FCC Nixes SpaceX Funding For Rural Starlink Service

Artist's concept of Starlink.
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is revoking plans to award SpaceX up to $886 million over 10 years to subsidize broadband internet service to rural households in the U.S. via the Starlink satellite network. Specifically, the FCC objected to the $600 price tag of a Starlink...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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