May 08, 2026

SpaceX filed a supplement to experimental authority application with the FCC on May 8, 2026, seeking authority to test Ku-band phased-array antennas on its second-generation (Gen-2) satellites for ...

May 04, 2026

STMicroelectronics held an investor conference call on May 4 in which Remi El-Ouazzane, President of the Microcontrollers, Digital ICs and RF Products Group, guided to over $3 billion in cumulative...

Apr 30, 2026

The FCC unanimously adopted Report and Order FCC 26-26 on April 30, replacing the legacy EPFD framework with performance-based GSO protection criteria. The Commission's own analysis estimates the c...
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How the FCC's January 9 waiver, the new performance-based rule passed on April 30, and SpaceX's next-gen satellite (V3) combine to unlock an addressable U.S. broadband market of approximately 117 million households for Starlink across various population density scenarios.
Figure 4: Addressable Households (TAM)

Apr 23, 2026

SpaceX filed an FCC application, SES-LIC-20260306-00745, for a new gateway earth station called "First of Its Name" at its Starlink manufacturing campus in Bastrop, Texas. The filing describes 40 a...

Apr 12, 2026

Elon Musk posted that Starlink V3 launches aboard Starship will carry 25 to 50 times more bandwidth per flight than a Falcon 9 mission with V2 satellites. Starship is expected to launch over 100 ti...

Apr 08, 2026

The Federal Communications Commission announced on April 8, 2026 that it will vote on April 30 to revise 1990s era power limits on satellite spectrum, a move that could increase capacity up to seve...

Apr 02, 2026

Effective April 1, new U.S. and Canadian customers in select service areas can sign up for Starlink Residential at $35/month for 100 Mbps (down from $50), $65/month for 200 Mbps, and $105/month for...

Mar 29, 2026

Starlink-34343 suffered an on-orbit malfunction at approximately 560 km, generating dozens of tracked debris fragments. LeoLabs attributed the event to an internal energetic source rather than a co...

Mar 23, 2026

Contrivian announced Contrivian Constellation on March 23, 2026, a unified multi-constellation connectivity platform that bundles Amazon LEO (Kuiper) and Starlink services into a single contract, d...
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