Consultant: SpaceX on Verge of 8,000 Starlinks Launched

As of Sunday, SpaceX has launched 7,956 Starlink satellites -- 13% of all satellites ever launched, with all the Starlinks sent during the past five years, satcom consultant Carlos Placido wrote Monday. He said more than 490 direct-to-device Starlinks have been launched, with 489 currently operational. A Starlink report issued last week indicated that the company has 329 satellites in the process of deorbiting and 865 that have deorbited. SpaceX's report said it has one failed satellite in orbit and expects to have none by year-end.