{"id":11196,"date":"2026-01-10T23:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11196"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:06:22","slug":"spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11196","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Communications Commission <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-approves-next-gen-satellite-constellation\">announced Friday<\/a> 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 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/fcc-approves-spacex-plan-deploy-additional-7500-starlink-satellites-2026-01-09\/\">SpaceX had requested approval<\/a> for an additional 15,000 satellites, but the FCC said it would \u201cdefer authorization of the remaining 14,988 proposed Gen2 Starlink satellites.\u201d<\/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><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/10\/spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Com&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249],"tags":[795,2069],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}