SpaceX has unveiled the Starlink Mini, a extra transportable model of its satellite tv for pc web product that is sufficiently small to slot in a backpack.
Early Starlink clients have been invited to buy the Starlink Mini package for $599, in accordance with an invite despatched to clients and seen by TechCrunch. That is $100 greater than the usual Starlink package. They have been additionally given the choice to bundle the Mini Roam service with their present service plan for a further $30 monthly, though information is proscribed to 50 gigabytes monthly.
This can imply {that a} personal Starlink buyer on the usual service plan will spend $150 monthly. SpaceX goals to scale back the value of the package, in accordance with the invitation. There’s at present no separate Mini Roam plan.
“Our purpose is to decrease the value of Starlink for these all over the world the place connectivity has been unavailable or unavailable in any respect,” it stated. “However in high-usage areas the place Starlink Mini locations extra demand on the satellite tv for pc community, we’re providing a restricted variety of Starlink Mini kits beginning at $599.”
The mini antenna is extremely gentle, weighing about 2.5 kilos together with the stand, which is simply about 60% of the load of a typical Starlink antenna. The service additionally boasts a most obtain pace of over 100 Mbps
The primary Starlink Minis will arrive someday in July. This feature is bound to attraction to vacationers, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk advised X that the Mini could possibly be “an incredible low-cost possibility for backup Web connection in case your landline goes useless.”
Starlink is SpaceX’s widespread satellite tv for pc Web product, now powered by greater than 6,000 satellites in orbit. The service boasts greater than 3 million clients in 100 nations.