BARCELONA: Starlink said on Monday that it plans to begin launching next year its second generation of satellites that will allow “direct-to-cell” service without passing through ground antennas.
“We´ll begin launching in mid-2027 with Starship, we´ll be able to deploy the constellation very quickly” said Michael Nicolls, vice president for Starlink engineering at Space X, referring to the company´s super-heavy launch rocket. The new constellation will initially be composed of 1,200 satellites.
“The goal of Starlink mobile, which will be enabled by the second-generation constellation, is to provide a terrestrial like connectivity when you´re connected to the satellite system,” said Nicolls, speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It should enter service six months after the first launches.
