Watch Now: Why Did SpaceX’s Starshield Crash Every Drone over 100mph?

Speedify Tech Talk: SpaceX's Starshield crashed every 100mph drone

Last week Ukraine’s military satellite terminals stopped working on anything moving faster than 100 miles an hour, but the outage wasn’t Starlink. Alex from Speedify explains why it was actually Starshield, the separate SpaceX constellation built for the US military, and why that distinction decides who controls the switch. He also gets into the part almost nobody noticed: ordinary Starlink … Read More

Starlink on Tractors and Mining Machines: Moving Dishes Lose More Minutes a Day

What Speedify Starlink Index Data Shows About Starlink on Moving Machines Starlink on a tractor or a mining machine works, and the Speedify Starlink Index shows what working on the move costs. From 29 September to 12 October 2026, mobile Starlink dishes on RVs, boats and portable rigs were offline about 61 minutes a day. Fixed dishes on roofs, poles … Read More

Drone-in-a-Box Connectivity: Telemetry Over Cellular Now, Imagery Over Base Wi-Fi Later

Two Drone Data Streams With Different Connectivity Needs Drone-in-a-box connectivity splits into two kinds of data that share almost nothing. Telemetry from the autopilot (position, attitude, battery, radio status) runs at a few kilobytes per second. Telemetry goes stale within seconds and needs a live cellular connection during the flight. Imagery from the camera runs to gigabytes per flight, often … Read More

Two Starlinks on One Account or 4G/5G Cellular: Starlink Backup Internet Compared

Two Starlinks, Starlink and Cellular, or Starlink as the Backup Yes, one Starlink account can have two Starlink dishes: a Residential account can hold up to 8 Starlink kits and a Business account has no limit, each with a separate subscription. For staying online, though, a second dish shares the first dish’s weak spot: both Starlink dishes run on one … Read More