FCC Clears SpaceX For 15,000-Sat+ Mobile Phone Network

SpaceX Caption: SpaceX added 26 Starlink satellites to its 11,100-member broadband network as part of the Oct. 1 Starship-Super Heavy flight test

SpaceX added 26 Starlink satellites to its 11,100-member broadband network as part of the Oct. 1 Starship-Super Heavy flight test.

Credit: SpaceX
The FCC has cleared SpaceX to operate a 15,000-member satellite constellation to provide direct-to-device services using wireless spectrum acquired from EchoStar and supplemental space-based services. The agency’s Space Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued its decision Oct. 6...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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