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Starlink
27
Apr

When will Starlink satellites be operative?

April 27, 2020
April 23rd, 2020 – Starlink Launch 9 should be just around the corner. Launch 7 has just been completed and Launch 8 is targeted for May. Musk has said that Starlink can provide “minor” internet coverage with at least 400 satellites and “moderate” service with about 800, so the constellation will likely be operational relatively...
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27
Apr

SpaceX requests lower orbits for satellites

April 27, 2020
SpaceX seeks to modify Starlink regulatory license SpaceX recently submitted an application to the Federal Communication Commission proposing to operate more satellites in lower orbits than the FCC previously authorized. The first phase of the Starlink network will include 1,584 satellites orbiting 341 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth. That part of the constellation, which SpaceX...
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16
Oct

SpaceX submits paperwork for 30,000 more Starlink satellites

October 16, 2019
Updated Oct. 15 at 6:18 p.m. Eastern to include a statement from SpaceX. WASHINGTON — SpaceX has asked the International Telecommunication Union to arrange spectrum for 30,000 additional Starlink satellites. SpaceX, which is already planning the world’s largest low-Earth-orbit broadband constellation by far, filed paperwork in recent weeks for up to 30,000 additional Starlink satellites...
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21
Feb

Elon Musk, Starlink and the Future of Planet Earth

February 21, 2019
  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...
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