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Satellite

SpaceX’s Starlink Loses Contact With Satellite

A rare Starlink satellite failure underscores the operational challenges of constellations as thousands of spacecraft crowding in low-Earth orbit.

Satellite

Amazon Leo Launch Delayed Again as FCC Deployment Deadline Looms

FCC chairman advises the company to address the more than 1,000 satellite shortfall amid launch setbacks.

Spectrum

SpaceX Looking to Participate in AWS-3 Auction

The satellite company is already buying unpaired AWS-3 licenses from EchoStar, which it plans to use for its direct-to-cell mobile service.

Satellite

SpaceX Still at Odds on Sharing Rules with SES, Viasat

Geostationary systems fear loosening rules on LEO providers would create interference.

BEAD 2026

NTIA Chief Credited Program Overhaul for $21 Billion in BEAD Savings

Roth said greater provider participation and a technology-neutral approach drove the $21 billion in savings.

Starlink

Ontario Won’t Reveal the Amount It Needs to Pay Starlink to Cancel Deal

Province says settlement with SpaceX is less than the $100 million contract

Expert Opinion

Mary Guenther: BEAD Non-Deployment Dollars and the Risk of Unfulfilled Broadband Promises

The BEAD broadband program now has roughly $20 billion in leftover funds, and policymakers are debating how best to spend it

Satellite

Carr Not Receptive to Amazon’s Petition to Deny SpaceX Application

He posted on social media the company should focus on its own behind-schedule constellation.

Satellite

Amazon LEO Asks FCC to Deny SpaceX’s Spaced-Based Data Center Proposal

SpaceX has been researching the feasibility of space-based data centers.

MWC

Wireless Carriers Not Worried About Competition from SpaceX

The satellite company sent leaders to MWC this week to tease plans for its Starlink Mobile service.

Satellite

Starlink Brings Satellite to Homes for $39 a Month

The company’s satellite internet access promotion is available until March 31.

Satellite

FCC Seeking Comment on U.S. Firms’ Access to Foreign Satellite Markets

The agency argued draft European regulations would be barriers to American companies.

MWC

SpaceX Scheduled 2027 Launch of 1,200-Satellite Mobile Constellation

SpaceX said its Starlink Mobile connected thousands during California's wildfires and Japan's earthquakes.

Earnings

EchoStar Down 9,000 Mobile Subs

CEO Ergen said company had settled ‘hundreds’ of contract disputes.

NTIA

BEAD Plans Approved: $736 Million for Washington and $629 Million for Alaska

Now 47 states have received NTIA approval, and 35 have cleared NIST review.

AI

Hegseth Warns Anthropic to Let Military Use the Company’s AI as It Sees Fit

The Pentagon didn't immediately comment.