AI6YR BenFeb 4

Anyone know the total number of satellites currently in space? The numbers I see cite @planet4589 but haven't seen him post any updates here recently, and not sure where to look for any authoritative count. Was just trying to quantify this in an intelligence way for my students. (random craptastic, non-attributed Internet search says 9,450-ish Starlinks, plus 2,500 odd other things in the sky... but since no attribution, no idea if it's hallucinated or not).
(Update: 9,634 Starlinks per @sundogplanets , at least today on 2/3/2026)

Update to the update: Jonathan McDowell has this stats page, perfect!

https://planet4589.org/space/stats/

#space #satellites

Jonathan's Space Report | Space Statistics

Jonathan McDowell's new homepage

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@ai6yr @planet4589 @sundogplanets

Recently updated master list off McDoweell's website, though you'll have to trim out the stuff that already fell back to earth.

https://www.planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/cat/satcat.html

Feb 4 at 4:56amWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 4
@jbaggs @planet4589 @sundogplanets Thanks!!
Show threadplanet4589 (Jonathan McDowell)Feb 4
@ai6yr @jbaggs @sundogplanets You may want to just look at https://planet4589.org/space/stats/
Jonathan's Space Report | Space Statistics

Jonathan McDowell's new homepage

Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 4
@planet4589 @jbaggs @sundogplanets THANKS! This is perfect. I was trying to explain to students the distribution of satellites in what orbits, this looks perfect, thanks! (teaching a class of Remote Sensing to undergrads...)
Show threadjbaggsFeb 4
@planet4589 @ai6yr @sundogplanets I'm bookmarking that. Thanks!