SpaceX boosted Starlink deployment with 1,589 satellites placed into low-Earth
orbit in 1H 2026 versus 1,489 in 1H 2025. In 2025 SpaceX set an annual record
with 3,180 Starlink launches; total launches to date exceed 12,400 with about
11,000 currently operational. By comparison, Amazon’s LEO service has deployed
roughly 400 satellites in the past 15 months against a planned constellation of
3,232.