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SpaceX received FCC approval to deploy 7,500 additional Gen2 Starlink satellites while allowing Starlink to operate in more frequencies and waive satellite power limits inside the United States.
Starship is expected to begin delivering V3 Starlink satellites and dedicated AI satellites later in 2026.
Falcon 9 deployed 25 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
The Starlink network currently comprises around 9,500 spacecraft.
Stargaze collects daily pass data from approximately 30,000 star trackers across the Starlink constellation.
Stargaze uses optical sensors mounted on Starlink satellites to track objects in orbit over short time intervals.
The FCC approved SpaceX to deploy 7,500 additional Gen2 Starlink satellites and authorized expanded frequency use and waivers of satellite power limits within the United States.
SpaceX intends to use Starship both for deploying on-orbit data centre satellites and for expanding Starlink with larger, more capable satellites.
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites on December 4.
SpaceX previously requested permission for up to 42,000 Starlink satellites before rolling out the network.
SpaceX proposed reliance on optical inter-satellite links for communications between satellites and with Starlink spacecraft that would relay data to Earth.
Starlink Gen-2a has 6,720 planned satellites and 5,377 operational satellites as of the referenced week.
SpaceX conducted 62 Starlink launches in the first half of 2025.
Starlink Gen-1 has 4,408 planned satellites and 2,906 operational satellites as of the referenced week.
Starlink achieved more than 10,000 launched satellites by October 2025.
Starlink satellite-based Direct to Cell connectivity supports regional resilience in southern and eastern Ukraine where terrestrial infrastructure is frequently compromised.
Kyivstar’s partnership with Starlink reached 3.0 million Direct to Cell users on January 15, 2026.
Starlink Gen-2b has 30,456 planned satellites and has not launched any as of the referenced week.
The Federal Communications Commission previously granted only 7,500 of a prior 22,488 Starlink satellite request.
Tim Farrar argues the filing targets the capital needs of xAI rather than broadband expansion and contends that SpaceX’s modular Starlink V3 bus has a technical advantage over massive platforms proposed by rivals.