Can Starlink stay ahead in satellite internet?

星链能否在卫星互联网领域保持领先?

The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-06-30

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Whether you're watching Love Island in an RV or streaming a playlist in a remote California campground, if you're using satellite internet, odds are you're using Elon Musk's Starlink. Today on the show, we learn how Starlink got such a big lead in the satellite market and if it can stay ahead of the European Union, China, and, of course, Jeff Bezos. Related episodes: Elon's giant rocket Why I joined DOGE (Apple/Spotify) Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • The first half of this year,

  • it has been hard to go a day without hearing something new about Elon Musk.

  • Yeah, Musk unleashing Doge on the federal government was obviously the big news story.

  • Followed by activists vandalizing Tesla dealerships.

  • And then we did have SpaceX successfully helping return astronauts from space.

  • That was a win for Musk.

  • And that's not even getting into the more gossipy elements.

  • We'll leave that for a different show.

  • You're no fun.

  • The point is, it's too early to talk about ketamine, Darien.

  • And the other point is that Musk's personal brand has been as volatile as the price of Dogecoin.

  • But one area where he is undoubtedly the leader is satellite internet.

  • That's with Starlink.

  • Yes, satellite communications analyst Tim Farah says Starlink is top dog.

  • It's already 90% of all the satellite data traffic that goes over Starlink in the world.

  • I mean, it's amazing how dominant.

  • 90% of all satellite internet traffic goes through Starlink?

  • Yes.

  • When you want to stream movies in your log cabin, you know,

  • like Abraham Lincoln did, or check emails on a boat,