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2-minute fit check

Starlink fit check: will it work at your house?

Eight quick questions about your sky, your roof and your home. You get a plain answer and the next steps. No address, no sign-up, nothing saved.

Will Starlink WorkFacts re-checked on Starlink’s pages: Nov 3, 2026

Your home, step by step

Stand where you’d put the dish if you can. Answer what you see.

1. Where would the dish go?

Pick the spot you’re thinking of. Not sure? That’s fine.

How the fit check works

It weighs the things that decide whether Starlink works at a house: how much open sky the dish can see, how many sides are blocked, whether a higher mount is possible, what kind of trees you have, and whether you’re allowed to put the dish where it needs to go. It’s deliberately cautious. If your answers are borderline, it says to test first.

Sky map seen from the dishtall pinesgarageNSEW30°60°90°
The sky from above, as the dish sees it: the rim is the horizon, the center is straight up. The cyan circle is the part of the sky the dish uses (a 110° cone, drawn as if the dish pointed straight up). Hatched areas are blocked. Here the tall pines cut into it; the low garage stays under the 20° line Starlink’s business install guides aim for, so it doesn’t.

The only real test of an exact spot is a sky scan in the Starlink app, which uses your phone’s camera. Every result above ends with it. Here’s how to use it, step by step.

Questions this page answers

Is this fit check the same as a sky scan in the Starlink app?

No. Ours is a quick first answer from what you tell us, and it never asks where you live. The sky scan in the Starlink app uses your phone’s camera at the exact spot and is the real test. Do both: ours first to see if it’s worth checking, the app before you order. How to use the app check.

Do I need to enter my address?

Not here. This check runs on what you can see from the spot, so it has no use for an address, ZIP code or location. Your price, and whether service is open at your house, appear after you key the address into starlink.com.

What if the result says “test before you buy”?

It means something about your spot could cause dropouts, or the rules for where the dish can go need sorting first. Run the app’s sky scan at a few spots, try the sky angle calculator for a pole height, and read the guide for your situation.

Does it matter which side the trees are on?

Starlink doesn’t say that any one compass direction matters more for today’s home dishes. What matters is how much of the sky is blocked and how high things rise. Two or more blocked sides leave far fewer gaps, so the check counts how many sides are affected. Which way the dish faces.

Does my answer get saved or sent anywhere?

No. The check runs only in your browser. Close the page and your answers are gone.

Tree & sky angle calculator

How high would the dish need to be to see over that tree?

Read

Will Starlink work with trees?

What works, what doesn’t, and the fixes that cost the least.

Read

Use the app’s sky scan

The 5-minute test to do before you order.

Read

Am I allowed to put up a dish?

HOAs, landlords, condos and the FCC rule.

Read

What we checked this page against

  1. Standard 4 X spec sheet, PDF · seen Nov 3, 2026
  2. Business install: choosing a location (support article) · seen Nov 3, 2026
  3. Aligning the dish (support article) · seen Nov 3, 2026
  4. Beam switching around obstructions (Starlink update, Jul 30, 2025) · seen Nov 3, 2026
  5. Checking a spot before you install (support article) · seen Nov 3, 2026
  6. starlink.com front page, US, no address · seen Nov 3, 2026
  7. Residential order list data, no address · seen Nov 3, 2026

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