SpaceX operated over 11,000 Starlink satellites at end of September

The active constellation count is set against the 1998 Iridium launch that preceded bankruptcy nine months later.

Luisa Marconi

Senior Space Correspondent

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SpaceX operated over 11,000 Starlink low Earth orbit satellites in orbit as of the end of September . Iridium launched a 66 satellite constellation in November 1998. The company filed for bankruptcy nine months later in 1999 ^[1].

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Iridium launched a 66 satellite constellation in November 1998, then filed for bankruptcy 9 months later in 1999. · Hindustan TimesIndia

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