Here’s how many people are already using Elon Musk’s space-based internet service

[Mike Wehner]

• SpaceX has been regularly launching dozens of satellites to build a global communications network called Starlink.
• The Starlink internet service is currently in beta testing, but the company recently revealed some interesting information about how things are progressing.
• According to SpaceX, Starlink already has over 10,000 testers actively using the service.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is best known for its reusable rocket technology that has lowered the barrier to entry for companies and institutions that wish to launch satellites into Earth orbit, but one of its side projects, Starlink, is rapidly becoming a very big deal. Starlink is a network of hundreds (and eventually many thousands) of communications satellites that have the potential to provide high-speed data service to virtually any spot on the planet.

The company began launching its satellites several years ago, and while there are only just over 1,000 Starlink satellites in orbit today, SpaceX has been eager to begin testing the service on a small scale. Now, as CNBC reports, SpaceX recently revealed that the service already has over 10,000 users.

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