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SpaceX has delayed several Starlink missions while investigating the deorbit issue.
Viasat and Globalstar opposed SpaceX's Starlink expansion due to concerns about orbital clutter and spectrum interference.
The German initiative involves major European aerospace primes including Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo to support a resilient satellite communications alternative to commercial systems like Starlink.
Virgin Media has a customer rollout planned for 2026 in the U.K. for a Starlink Direct-to-Cell–enabled service called O2 Satellite.
MasOrange will trial Starlink Direct-to-Cell under a new agreement with SpaceX.
Users will be able to use data on their devices with Starlink Direct-to-Cell for certain applications and messaging services.
Propellant was vented from the Falcon 9 second stage on Starlink Group 17-32, lowering the stage perigee to 110 km.
The Federal Communications Commission granted SpaceX an authorization on January 9, 2026 to expand its second‑generation Starlink constellation to 15,000 satellites.
On the Starlink Group 17-32 mission, the Falcon 9 second stage was unable to deorbit itself.
The first two MVac burns on the Falcon 9 mission were nominal and deployed all 25 Starlink satellites to their intended orbit.
MasOrange did not specify the timing of the Starlink Direct-to-Cell trials or which phones will be eligible.
The State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure granted approval for spectrum assigned to MasOrange to be used for Starlink Direct-to-Cell.
Supplemental coverage from space (SCS) is the term often used for Starlink Direct-to-Cell.
MasOrange intends to use Starlink Direct-to-Cell as a network complement, particularly in remote, high mountain, or coastal environments.
SpaceX operates rockets, artificial satellites, and the satellite communications network Starlink as part of its space transport and communications infrastructure.
The first two MVac burns on that Falcon 9 mission were nominal and deployed all 25 Starlink satellites to their intended orbit.
Kyivstar rolled out Starlink Direct-to-Cell service late in 2025.
MasOrange plans to carry out a technical pilot of Starlink Direct-to-Cell in the Spanish province of Valladolid.
A Falcon 9 second-stage de-orbit anomaly occurred on the Starlink 9-3 mission in 2024 during the mission's primary phase.
During the Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites on the Starlink Group 17-32 mission, the Falcon 9 second stage experienced an off-nominal condition during preparation for the deorbit burn.