Starlink Price Increase 2026: Every Change Dated, Plus Outages, Launches and Filings

Updated on October 28, 2026

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By Christopher Burg · Utility Search Marketplace · Last updated: 25 October 2026. This is the rolling Starlink news page: every price change, outage, launch, filing and competitor move gets a dated entry here the week it happens.

The most recent Starlink price increase took effect with billing cycles on or after June 18, 2026: Residential 100 went from $50 to $55, Residential 200 from $80 to $85, Residential MAX from $120 to $130, Roam Unlimited from $165 to $175, and Standby Mode doubled from $5 to $10. Since then SpaceX has reported its first quarterly earnings as a public company (August 4), a spent Falcon 9 stage has hit the Moon (August 5), and Amazon Leo has cleared the FCC hurdle that stood between it and a late-2026 launch. Every one of those events is logged below, newest first, with what it means for your bill.

Starlink timeline 2026: every price increase, launch and filing, dated

Newest first, with each Starlink price increase in bold so you can scan for the ones that hit your bill. Every entry links to a primary source in the Sources section.

• September 2026 — Amazon Leo says commercial service starts “later this year.” ULA Vulcan launches begin carrying 45 Leo satellites per mission; the residential waitlist at leo.amazon.com stays open with no announced price. Full detail in our Amazon Leo pricing guide.
• August 5, 2026 — A discarded Falcon 9 upper stage hits the Moon. The stage struck near Einstein Crater at about 5,400 mph at roughly 2:35 a.m. EDT, carving a fresh crater. No risk to Earth, no effect on Starlink service — it was a spent rocket body, not a satellite. It made headlines because the same company runs the internet service on your roof; nothing changed for subscribers.
• August 4, 2026 — SpaceX reports its first earnings as a public company. Q2 2026 revenue rose 92% to $7.8 billion. Starlink’s connectivity segment delivered $4.3 billion of revenue and $1.66 billion of profit, the only profitable segment. Subscribers: about 12 million worldwide, ~2.7 million in the U.S.
• July 2, 2026 — Amazon Leo passes 375 satellites in orbit after an Atlas V launch and says it has enough capacity to begin service. Independent trackers count about 396 including test units, against Starlink’s 9,000+.
• June 18, 2026 — Starlink price increase takes effect. $5 more on Residential 100 and 200, $10 more on Residential MAX and Roam Unlimited, Standby Mode from $5 to $10. Notices went out by email and the rate card on starlink.com was updated the same week.
• June 11, 2026 — Arkansas signs the first state BEAD agreement with Amazon Leo — about 1,700 locations, $1.76 million in BEAD funds plus $580,000+ of Amazon match. Satellite providers took roughly a fifth of all BEAD locations nationally, with Starlink the largest satellite awardee.
• June 8, 2026 — FCC waives Amazon Leo’s July 30 half-constellation deadline, with spectrum-priority conditions through March 2028. Leo’s 2029 full-deployment deadline stands. This is the ruling that keeps a second LEO provider on the calendar.
• May 28, 2026 — Blue Origin’s New Glenn explodes during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral. No injuries, heavy pad damage. New Glenn is one of Amazon Leo’s launch vehicles, so the delay pushed part of Leo’s manifest to ULA and SpaceX rockets.
• Late May 2026 — SpaceX files publicly to go public. The IPO is the reason the Q2 numbers above exist; before it, Starlink subscriber and revenue figures were estimates.

Starlink price increase history: what each plan has cost

The June 2026 Starlink price increase was the fourth broad U.S. residential price move since launch. The pattern is a $5–$10 step roughly every 12–18 months, offset by cheaper hardware and by the new lower-priced tiers that arrived with the speed-based plan structure.

For context, the original single Residential plan launched at $99 a month in 2021, rose to $110 in 2022 and $120 in 2023, and was then split into the 100/200/MAX tiers — so the MAX tier at $130 is the direct descendant of that original plan, while the $55 entry tier is cheaper than Starlink has ever been. The Starlink price increase hits hardest on Roam Unlimited and MAX, the two plans with priority data; the budget tiers were left alone.

What the first public quarter says about the next Starlink price increase

The August 4 earnings put hard numbers behind a strategy that was previously inferred. Starlink is trading price for reach: the $55 tier, free-rental kits in low-demand cells, direct-to-cell service through T-Mobile, and a new satellite generation with roughly ten times the capacity per satellite all point at grabbing more of the U.S. home-internet market, not maximizing revenue per subscriber. With about 3.9% U.S. share overall, Starlink is small next to cable and fiber, but in rural and unserved territory it is frequently the only broadband-speed option and has become the default choice — which is exactly where BEAD money is being spent. Expect the next Starlink price increase, when it comes, to land on priority tiers again rather than on the entry plan.

What to do after a Starlink price increase

• Check which tier you are actually on. A Starlink price increase lands hardest on the tier you never chose. Many rural subscribers were moved to Residential MAX by default when the tiers launched. If the app shows you rarely exceed 100 Mbps, Residential 200 at $85 or Residential 100 at $55 (where offered) is the same service minus the priority flag — a $45–$75 monthly saving.
• Look at the alternatives that arrived since you signed up. Fixed wireless from T-Mobile and Verizon now reaches many addresses that were satellite-only in 2023, at $35–$60 with no dish. Fiber overbuilds funded by BEAD are lighting up rural counties through 2028.
• Use Standby Mode deliberately. The Standby Starlink price increase was the biggest in percentage terms — 100%. At $10 it is still the cheapest way to keep a dish active for a seasonal property, but it is no longer a rounding error — pause fully if the property sits empty for months.
• Watch Amazon Leo, but do not wait for it. Leo’s dish target (“under $400”) is parity with Starlink’s $349 kit, not a discount, and its monthly price is unannounced. The competitive effect on Starlink pricing is a 2027 story.

