Musk retweeted that as of October 31, 2026, there were 16,848 active satellites in orbit globally, with Starlink satellites accounting for 11,184, or 66%. XFreeze stated that Starlink's active satellite count is almost double the total of all other operators combined, with other major operators including OneWeb (651), Amazon Kuiper (391), China Qianfan (257), and Iridium (80). Since its first launch of 60 Starlink satellites on May 24, 2019, SpaceX has built the largest satellite constellation in human history in just 2,717 days.