SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. SpaceX said in a filing on Thursday that Starlink had more than 10,000 users in the US and abroad. Elon Musk’s aerospace company launched the Starlink public beta in October. In the filing, SpaceX requested that it be made eligible for federal cash to expand Starlink. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has amassed more than 10,000 users across the world just four months after entering beta, Elon Musk’s aerospace company said in a filing on Thursday. SpaceX said in a petition to the Federal Communications Commission that “over 10,000 users in the United States and abroad are using the service today.”