Tesla Owners Silicon Valley(@teslaownersSV):Elon Musk on how Starlink grew from nothing into a global internet network. "If you've got a rocket that can fly a lot, what do you fly on it?" That question helped lead to Starlink. Musk says the Starlink team built a high-bandwidth global internet system from scratch, both the hardware and the software. Today, Starlink has nearly 11,000 satellites in orbit, more than twice as many as everyone else combined. And Musk believes Starlink could eventually handle more than 90% of global internet traffic. With Starlink V3 and beyond, the network could eventually scale to around 100,000 satellites. Building an entire internet network in space is an enormous challenge. But SpaceX is already doing it.

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley@teslaownersSV

2026.08.11 23:30

Elon Musk on how Starlink grew from nothing into a global internet network. "If you've got a rocket that can fly a lot, what do you fly on it?" That question helped lead to Starlink. Musk says the Starlink team built a high-bandwidth global internet system from scratch, both the hardware and the software. Today, Starlink has nearly 11,000 satellites in orbit, more than twice as many as everyone else combined. And Musk believes Starlink could eventually handle more than 90% of global internet traffic. With Starlink V3 and beyond, the network could eventually scale to around 100,000 satellites. Building an entire internet network in space is an enormous challenge. But SpaceX is already doing it.