Starlink: the constellation, live

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Every Starlink,<br>orbiting now.

All 10,495 satellites SpaceX has in orbit, plotted live from the public US Space Force catalogue with SGP4, NORAD's own model. Drag to spin. Tap any dot for the real satellite.

We know exactly what they look like.

Identical units roll off one production line by the thousand, so there is no portrait of any single one. What changes is the generation. Step through them.

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Every click takes a detour through space.

From your dish, 550 km straight up to a satellite passing overhead, across the sky by laser, down to a gateway wired into the internet, and back. The whole round trip takes about 25 to 60 milliseconds. Low enough for a video call.

A round trip from your dish to space and back: about 25 to 60 milliseconds. Hover any stage to follow the path.

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Most weeks, another batch goes up.

Each Falcon 9 carries a stack of Starlinks to orbit, then flies its booster back to Earth to do it again.

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Every year, far more go up than come down.

Which is how a few dozen satellites in 2019 became more than ten thousand.

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Zero to two-thirds of everything in orbit.

The first 60 launched in May 2019. By mid-2026, about 10,400 were in orbit. Starlink alone is now roughly 65% of every active satellite humanity has in space. Hover the curve.

satellites in orbit2019 → ~10,400

10,400<br>in orbit, June 2026 (McDowell)

65%<br>of all active satellites

7 yrs<br>from first launch to here

42,000<br>licensed ceiling ahead

Two-thirds of everything in orbit, in seven years. The next number that big lands in your inbox.

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It lands itself. Then it flies again.

Reusing the booster is what makes ten thousand satellites affordable. Some have flown more than twenty times.

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When the grid is gone, this is the grid.

A dish, a clear view of the sky, and you are online in minutes. First responders, ships, field camps, and storm-hit towns run on it.

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Ten million people, where the cable was never coming.

A fast connection in places fibre was never going to reach. Oceans, mountains, islands, war zones, and aeroplanes at 38,000 feet.

Where it's liveAvailable across 130+ countries and territories

Approximate. Live availability map at starlink.com/map.

10M+<br>subscribers, early 2026

130+<br>countries and territories

continents, Antarctica included

~4min<br>to set up a dish anywhere with sky

In the air<br>United · Hawaiian · Qatar Airways · Air France · WestJet · airBaltic · SAS · Zipair

At sea<br>Royal Caribbean · Carnival · MSC Cruises · Princess · Hapag-Lloyd

Straight to your phone<br>T-Mobile · Optus · Rogers · KDDI · One NZ · Salt

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