Is Starlink down? How to read an outage (and why it is not a Starlink price increase in disguise)

Most “Starlink outage” searches are local: obstructions, a rebooting router, or a congested cell at 8 p.m. A real network outage shows up three ways at once — the Starlink app reports “Disconnected” with no obstruction warning, the status page at starlink.com shows an incident, and outage trackers spike nationally within minutes. The last major one was the July 2025 event, about two and a half hours worldwide, traced by SpaceX to a core-network software failure. There has been no comparable outage in 2026 as of this update; when one happens, it will be logged in the timeline above with the cause SpaceX gives.

Starlink price increases: the questions people ask, answered

What Starlink customers type when the bill changes, in their own words, answered as of October 25, 2026.

Is there a Starlink price increase in December 2026?

Not one that Starlink has announced. The most recent U.S. price change took effect with June 2026 billing: Residential 100 Mbps went from $50 to $55, Residential 200 Mbps from $80 to $85, Residential MAX from $120 to $130, Standby Mode from $5 to $10 and Roam Unlimited from $165 to $175, with Roam 300GB unchanged at $80. Starlink notifies customers by email about 30 days before a change, so if you have an email dated for a December 1 increase, forward it to us and we will add it here; as of October 25, 2026 there is no public notice of one.

What was the Starlink price increase in 2026, exactly?

A $5 to $10 increase across the main plans, effective with each customer’s June 2026 bill: $50 to $55 (Residential 100 Mbps), $80 to $85 (Residential 200 Mbps), $120 to $130 (Residential MAX), $165 to $175 (Roam Unlimited), and Standby Mode doubled from $5 to $10. It came three months after a promotional cut in early 2026 that had taken the 100 Mbps tier to $39 in some regions through March 31; those promo prices were honored for six months and then reverted. Hardware also shifted toward a $0 or low-cost rental in most areas instead of the $349 purchase.

When did the Starlink 100GB plan go from $80 to $85?

It did not, in the U.S. plan lineup: Roam 100 GB is $55 and Roam 300 GB is $80 and neither moved in June 2026. The $80-to-$85 change was Residential 200 Mbps, so if your bill went from $80 to $85 on your June cycle you are on Residential 200, not a Roam data plan. Roam customers saw the increase only on Roam Unlimited ($165 to $175); Starlink prices Roam differently outside the U.S., so a $85 100 GB plan is most likely a non-U.S. or business account.

Why is my Starlink price at the top of the Residential range?

Because Starlink prices Residential by local network demand: in congested cells the 100 Mbps tier is $55 and the 200 Mbps tier $85, while in low-demand areas the same tiers are offered lower, and the early-2026 promotions ($39 and $69) were only in regions with spare capacity. The price you are quoted at checkout is the price for your cell; it is not negotiable, but it does drop when Starlink adds capacity, which is why some customers see a lower offer when they re-check their address months later.

Will Starlink go up past $50?

It already has: the entry Residential tier is $55 after the June 2026 increase, and $50 is now only available on promotions in low-demand regions. Starlink has raised U.S. residential prices twice in two years and cut them once, all by $5 to $10 at a time, so a further $5 move in 2027 would fit the pattern. Promotional pricing is honored for the promo term, after which the then-current regular price applies.

Was there a Starlink price increase in September 2026, and what about maritime plans?

No general U.S. residential increase took effect in September 2026; the June change is the last one. Business and maritime plans are priced separately and have moved on their own schedule, including Global Priority and Local Priority data-block repricing earlier in 2026; maritime customers should check the Starlink business pricing page for their region. Starlink’s stock price is not something we track; SpaceX remains privately held and Starlink is a division of it, so there is no Starlink share price to quote.

What should I do after a Starlink price increase?

Three options. First, check whether a lower tier serves you: many households on the 200 Mbps or MAX plan would not notice the 100 Mbps tier at $55. Second, re-check your address for a promotional rate; Starlink reprices cells as capacity is added. Third, check whether a wired or 5G option has reached your address since you signed up, which happens more often than rural customers expect; T-Mobile and Verizon 5G Home at $35 to $50 and co-op fiber are the usual replacements. The address check above shows what else is serviceable.

Also searched as: Starlink price increase, Starlink price increase 2026, Starlink price hike, Starlink monthly price going up and Starlink price increase notification. They all mean the changes on this page; current plan prices are on our Starlink plans and prices page.

Starlink news FAQ

That is the state of Starlink as of September 2026: one Starlink price increase this year, a profitable first public quarter, no national outage, and a competitor arriving without a price tag. This page updates the week each of those changes.

Sources

Every figure above can be checked against the primary document:

• Starlink — Residential plans and pricing — current rate card reflecting the June 18, 2026 Starlink price increase.
• SEC EDGAR — SpaceX filings — Q2 2026 results and IPO registration statements.
• GeekWire, “FCC gives Amazon Leo more leeway,” June 8, 2026 — waiver conditions and Leo satellite count.
• Broadband Breakfast, “Arkansas first state to execute BEAD agreement with Amazon Leo,” June 11, 2026 — locations, BEAD dollars, Amazon match.
• FCC National Broadband Map — check which fixed and satellite providers report service at your address.

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• Satellite direct-to-device explained — the T-Mobile T-Satellite and carrier fight
• Best internet for rural areas — every option that reaches unserved addresses