SpaceX gets permission to deploy 7,500 next-generation Starlink satellites

[speak easy]

SpaceX just got permission to begin building out the next generation of its Starlink internet megaconstellation.

On Thursday (Dec. 1), the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved SpaceX to deploy 7,500 Starlink 2.0 satellites in low Earth orbit.

The ruling is just a partial victory for SpaceX, however; the company had applied for permission to deploy 29,988 Starlink 2.0 satellites around Earth. The FCC is deferring a decision about the rest of the envisioned spacecraft.

The FCC granted just the limited approval "to address concerns about orbital debris and space safety," agency officials wrote in Thursday's decision document. These and other issues were raised by "interested parties" regarding the Starlink 2.0 application, which SpaceX filed in 2020.

https://www.space.com/spacex-fcc-approval-7500-starlink-satellites

[2naSalit]

1. FFS!

He should be relieved of ownership of that entire network. He's too irresponsible to have such a thing under his control. It's becoming infrastructure, shouldn't be privately owned anyway.

[intrepidity]

2. Damn, right???? nt

[yonder]

5. A big 10-4 on that FFS.

Some 12,000 pieces of intact technology orbiting 300 miles overhead now, eventually countless pieces of future entropic spacejunk to be dealt with long after Mushk will be finished doing what he does just because he can.

Yahoo cowboy.

[SergeStorms]

3. Where's he going to get the money?

Tesla stock is tanking and he'll be having a "going put of business" sale at Twitter soon.

I just love it when these silver-spoon fuckwits start losing their fortunes because of their monumental egos.

[NNadir]

4. Disgusting, I think.

[jeffreyi]

6. We obviously need more crap up there.

And the irony of this has been noted.

Link to tweet

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[Owl]

7. Absolutely disgusting.