Starlink Mini 2 invitation preorder: what $999 plus tax includes

The promo after this page's answer is not for a Mini 2 preorder or its deposit: the invitation email Starlink sent me in November 2026 says "existing promotions or discounts cannot be applied to it" and that the preorder opens from the account the email went to, so my referral link is for a new customer's ordinary Starlink order, which can be an order for the first Mini. The order Starlink's Referral Program Terms do describe is a new customer's, placed on starlink.com through an existing customer's referral link, and a first Mini ordered that way counts only on a plan Starlink lists as eligible. Starlink's referral help page lists eight eligible plans, each a Residential or Roam plan, and no Priority plan (October 2026); Roam with 50 GB of data is not among them. The reward for such an order is a $100 service credit on the second monthly bill, through the link only.

What the Mini 2 is, and what changed

The Next Web, Interesting Engineering and ISPreview reported in November 2026 that Starlink announced the Mini 2 in a post on X, and Starlink's own page takes preorders by invitation (checked November 2026).

Starlink's Mini 2 page puts the change in one sentence: "Mini 2 adds a quick-swap battery to a thinner, tougher design, so you can get online with or without a power outlet." Each Mini 2 specification here comes from that page's site text and code, checked November 2026, not from the page as a browser draws it; the text carries no date and no document number.

Starlink's comparison there has two columns, headed "Mini 2" and "Mini 1". This page calls the older kit the first Mini, and its figures come from the text of Starlink's US page for it, checked November 2026. The pairs, in Starlink's words:

• The Mini 2 has a battery of "71 Wh", with "Up to 4.5 hours" of battery life. In the comparison's "Battery" row the first Mini's cell is a dash.
• For power, the comparison gives "Battery or USB-C" for the Mini 2 and "DC Power Cable" for the first Mini.
• The Mini 2's Wi-Fi line is "Wi-Fi 6, up to 1,800 ft² (167 m²)". The first Mini's is "Wi-Fi 5", with coverage "Up to 112 m² (1,200 ft²)".
• The Mini 2 measures "263 × 314 × 23.1 mm (10.35 × 12.36 × 0.91 in)", and the first Mini "298.5 x 259 x 38.5 mm (11.75 x 10.2 x 1.45 in)".
• The Mini 2 weighs "1.6 kg with battery and kickstand", and its battery alone "490 g (1.08 lb)". The first Mini's line on its page is "1.10 kg (2.4 lb)", and that text doesn't say what the figure includes. Starlink's specification sheet for the Mini, checked November 2026, lists 1.10 kg (2.43 lb) for the dish and 1.16 kg (2.56 lb) with its kickstand. The Mini 2's figure includes a battery, which the first Mini doesn't have, so the two aren't like for like.
• Starlink lists a tripod mount for the Mini 2, a "Standard 1/4-20 camera thread". The first Mini's kit list names a "Kickstand" and a "Mini Pipe Adapter and Flat Mount".

Mini 2 specifications

Each cell is Starlink's wording, checked November 2026: the Mini 2 column from the text of its Mini 2 page, the first Mini column from the text of its US product page and, for the box list, its specifications page for the Mini. Where a cell says not stated, that text doesn't state it. Starlink's specification pages list no Mini 2 yet, and Starlink's specification sheet for the Mini, checked November 2026, is the first Mini's and doesn't mention the Mini 2.

The first Mini's second set of power figures is from Starlink's help page How much power does my Starlink need? (modified April 2026), which says its figures "include the Starlink, the Wi-Fi router, the power supply, and the cables"; this page prefers neither set. The line on power over Ethernet is from Does Starlink Mini support power over ethernet?.

What a Mini 2 costs by invitation, and what Starlink has not said

The invitation email Starlink sent me in November 2026 puts the preorder at $999 plus tax. I have that email as text; it has no public address, and this page quotes it only in short spans. The invitation email says that price includes the Mini 2 kit, with a USB-C power cable and one quick-swap battery, and a year of service, in its words: "A full year of Roam Unlimited ($2,100 service value)."

The invitation asks for a refundable $100 deposit at preorder and charges the remaining $899 plus tax when the Mini 2 ships (November 2026).

