STMicroelectronics has supplied more than 5 billion radio-frequency antenna chips to SpaceX's Starlink constellation over the past decade. A senior STMicro executive told Reuters that chip deliveries scheduled in the next two years could double that total by 2027, supporting rapid capacity growth and commercial rollouts.
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STMicro has shipped more than 5 billion RF antenna chips to SpaceX and says deliveries in the next two years could double that volume by 2027, a concrete metric showing a high-rate, multi-year supplier relationship that enables large-scale constellation growth. See Starlink's recent milestone of passing 10,000 satellites.
High-volume chip supply directly supports commercial rollouts that depend on Starlink capacity and hardware availability, including aircraft retrofits and airline deployments; this ties component manufacturing throughput to near-term service expansion such as airlines equipping fleets with Starlink inflight connectivity.
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• Nathan Vifflin