Milestone note 2025
Several million broadband subscribers
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SpaceX (Starlink) — Starlink passed several million active subscribers across ~8,000 satellites — a self-funding constellation at unmatched scale.
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SpaceX Milestone note Sep 2024
First dedicated D2C satellites (BlueBird)
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AST SpaceMobile — AST SpaceMobile orbited its first commercial BlueBird satellites — the largest commercial arrays ever flown, purpose-built for broadband direct to phones.
AST SpaceMobile Milestone note Jan 2024
First direct-to-cell text from orbit
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SpaceX / T-Mobile — Starlink's first direct-to-cell satellites sent text messages to ordinary, unmodified phones — the opening of the phone-to-satellite era.
Milestone note May 2019
First 60 Starlink satellites launched
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SpaceX — SpaceX launched the first operational batch of 60 Starlink satellites, beginning the first true low-earth-orbit broadband mega-constellation.
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