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Starlink Has 90,000 Broadband Subs, 500,000 More in Pipeline

SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service has 1,740 satellites in orbit, about 90,000 users in 12 countries and more than 500,000 deposits or orders globally, company representatives told FCC International Bureau staffers, per a filing Monday. It said its planned 29,988…

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second-generation satellites (see 2005270010) would have faster speeds and lower latency, serve more customers and have more backhaul capacity. It said the second-generation satellites would have at most a 3.43-year orbital decay time.