A battery-powered Starlink Mini is likely on the way

May 26, 2026 Thomas Ricker

The Starlink Mini
This, but no cable. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge

Code in recent Starlink firmware suggests that SpaceX might soon release a version of its smallest internet dish with an integrated battery. A battery-powered Starlink Mini would offer untethered portability for vanlifers, emergency responders, and anyone who wants fast, low-latency internet from almost anywhere on the planet.

University researcher Jinwei Zhao spotted a number of strings hinting at the integrated battery in a May firmware release, according to PCMag. The "message DishBatteryStats" line suggests code designed to return specific fields from an integrated battery, including the current state_of_charge. If the dish were simply …

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