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FCC Lets SpaceX Starlink Use E-Band for Four Times the Bandwidth

By Brian Wang

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Mar 13, 2024
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The FCC has authorized SpaceX to conduct communications in the 71.0-76.0 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 81.0-86.0 GHz (Earth-to-space) frequency bands (collectively, E-band), with the 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites.

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Last year, SpaceX said using E-band radio waves for backhaul would enable Starlink Gen 2 to provide about four times more capacity per satellite …

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