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Globestar have 48 Satellites in orbit [1]

Starlink has 6,426 [2] (Though that number is likely out of date by the time you read this)

tremarley 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Staking has over 7,000 now

They plan to launch 34,400 satellites

I think his point is that most Starlink satellites do not have this technology, but he's probably still wrong quantitatively.

	▲	nordsieck 18 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		To put some numbers to it, it looks like SpaceX started launching direct to cell satellites at the beginning of the year[1], and by July they had over 100 in orbit. Not sure how many are in orbit right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were close to 200. --- 1. https://spacenews.com/spacex-deploys-direct-to-smartphone-sa... 2. https://www.satellitetoday.com/connectivity/2024/07/03/space...
	▲	grecy 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> I think his point is that most Starlink satellites do not have this technology Ah, thanks, I missed that. Wait another month, there will be at least another ~500 in orbit.