The move could bring down hardware costs even more, though SpaceX might just be ramping up production as it expands to other regions, like India.
Will 2026 bring cheaper Starlink hardware? It will certainly be more plentiful as SpaceX prepares to double the manufacturing output at its Starlink factory in Bastrop, Texas.
SpaceX mentioned the goal in a newly released 2025 progress report for Starlink, which last month topped 9 million users globally, up from about 4 million a year ago.
The Texas factory was originally producing 15,000 Starlink dishes per day, or about 105,000 per week. But the site has since added 1 million more square feet. As a result, «Starlink has ramped up production capabilities to over 170,000 Starlink kits per week across the United States,” or around 9 million dishes per year, SpaceX says in its report.
