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FCC Approves SpaceX Satellite Broadband Internet Plan

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday February 17 2018, @05:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the bandwidth-fading-in-and-out dept.

takyon writes:

SpaceX gets U.S. regulator to back satellite internet plan

Elon Musk's SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world's most powerful rocket, won an endorsement on Wednesday from the top U.S. communications regulator to build a broadband network using satellites.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites in the United States and worldwide. "Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber optic cables and cell towers do not reach," Pai said in a statement.

SpaceX told the FCC in a Feb. 1 letter that it plans to launch a pair of experimental satellites on one of its Falcon 9 rockets. That launch, already approved by the FCC, is set for Saturday in California. The rocket will carry the PAZ satellite for Hisdesat of Madrid, Spain and multiple smaller secondary payloads.

Previously: SpaceX to Launch Broadband Satellites With Latency as Low as 25ms in 2019

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  • (Score: 2) by chromas on Sunday February 18 2018, @02:41AM

    by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 18 2018, @02:41AM (#639569) Journal

    [FCC] Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites

    Noice!

    FCC boss Ajit Pai is being investigated by his own agency over potential corruption allegations.

    Ah oh!

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