SpaceX's new Starlink dishes are in the works, will blast 1Gbps+ speeds to users

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SpaceX is hard at work on new Starlink satellite internet dishes that will deliver a huge 1Gbps+ download speeds to users on the ground, up from the 200Mbps average of today.

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The company showed off its new 1Gbps capable Starlink dish during a recent webinar for Starlink resellers, according to someone who watched the presentation. SpaceX will not only need to ship out new 1Gbps-ready Starlink dishes, but the Elon Musk-led company will also need to roll out planned upgrades for the Starlink constellation of satellites, using a broader range of radio spectrum for the satellite internet connection.

SpaceX has plans to release new 1Gbps-ready Starlink dishes later this year, but that is dependent on SpaceX's flagship Starship rocket, which can successfully deploy third-generation V3 Starlink satellites. SpaceX President Gwenne Shotwell said back in November 2024: "Next generation, we'll have smaller beams, more capacity per beam, lower latency" with speeds of up to a blistering 2Gbps in the future.

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One of the biggest things holding SpaceX back is the FCC approving its plans for Starlink's higher 1Gbps speeds, with the company telling US regulators: "SpaceX urges its competitors to direct their energy away from anticompetitive attacks on responsible US systems and toward improving the sustainability of their own unreliable or unproven systems".

"These commenters rely on outdated rules, rejected arguments, revisionist history, and factual errors to assert that SpaceX's Gen2 upgrade would cause them significant interference problems or preclude future entry in those bands. But even a cursory review of these opposing comments and petitions reveal that their arguments are meritless and must be rejected".