Starlink now has 11,000+ satellites in orbit, two-thirds of all active satellites
XFreeze · x · 2026-10-06
XFreeze tallies the latest scale of the Starlink constellation:
- Over 11,000 satellites currently in orbit, with 10,000+ continuously connected via laser mesh
- 13,000 launched in total, with 2,000 successfully deorbited
- Grew from an initial deployment of just 60 satellites to the largest constellation in history
Starlink now accounts for roughly two-thirds of all active satellites orbiting Earth.
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