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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies.

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies.

The FCC said the decision impacting Elon Musk's space company was based on Starlink's failure to meet basic program requirements and that Starlink could not demonstrate it could deliver promised service after SpaceX had challeged the 2022 decision.

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SpaceX finally gets slapped down (slightly) as its promise for 100/20 internet over rural America by 2025 seems unlikely, because Starship keeps exploding and hasn't had a successful launch yet.

The FCC cited among its reasons SpaceX's failure to successfully launch its Starship rocket, saying "the uncertain nature of Starship's future launches could impact Starlink's ability to meet" its obligations.

Yet another example of overpromising / underdelivering. The failure for Starship to launch (without exploding) is having direct consequences on the promises it made to the Government. If these things keep exploding, there's no reason to believe that the Starlink system will have enough satellites for the promised network speeds, disqualifying SpaceX from the subsidy.

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There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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