Each week, SpaceX launches satellites to build out its ever-growing constellation of Starlink satellites. That provides broadband internet service to users on the ground.
But Starlink satellites are only one part of the equation. Starlink users also need to have their hands on one of SpaceX’s satellite internet kits to enable them to connect from anywhere with a good view of the sky.
SpaceX recently posted a video on X that offers a glimpse at how these kits are made in the company’s factory outside of Austin, Texas. The video shows a few close-ups of the factory floor, where machines manufacture components for the standard Starlink kit on what looks like automated sections of the assembly line.
Starlink kits roll off of the assembly line at SpaceX’s factory near Austin, Texas. (Image credit: SpaceX)
“Raw plastic pellets come in, raw aluminum comes in, and we make those into the Starlink kits, and then ship them right out to customers homes,” John Federspiel, senior director for Starlink product engineering, says in the video. “Right now, we’re producing 15,000 a day straight out of the factory.”
