SpaceX has launched Starlink Mini, a extra moveable model of its satellite tv for pc networking product that’s sufficiently small to slot in a backpack.
Early Starlink prospects are invited to buy a Starlink Mini package for $599, in response to an invite despatched to prospects seen by TechCrunch. That is $100 greater than the usual Starlink package. They’ll additionally select to bundle the Mini Roam service with an present service plan for a further $30 monthly, however with a month-to-month knowledge cap of fifty GB.
This implies Starlink residential prospects on the usual service plan will spend $150 monthly. SpaceX mentioned within the invitation that it goals to decrease the worth of the package. As of now, there are not any impartial mini-roam plans.
“Our objective is to deliver down the worth of Starlink for folks world wide who can’t afford or don’t have any entry in any respect,” it mentioned. “However in high-usage areas the place Starlink Mini has further demand for satellite tv for pc networks, we provide a restricted variety of Starlink Mini kits beginning at $599.”
The mini antenna may be very gentle: it weighs about 2.5 kilos with the bracket, which is just about 60% of the burden of a normal Starlink antenna. The service additionally boasts most obtain speeds of over 100 Mbps
The primary batch of Starlink Minis will arrive someday in July. This feature will undoubtedly attraction to vacationers, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mentioned on X that the Mini may very well be ” low-cost choice that may present backup community connection in case your landline goes out.”
Starlink is SpaceX’s widespread satellite tv for pc community product, at the moment powered by greater than 6,000 satellites in orbit. The service has greater than 3 million prospects in 100 international locations.
