From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   "SpaceX begins “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink constellation"   
      
      
   https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2026/01/spacex-begins-significant.html   
      
   "SpaceX's Starlink constellation of satellites is an amazing example of   
   taking advantage of what lots of access to Earth orbit can do for   
   humanity. With over 9,000 satellite nodes on orbit, it brings high speed   
   web access to pretty much every place on Earth. The trades for buying   
   the time on the network get better every couple of days when a new batch   
   of satellites goes up. Stephen Clark, writing at Ars Technica starts his   
   observation this way:"   
      
   "The year 2025 ended with more than 14,000 active satellites from all   
   nations zooming around the Earth. One-third of them will soon move to   
   lower altitudes."   
      
   Wow, SpaceX controls 2/3rds of the satellites in orbit.  And the SpaceX   
   factory is making ten new satellites a day.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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