[Starlink] FCC Denies Starlink Low-Orbit Bid for Lower Latency

[Hesham ElBakoury]

"The FCC has once again rejected a Starlink plan to deploy thousands of
internet satellites in very low earth orbits (VLEO) ranging from 340 to 360
kilometers. In an order published last week
<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-222A1.pdf>, the FCC wrote:
“SpaceX may not deploy any satellites designed for operational altitudes
below the International Space Station,” whose orbit can range as low as 370
kilometers.

Starlink currently has nearly 6000 satellites
<https://planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html> orbiting at around 550
kilometers that provide internet access to over 2.5 million customers
around the world. But its service is currently slower than most terrestrial
fiber networks, with average latencies (the time for data to travel between
origin and destination) over 30 milliseconds at best
<https://circleid.com/posts/20240311-starlink-has-begun-delivering-promised-latency-cuts>,
and double that at peak times."
https://spectrum.ieee.org/starlink-vleo-below-iss

Hesham
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