SpaceX Selects Qualcomm’s Dragon Wing Platforms to Power Starlink’s Mobile Network in the U.S.
In an announcement made on November 4, 2026, from San Diego, Qualcomm confirmed that SpaceX has selected its Dragon Wing platforms to deploy a new nationwide 5G mobile network across the United States.
Under this multi-year agreement, SpaceX plans to roll out tens of thousands of cellular sites throughout the U.S. backed by Qualcomm’s infrastructure technology. Qualcomm’s statement details that the architecture supplied to SpaceX includes key components such as the QRU-100 chip, the QDU-100 chip, and Layer 1 software.
Company representatives described this contract as the largest and most significant U.S.-based 5G deployment to date, marking a major milestone in technological collaboration and satellite mobile connectivity expansion.