Starlink Reaches 11,000 Satellites as Amazon Kuiper Trails at 394

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 21

Elon Musk said Starlink now has 11,000 satellites in orbit after a Falcon 9 launch from Florida added 29 more spacecraft.
KeepTrack data for July 2026 shows the gap is even wider than many investors assume: Starlink had 10,783 satellites, versus OneWeb's 654 and Amazon Kuiper's 394.
SpaceX has launched 12,444 Starlink satellites since 2019 and already deorbited about 1,660, while maintaining a pace of roughly two to three Starlink missions a week.
That scale is feeding the business: SpaceX said its Connectivity segment generated $4.29 billion in Q2 revenue, up 66%, as Starlink subscribers doubled to 12 million even with ARPU falling to $66 from $85.
Amazon, which missed a July target of 1,600 satellites and pushed its timeline to 2028, says its roughly 400-satellite fleet is still enough to begin initial internet service this year.

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