# Jonathan McDowell Topic: [[Topics/Starlink/Starlink|Starlink]] · People in this topic are listed on the hub. - **Who:** Astrophysicist who keeps an independent public catalogue of every launched satellite. ## Role in this topic - His Starlink statistics page is this archive's source for satellite counts: 13,042 launched, 11,170 in orbit, 10,022 in operational orbit as of Oct 24, 2026 ([stats](https://planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html)). See [[Topics/Starlink/Constellation and Orbits|Constellation and Orbits]]. - Affiliation not re-checked this run ⚠️.