The active Starlink constellation is now more than 7,600 satellites strong, according to tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, making it the largest space-based communications network in history. SpaceX launched about one thousand more of the satellites, which as of today are no longer in service.

Starlink satellites were deployed by SpaceX. Watch multiple views captured by cameras aboard the Falcon 9 rocket second stage. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta Mu