SpaceX Planning Terrestrial Deployments to Support Direct-to-Device

The company added 1.7 million broadband subscribers in the second quarter

SpaceX Planning Terrestrial Deployments to Support Direct-to-Device
Photo of SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell during a bell ringing ceremony for the company's June IPO by Frank Franklin II/AP

WASHINGTON, AUG. 4, 2026 – SpaceX reported 12 million consumer Starlink subscribers at the end of the second quarter, slightly below analyst expectations.

The metric increased by 1.7 million from the previous quarter and doubled over the  course of the year.

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