Is Starlink Available in My Area? How Coverage Works

Starlink covers most of the globe, but availability at your exact address depends on more than whether satellites fly overhead. Capacity is sold per region, so an area can be physically in range yet temporarily closed to new customers. Here's how it works and how to check.

Coverage vs capacity

Because Starlink satellites orbit only ~550 km up, a single satellite covers a relatively small area and moves quickly, so dozens are needed overhead at any time. Across most populated latitudes there are now enough satellites for continuous service. The limiting factor is usually capacity: each cell of the map can only serve so many subscribers before speeds degrade, so SpaceX sometimes marks busy areas as 'sold out' or waitlisted until more satellites or ground capacity come online.

How to check your address

The authoritative source is the official Starlink website: enter your address and it will show whether service is available now, available with a waitlist, or planned for a future date. Coverage at the very far north and south, over oceans, and in some countries also depends on regulatory approval and on inter-satellite laser links, which is why two nearby locations can have different availability.

Service tiers

Starlink offers residential, roam/mobile, business, maritime and aviation plans. Roam plans work in more places because they accept best-effort, deprioritised service, while fixed residential service is tied to a registered address and a specific capacity cell. If residential is waitlisted at your home, a roam plan may still work there.

See the constellation over you

While only SpaceX can tell you the commercial availability, you can confirm there are satellites overhead right now using TrackStarlink. Open the Coverage page or your city's passes page to see how many Starlink satellites are currently above your horizon — a useful sanity check that the sky over your area is well served.