FCC approves Boeing satellites, rejecting SpaceX’s interference claims

A Boeing logo on the exterior of the company's headquarters.

Enlarge / Boeing office building in Arlington, Virginia. (credit: Getty Images | Olivier Douliery)

said in its announcement approving the license.

The 147 planned satellites include 132 low-Earth satellites orbiting at an altitude of 1,056 km and 15 “highly inclined satellites” that would orbit at altitudes between 27,355 and 44,221 km. The FCC authorized Boeing to conduct space-to-Earth transmissions in the 37.5–42.0 GHz frequency bands and Earth-to-space operations in the 47.2–50.2 GHz and 50.4–51.4 GHz bands.

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