SpaceX’s efforts to build a satellite broadband service took on new meaning this month when the company requested Federal Communication …
Progress and peril for new broadband constellations
OneWeb, SpaceX, and Telesat recently had more activity shedding light on their respective plans to build Low Earth Orbit (LEO) …
In brief: SpaceX SSO-A “Small Satellite Express” puts 64 satellites into orbit
Yesterday, December 3, SpaceX successfully launched the Spaceflight SSO-A “Small Satellite Express” mission. The mission put 64 satellites representing 34 …
FCC greenlights SpaceX Starlink, other LEO satellite constellations
Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted formal market access to LEO satellite start-ups Kepler Communications and LeoSat along …
SpaceX updates StarLink plans for FCC: Lower, faster
This week SpaceX filed an update for its Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to launch and operate an initial 1,600 …
Not-So-Brief: Busy November – DC5G, Many many launches, FCC satellite rulings
November is shaping up as stuffed as Thanksgiving dinner participants. DC5G in DC DC5G is a policy event with a …
Big promise of LEO satellite broadband will require big bucks
Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband networks promise to deliver fiber-like latency and gigabit speeds to a global audience. In …
Plans for Boeing-built broadband satellite constellation stuck
Boeing hasn’t done much in the two years after asking for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses to build a massive …