Who controls two-thirds of the world’s satellites?

Elon Musk has consolidated his dominance in space after Starlink launched its 7,000th satellite into space this week, and is the sole figure in control of nearly two-thirds of the active satellites currently orbiting Earth.

Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX controls 62 percent of the world’s active satellites, according to the latest data from satellite tracker ‘SalesTrack’.

With the recent launch of SpaceX’s 7,000th Starlink satellite, the total number of active satellites has reached 6,370.

SpaceX, the company that operates the Internet Satellite Constellation, launched its first satellite in 2019, after which it has been sending an average of 3 satellites into space on a daily basis.

According to satellite tracker SalesTrack, SpaceX now controls more than 62 percent of the world’s operational satellites, more than 10 times that of British rival Webb.

Van Webb has been relying on SpaceX to send its satellites into space since launches with the Russian space agency Soyuz were canceled following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Starlink constellation, designed to provide high-speed Internet and phone connectivity worldwide, currently operates in 102 countries and serves more than 3 million customers.

SpaceX plans to launch a total of 42,000 satellites and expand its coverage to more countries, but Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Syria are off the list due to trade and internet restrictions. is given

However, there have been reports of illegal Starlink devices entering other areas including Iran.

Elon Musk recently highlighted his control over the satellite network by tweeting ‘Starlink now accounts for nearly two-thirds of all active satellites on Earth’.

Elon Musk’s growing influence through Starlink, Tesla, and X (formerly Twitter) has raised concerns.

In a post in the past, Elon Musk claimed that between Starlink, Tesla and Twitter, he may have more real-time global economic data than any company.

However, Starlink has also faced challenges, with Starlink initially making the app accessible to its users after lawmakers in Brazil banned X last week, but a government order later. Complied.