LONDON — SpaceX has asked U.S. regulators to allow the company to modify its Starlink satellite broadband constellation to operate a first generation of satellites at lower orbit, using only Ku-band, while developing dual Ku-/Ka-band antennas for future satellites.
The company said the new orbital architecture would allow it “to begin populating a new orbital shell before the end of 2019,” significantly faster than its originally designed system.
In documents sent Nov. 8 to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX . . .
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