PARIS — SpaceX expects to use the mobile satellite spectrum rights it’s purchasing from EchoStar Corp. to deploy a constellation of 15,000 satellites into a 330-km-altitude orbit to provide worldwide direct-to-device (D2D) services.
Weighing some 2,500 kg and measuring 250 square meters, the satellites would operate for between five and seven years, SpaceX said in a Sept. 17 filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking for operating approval.
EchoStar had exclusive FCC authorization for operating . . .
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