Figure 1| The Starlink Kit arrives with everything you need to get online in minutes.
“Our partnership with STMicroelectronics has been instrumental in enabling the scale and performance of
Starlink. We are excited to continue this journey with ST to deliver the next generation connectivity
solutions that make high-speed internet available to more people, helping improve education, healthcare,
and business opportunities in places that never had reliable internet before” emphasized Gwynne
Shotwell, President and COO at SpaceX.
“We are proud to celebrate a decade of collaboration with SpaceX. From initial concept to high-volume
manufacturing, our close collaboration has been instrumental in realizing SpaceX’s vision and meeting
their very ambitious mission. Through co-designing key chips, providing engineering services and
delivering high-volume manufacturing, we demonstrate the exceptional value of ST’s innovation and
manufacturing capabilities. While supplying billions of products annually for Starlink user terminals, we
also contribute critical technologies to in-orbit systems onboard Starlink satellites, underscoring ST’s
longstanding expertise in space-grade applications.” said Remi El-Ouazzane, President,
Microcontrollers, Digital ICs, and RF Products Group at STMicroelectronics.
Starlink products are co-designed with ST engineers located in France and Italy, manufactured in fabs
located in France and packaged and tested in Malaysia and Malta. The collaboration has focused on
products based on BiCMOS technology, for which ST developed a new manufacturing process with
Starlink as lead customer around PLP (panel level packaging) technology to meet the very challenging
requirements in terms of volume and quality at competitive costs. The scaling of ST’s PLP operations has
already enabled a delivery run rate of over 5 million chips per day to meet the fast ramp-up of Starlink’s
operations. In addition, Starlink is also using multiple ST products including STM32, secure elements,
GNSS across its broadband satellites’ constellation, direct-to-cell satellites, ground infrastructure and
user terminals.
The collaboration continues beyond this milestone, built on the same deeply collaborative model and
focused on next-generation satellites and user terminals. It centers on advancing new generations of key
enabling technologies for phased-array antennas powered by ST’s BiCMOS-based solutions.
About Starlink
Starlink is the world’s most advanced satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit, delivering reliable
broadband internet capable of supporting streaming, online gaming, video calls, and more. Starlink is
engineered and operated by SpaceX. As the world’s leading provider of launch services, and the only
provider with an orbital class reusable rocket – SpaceX has deep experience with both spacecraft and
on-orbit operations. Learn more at www.starlink.com and follow @Starlink on X