Musk: "Telecom Italia hinders the launch of fast internet" Minister for Business and Made in Italy: "We will be the actors in this discussion table" Starlink offers broadband internet from a constellation of around 5,500 satellites and currently already has 2.6 million customers. According to rumors, Starlink is in fact working on a network of hundreds of spy satellites for the United States as part of a $1.8 billion contract signed in 2021 with one of the American intelligence agencies.