FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite broadband network – TechCrunch

SpaceX has a green light from the FCC to launch a network of thousands of satellites blanketing the globe with broadband. And you won’t have too long to wait — on a cosmic scale, anyway. Part of the agreement is that SpaceX launch half of its proposed 4,425 satellites within six years. The approval of SpaceX’s application was not seriously in doubt after last month’s memo from FCC Chairman Ajit