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A company files for a 100,000-satellite fleet nine times its current size

development2026-07-11

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SpaceX filed for a 100,000-satellite Gen3 fleet nine times its current size and herded Starlink into ever-lower shells, while the FCC approved a 60-foot orbiting mirror to sell sunlight after dark over astronomers' objections.

Reported metric: 100,000 satellites

Reporting date: 2026-07-11 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 11, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A company unveils a million-satellite inference swarm

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A company files for a 100,000-satellite fleet nine times its current size
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-07-11
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-11-a-hundred-thousand-satellite-fleet-filed-for
Claim: SpaceX filed for a 100,000-satellite Gen3 fleet nine times its current size and herded Starlink into ever-lower shells, while the FCC approved a 60-foot orbiting mirror to sell sunlight after dark over astronomers' objections.
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- Welcome to July 11, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-11-2026
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