OREANDA-NEWS The quantitative composition of the orbital grouping of the global Internet coverage network of the Starlink system exceeded 10,000 active satellites, according to the developer company SpaceX.

To date, taking into account the next group of vehicles launched into orbit on Tuesday, the number of active satellites has amounted to 10,020 vehicles.

Since May 2019, SpaceX has launched more than 11.5 thousand Internet satellites as part of the Starlink project. Some of them are out of order or out of orbit. Since the beginning of 2026 alone, the company has launched 728 Starlink satellites into orbit using 27 Falcon 9 rockets.

In the future, SpaceX plans to deploy an orbital grouping of 12,000 vehicles to create a full-scale network that will provide the inhabitants of the Earth with broadband Internet access anywhere in the world. The total investment in the project is estimated at $10 billion.

Currently, the Starlink network covers 160 countries and territories of the world, providing high-speed Internet to more than 10 million active customers.