That price isn't a public one. The same invitation email says "this price and year of included service are exclusive to this preorder invitation", and Starlink's Mini 2 page text states no price (checked November 2026). Starlink's site fills in kit and plan prices when a page runs, from data this site did not read, so an invited visitor may be shown one there. The invitation email gives no public price and no price for the kit alone, and this page works none out.

The $2,100 is Starlink's valuation of the included year, printed in the invitation email (November 2026). This page does no arithmetic with it or with the invitation's price.

The invitation email describes the included plan as covering use in motion at up to 100 mph and international travel for up to 30 days at a time. That is the email's description; this page did not compare it with Starlink's Roam documents.

Starlink's Mini 2 page text has one line about an invited preorder, here whole: "Preorder Mini 2 and your first year of service is included. Get online the day it arrives, wherever you take it." It names no plan and no price, and the page's code shows it only to an invited visitor (checked November 2026).

After the included year, the invitation email says, service is billed at the standard rate, month to month. It names no amount and no plan for that rate. Starlink's plans, with the prices in its label files, are on the plans and prices page; the email doesn't say which of them applies.

The first Mini can be ordered now, and Starlink's documents give its cost in parts:

• For the kit, Starlink's product page says "Starlink Mini Kit starting at $149" (checked November 2026). The same page's text also holds "Starting at $199 for the Mini Kit.", in a line its code shows only to a visitor whose region it reads as Australia, New Zealand or Costa Rica; every other region, the US included, gets a $149 line (this site read the code, not a rendered page; November 2026). Starlink's Roam label file still lists "Equipment Cost (Mini or Standard)" at $599 or $349, unchanged in November 2026. All three are Starlink's, and this page doesn't reconcile them.
• For the plan, the first Mini's order button starts an order with a Roam plan chosen. Starlink's site code names four Roam plans and loads their prices when a page runs, so go by the price the order shows; the plans and prices page sets Starlink's plans side by side.
• The activation charge is covered on the activation fee page.
• Shipping and handling is "Varies By Location" on the Roam label.
• Starlink's Activation Benefit is set out, in Starlink's words, on the offers page; its Mini 2 text doesn't mention it.

This page adds up no first-year cost for either kit. The invitation's price is one figure for a kit and a year of service, the first Mini's parts depend on the plan and the place, and the two aren't compared here.

Before you pay the deposit: the invitation's terms

The invitation email Starlink sent me in November 2026 sets these terms. Each line is the email's, in this page's words except where quotation marks show its own:

• Preordering is an agreement to pay the invitation's $999 plus tax: the deposit at preorder and the rest when the Mini 2 ships.
• The deposit is refunded if you cancel in time. The email's sentence: "You can cancel for a refund of the deposit before your order ships."
• After delivery, Starlink's standard 30-day return window applies. What Starlink's public pages say about that window is on the 30-day trial page and the contract and returns page.
• Outside that window, the invitation's price stays paid. The invitation email's sentence: "Cancelling service outside that window does not refund the $999 plus tax."
• After 12 months, service is billed at the standard rate, month to month.
• A Mini 2 can't be transferred to an existing service line.
• No existing promotion or discount can be applied to it.

The email doesn't say what the tax comes to, how the deposit is refunded, what a return inside the 30 days refunds, how long the invitation stays open, or what the standard rate is in dollars.

It points to Starlink's Terms of Service without saying which document. This page read none for it and has the email alone for these terms, so the terms the checkout shows are the ones to read before you pay.

Mini 2, the first Mini or the Standard kit

This site has tested neither Mini, so this section sets Starlink's stated figures against what you might need and ranks nothing.

If you need a kit now, the first Mini is the one you can order: Starlink's page says it is "Available for purchase in the United States." A Mini 2 takes an invitation, and without one the page shows "Notify Me When Available".

If you have an invitation, read its terms before you pay the deposit. If you already have Starlink service, the line there on existing service lines is the one to read first.

