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SpaceX Has 11,000 Satellites in Orbit. So Why Does Elon Musk Still Need Cell Towers?

Nov 3, 2026 · 09:42 AM ET· updated 1h ago
SpaceX Has 11,000 Satellites in Orbit. So Why Does Elon Musk Still Need Cell Towers?

SpaceX has thousands of Starlink satellites, but Elon Musk still needs ground infrastructure to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.

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SpaceX built thousands of satellites for internet, but still needs ground towers. This shows that even amazing space technology needs old-fashioned equipment to work.

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