Debrief: Starlink Constellation Grows To 10,000 Satellites | Aviation Week Network

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Irene Klotz
March 25, 2026

SpaceX

Starlink’s growing satellite network in orbit.

Credit: SpaceX

With the first of three Falcon 9 launches last week, SpaceX added its 10,000th satellite to the still-growing Starlink broadband constellation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings show that may be only the beginning. Starlink group 17-24 lifted off from Vandenberg SFB at 1:19 a.m. EDT…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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