Mar. 12 at 12:23 AM
Amazon noted in its request that the FCC has previously granted similar extensions. The FCC last month approved a separate petition from Amazon to deploy 4,500 internet satellites, which would more than double the size of its constellation.
Starlink has around 9,000 satellites in orbit today and roughly 9 million customers. It recently received authorization from the FCC to put another 7,500 satellites into orbit.
Scientists have decried the SpaceX proposal to launch one million satellites into orbit, citing a wide range of issues, including light pollution, orbital debris and other harms to the broader orbital environment, as well as increased risk of “Kessler syndrome,” a scenario in which debris and clutter in space can cause a chain reaction that makes low Earth orbit unusable.
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