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Real Time View of Starlink Satellites

• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang

There are some string of dots. Those are recent launches that still have to move to their final positions.

Starlink is currently serving mainly North America and have about 500,000 customers.

Nearly 80% of users to date are located in North America, with another 18% in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Just 2% of Starlink users live in the rest of the world.

Starlink is permitted to operate in about 25 countries. There are bureaucratic and regulatory delays getting permission to sell and provide services in countries like India.

India's permitting process has bogged down. If this turns and India permits Starlink to operate then they were expecting 200,000 users as fast as they could be provisioned.

There are many rural and underserved areas in Africa, India, South Asia and South America. There could be a very large number of users in those areas as Starlink is completely built out.

Mobile Starlink Markets

Gaining regulatory approval to access new markets is Starlink's biggest global challenge, said Jose Del Rosario, a Manila-based consultant at satellite industry firm Northern Sky Research. Mobile roaming will greatly increase its commercial appeal. "A few thousand aircrafts and hundreds of cruise ships can close the business case," said Del Rosario.


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