- Active satellites
- 10,000+
- Orbit (vs ~36,000 km GEO)
- 330 to 550 km
- Latency
- 25–40 ms
- Lower latency than GEO
- ~25×
Starlink operates in Low Earth Orbit — roughly 65× closer than legacy geostationary satellites. That proximity collapses latency from around 600 ms to about 25 ms, enabling real-time VoIP, HD video, cloud access (AWS, Azure, GCP), and SCADA/telemetry. Optical inter-satellite laser links form a resilient mesh in space — fewer ground hops, lower latency, and service continuity even if a single gateway fails.
How LEO compares
Not fighting for the same airtime.
Mobile networks share one congested mast among thousands of consumer phones, so speeds sag exactly when everyone's online. Starlink gives your site its own prioritised path from space — steady performance whatever the local crowd or cell coverage is doing.
Ideal where mobile signal is weak or contended — rural sites, events, and pop-up locations.
Faster than the line you've been waiting for.
Where there's good fibre, use fibre — it's still the best primary link. But where the only option is ageing copper/xDSL, or fibre is months away, Starlink delivers far higher speeds today — no trenching, no lead times, no line rental.
Great for sites stuck on slow DSL or facing long fibre install dates.
All the reach of satellite, none of the lag.
Legacy GEO/VSAT satellites sit ~36,000 km up, adding around 600 ms of delay that breaks video calls and cloud apps. Starlink orbits roughly 65× closer, cutting latency to ~25 ms — real-time performance with the same global reach.
Perfect for remote or offshore sites replacing slow, costly legacy satellite.
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