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https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-aims-to-test-cellular-starlink-system-with-840-satellites

"It’s not the first time SpaceX has filed an application to conduct a test via the proposed cellular Starlink system. In October, the company also made a separate filing to conduct a similar test over a 60-day period starting in December. But the application faced resistance from AT&T and the Rural Wireless Association, with both arguing SpaceX should have made the request to the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology through an experimental license. "

"The new application from SpaceX does just that. The company is targeting a launch of the cellular Starlink service for next year with the goal

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Is it possible that starlink will get FCC approval before ASTS? How does Starlink plan to have direct connectivity to a phone when the SATs have little power?

Open discussion here. Concerning that ASTS is taking too long.....

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