SpaceX begins selling Starlink Mini for $599 at select locations

I started SpaceX Provided by some users new Starlink It’s small enough to fit in a backpack, so users can take it wherever they want and access the company’s satellite Internet service. the Starlink mini It will cost users $599 upfront, according to emails sent by SpaceX. That’s $100 more than the standard dish set, and users will need an existing standard service plan because they can only take advantage of the Mini Roam service for an additional $30 per month fee. like TechCrunch He notes that a residential Starlink customer will have to pay $150 per month in total if they also get the Mini.

However, a smaller dish may not cost that much money forever. SpaceX said in its letter that it is working to make Starlink less expensive as a whole, and that it is only offering a limited number of small constellations “in areas of high usage” at the moment. A few days ago, company president Elon Musk talked about the Mini on He also said it would cost “about half the price of a standard dish for monthly purchase and subscription.”

In SpaceX’s letter, it said that the Starlink Mini dish comes with a built-in Wi-Fi router, so it is not only smaller than the standard version, but it also needs fewer components to access the Internet. It also consumes less power, has a DC power input and is capable of download speeds of over 100Mbps. In addition to the dish itself, the set will ship with a kickstand, tube adapter, power supply, and cord with a USB-C connector on one end and a barrel plug on the other.

As the company mentioned in its message, it is only being rolled out to select areas with high usage at the moment. But Michael Nichols, vice president of Starlink Engineering, He said on X The company is working to intensify production of the Mini car and that it will be available in global markets soon.