{"id":215917,"date":"2026-01-10T22:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T22:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:11:21","slug":"spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/spacex-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-7500-more-starlink-satellites-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Communications Commission <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-approves-next-gen-satellite-constellation\" target=\"_blank\">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 noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/fcc-approves-spacex-plan-deploy-additional-7500-starlink-satellites-2026-01-09\/\" target=\"_blank\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}