Internet coverage of the entire planet. Today their number has grown to more than 2,000, and several thousand more are planned. In any case, SpaceX continues to improve the service and has recently introduced a premium rate for large customers.

Development of Starlink

One development avenue is to increase the coverage of the network, which is currently limited to fixed terrestrial terminals with rather large (albeit smaller in the second version) plates. In March 2021, the company applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a comprehensive license to operate Starlink terminals, called “mobile ground stations”, which include cars, trucks, ships and aircraft.

By all accounts, the first mode of transportation where Starlink satellite Internet will appear will be aviation, and the first airline will be American JSX with domestic flights between major US cities. The carrier’s management said on Twitter that Wi-Fi will be free for all passengers of the 30-seat Jet.

Starlink average speed increased

According to Ookla, the supplier of the largest platform for measuring the quality of the speedtest network, Starlink’s average speed in 15 key markets exceeded 104 Mbps in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Thus, SpaceX’s service became the fastest solution in the field of satellite communications, and also bypassed broadband Internet access in Belgium, Australia, Mexico, a number of other countries, and parts of the United States.