SpaceX has just requested permission from the FCC to operate 1M ‘earth stations’. The earth stations will transmit in the range of 14.0-14.5 GHz (part of the ‘Ku band’) and receive in the range of 10.7-12.7 GHz (part of the ‘X band’). For comparison, current LTE networks operate at 600MHz to 2.5GHz. In a filing … Continue reading Elon Musk, Starlink and the Future of Planet Earth