By Joey Roulette NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) -When SpaceX was negotiating a deal with the Bahamas last year to allow its Falcon ...

The skies overhead are already teeming with satellites. But their orbiting numbers will skyrocket in the near future as the ...

Without conducting studies, Ryan says, the FCC can't confirm that projects like Starlink have no significant environmental impact. That means it could be violating NEPA when it applies the ...

Lawsuit challenges Starlink license FCC defends Starlink approval as Viasat, Dish urge court to block SpaceX license FCC disputes environmental and interference claims made by satellite companies.

The researchers noted that, in just more than five years, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink service has launched more than 6,000 units that now make up 60 percent of all satellites.

TAMPA, Fla. — Evidence is mounting of a need to perform an environmental review before approving SpaceX’s plans to add nearly 30,000 satellites to its Starlink constellation, satellite ...

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites could damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer when they are deorbited, new research suggests. Mega satellite constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink spew ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite operator Viasat is asking the FCC to stop SpaceX from launching more Starlink satellites as it heads to court to compel a thorough environmental review of the rapidly ...

Behind Starlink's promise to provide internet access to all – from the most remote places like schools in the Amazon forest to war-torn countries like Ukraine – lies a major problem: the ...

In the new petition, filed December 22, Viasat asked the FCC to study the potential impacts of Starlink through processes established by the National Environmental Policy Act.

The scheduling system used by Starlink also impacts its performance. The network relies on 15-second reconfiguration intervals to update and modify user connectivity.

SpaceX is planning a mega-constellation of thousands of internet satellites called Starlink. But the FCC didn't perform an environmental review.