Auuuggghhhh I have to update the megaconstellation numbers (mostly Starlink) for a talk tomorrow. I hate this.
There are 10,799 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of 12,556 total launched, and 42,000 (+100,000 more) planned (+1,000,000 "data centres" planned)
There are 394 Amazon Kuiper sats in orbit out of 7,000 planned
There are 211 Xingwang out of 960 planned
There are 239 Quianfan out of 16,000 planned
All numbers from https://planet4589.org/space/con/conlist.html
Prof. Sam Lawler
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