Space Daily·3 min read·medium
At the start of 2019, fewer than 2,000 active satellites circled Earth. By June 2026 there were 15,711 - and nearly two out of every three belonged to a single constellation: SpaceX's Starlink.
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A space-situational-awareness report indicates that the number of active satellites in orbit has grown eightfold since 2019, reaching over 15,000 by mid-2026. SpaceX's Starlink constellation accounts for nearly two-thirds of this total.
A June 2026 traffic index counted nearly eight times as many working satellites as existed at the start of 2019, with Starlink making up 65.97 percent.
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