According to an FCC filing earlier this month, SpaceX are looking to get permission to launch the next generation of its Starlink satellites very soon.
Starlink partial permission to use 7,500 of the almost 30,000 satellites in its intended Gen2 network on December 1, 2022.SpaceX thinks that Gen 2 will add new features like direct-to-smartphone services and more space for people who already use Starlink. The FCC is still looking at SpaceX's overall plan to extend the Gen2 constellation significantly.SpaceX says that new improvements to its Starlink Gen 2 satellites will make it easier for astronomers worldwide to do their work.
In a different regulatory filing, SpaceX revealed more information about the beacons, including how they could track and stay in touch with Gen 2 satellites during orbit raises and bad space weather. According to a letter from SpaceX's senior director of satellite policy David Goldman to the FCC dated December 15, “once the satellites reach their intended orbit, the beacons will be shut off, only to transmit again if commanded in the unlikely event of an emergency,”
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