{"id":13699,"date":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","slug":"spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that it has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites, for a total of 15,000 satellites worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond simply allowing SpaceX to launch more satellites and expand its high-speed internet coverage, the FCC says its decision also means Starlink satellites can operate across five frequencies and to provide direct-to-cell connectivity outside the United States, along with supplemental coverage in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters reports that SpaceX had requested approval for an additional 15,000 satellites, but the FCC said it would &ldquo;defer authorization of the remaining 14,988 proposed Gen2 Starlink satellites.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX must launch 50% of the approved Starlink satellites by December 1, 2028, and the remaining 50% by December 2031, the FCC says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that it has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites, for a total of 15,000 satellites worldwide. Beyond simply allowing SpaceX to launch more satellites and expand its high-speed internet coverage, the FCC says its decision also means Starlink satellites can operate across&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}