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Ulrich Speidel wrote:

> David Lang wrote:
>> have you looked at what the latest changes allow?

> No - if anyone has a pointer to what the official source for the latest 
> SpaceX-FCC licensing interactions is ... I'd been hoping to figure that out 
> but haven't yet.

not much info here, but hopefully a start 
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-approves-next-gen-satellite-constellation

A few days before this, spacex announced it was lowering the orbit for ~4000 of 
it's satellites by ~70km
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/spacex-lowering-orbits-of-4-400-starlink-satellites-for-safetys-sake

David Lang