[Starlink] Re: Starlink and Iran

David Lang
2026-01-19T20:39:21Z

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