FCC to draw line under constellation environmental review exemption

An illustration of a proposed SpaceX orbital data center satellite. Credit: SpaceX

TAMPA, Fla. — The Federal Communications Commission is poised to cement its longstanding practice of excluding constellations from environmental reviews, amid an unprecedented wave of proposals covering more than a million orbital data centers.

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FCC to draw line under constellation environmental review exemption

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