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    SpaceX seeks FCC OK for 1 million satellite broadband Earth stations

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      scottalanmiller
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      SpaceX Starlink team wants quick FCC approval to support "ambitious timetable."

      SpaceX is seeking US approval to deploy up to 1 million Earth stations to receive transmissions from its planned satellite broadband constellation.

      The Federal Communications Commission last year gave SpaceX permission to deploy 11,943 low-Earth orbit satellites for the planned Starlink system. A new application from SpaceX Services, a sister company, asks the FCC for "a blanket license authorizing operation of up to 1,000,000 Earth stations that end-user customers will utilize to communicate with SpaceX's NGSO [non-geostationary orbit] constellation."

      The application was published by FCC.report, a third-party site that tracks FCC filings. GeekWire reported the news on Friday. An FCC spokesperson confirmed to Ars today that SpaceX filed the application on February 1, 2019.

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        JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller reade that last week. or the weekend. or something.. Can't wait.

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          Dashrender @JaredBusch
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          @JaredBusch said in SpaceX seeks FCC OK for 1 million satellite broadband Earth stations:

          @scottalanmiller reade that last week. or the weekend. or something.. Can't wait.

          Ditto!

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            Reid Cooper
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            Exciting stuff.

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