If you want to run without a power outlet, the Mini 2 is the kit with a battery in the box: "71 Wh", and "Up to 4.5 hours" by Starlink's figure. Starlink's text adds "Stay online while the battery charges, or swap in a spare Mini 2 battery, sold separately." and gives no price for the spare. For the first Mini, Starlink's comparison shows a dash for the battery and "DC Power Cable" for power.

If the weight you carry matters, Starlink's Mini 2 page gives "1.6 kg with battery and kickstand", and the comparison above has the first Mini's figures with and without its kickstand.

If you plan around power draw, a wired connection or cold weather, the table above has Starlink's figures for the first Mini only. The Mini 2 page's text gives none of the three (checked November 2026).

The Standard kit isn't compared here, because this page read no figures for it. Starlink's plans, with the prices on its labels, are on the plans and prices page.

How to get a Mini 2, and what you can order now

Starlink's Mini 2 page text says "Preorders now open by invitation for select US customers. Coming soon to more customers and countries." (checked November 2026). The invitation comes by email: the one Starlink sent me in November 2026 did, and the Mobile Internet Resource Center and Android Headlines reported the same route that month.

With an invitation:

1. Read the invitation's terms first. What the invitation asks you to pay, and when, is under what it costs.
2. Sign in to the account the email went to. The invitation email says the preorder page opens only then, and Starlink's page text has the prompt "Sign in to verify your eligibility and preorder." By the page's code, a visitor who isn't signed in gets that prompt only when arriving from the invitation email. A referral link doesn't open the preorder.
3. The preorder itself needs a signed-in account that holds an unredeemed invitation, by the page's code. The text for that step reads "Preorder Mini 2" and "Continue to checkout".
4. For timing, the invitation email says "Shipments are estimated to begin in mid-December". That is its estimate of when shipping starts, not a delivery date.

Without an invitation, Starlink's Mini 2 page shows "Notify Me When Available", with a form its text describes as "Receive Starlink Mini 2 updates". Nothing this page read says that list leads to an invitation. Starlink's page gives no date for other customers and countries, and Interesting Engineering and Digital Trends reported in November 2026 that none had been announced. No press report read in November 2026 names a US retailer selling the Mini 2.

What you can order now is the first Mini, which needs no invitation:

1. On Starlink's US page for the first Mini the button reads "Order Now", and it starts an order with a Roam plan chosen.
2. For the referral credit, the order has to start from an existing customer's referral link and stay on starlink.com. Starlink's referral help page says "Kits from resellers, retailers, or account transfers are not eligible."
3. The plan has to be one Starlink lists as eligible, and Roam with 50 GB of data isn't on that list (October 2026).
4. Returns for a first Mini are covered on the 30-day trial page.

This site opened no order form and did not see the preorder page behind the invitation.

What only the reports say

The invitation's price and terms above come from the email Starlink sent me in November 2026. What follows rests on press reports alone: none of it is Starlink's statement, and this site hasn't confirmed it.

The Mobile Internet Resource Center and Notebookcheck reported the same invitation price, included year, deposit and shipping estimate in November 2026.

The YouTube channel DISHYtech reported in November 2026 that Starlink's site data held a kit at $249 and a battery at $50, and said those figures might not be the launch price; other outlets repeat it; Starlink's own page states no price.

The Mobile Internet Resource Center and ShiftDelete both report that Starlink's material shows no Ethernet port on the Mini 2 (read November 2026); Starlink's own page lists none and does not say there is none.

The Next Web reported in November 2026 that SpaceX had published no standard retail price.

This section goes when Starlink's own pages cover these points.

What this page has not tested

I have not tested either Mini, and this site has held neither. Nothing on this page is a measurement, and each "up to" is Starlink's. The Mini 2 lines come from Starlink's site text and code, not from a rendered page, so this site hasn't seen what a browser shows a visitor, with or without an invitation.

The price, the deposit and the terms come from one document: the invitation email Starlink sent me in November 2026, which I have as text. It has no public address, so it isn't in the Sources list. This site has not seen the preorder page that email leads to. Every price is a US figure of the month stated beside it.

My referral link is for a new US customer ordering a kit Starlink sells now, such as the first Mini; it doesn't open the invitation's Mini 2 preorder or take anything off it (November 2026).