Jonathan McDowell, who maintains the world's most authoritative satellite tracking database, shared current megaconstellation numbers: Starlink has 10,799 satellites in orbit with 42,000 approved and up to 100,000 more planned, while Amazon Kuiper has 394 of its 7,000 planned satellites deployed. These figures align with FCC filings and recent space industry reporting. The context that matters: Starlink already dominates the orbital internet market by an order of magnitude, and SpaceX is planning deployments that would increase the satellite population in low Earth orbit by 100x — raising growing concerns from astronomers about light pollution and from other industries about orbital congestion.