Musk: Starlink to carry >90% of internet traffic, nearly 11K satellites in orbit
DimaZeniuk · x · 2026-08-12
In a SpaceX employee update, Elon Musk said Starlink is the first high-bandwidth global internet system and expects it to eventually carry over 90% of all internet traffic. Starlink has nearly 11,000 satellites in orbit, more than twice as many as everyone else combined, and is in 167 countries with 22M mobile and 13M high-bandwidth subscribers, expected to grow 10x.
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