Ookla® Speedtest data on Starlink indicates that the satellite company’s network performance has been on the uptick over the past couple of years and as of Q1 2025 17.42% of U.S. Starlink Speedtest users were able to get speeds consistent with the FCC’s minimum requirement for fixed broadband of 100 Mbps download speeds and 20 Mbps upload speeds.
At the same time Starlink’s latency has improved from 76 milliseconds (ms) in Q2 2022, to 45 ms in Q1 2025.
Speedtest users clocked an average median latency of 45 ms in Q1 of 2025.
When SpaceX launches version 3 satellites with the reusable Starship in 2026, this will enable capacity and speed to improve about 20 times when there are 8000 or more Version 3 satelites. This will give 1-2 Gbps download speeds and 20 ms latency.
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