Win FCC approval to acquire 800 MHz low-band spectrum for Starlink Mobile
SpaceX announced an agreement to buy a nationwide portfolio of up to 14 MHz of paired 800 MHz spectrum, which it says will let Starlink Mobile reach devices indoors by combining satellite and terrestrial coverage. The purchase needs the FCC's final approval; no date was stated.
Announced
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Announced: it has been said out loud, but we have not seen work toward it yet.
In progress: we can point to tests, hardware or contracts that show work under way.
Partially achieved: part of the job is done and shown, but not all of it.
Achieved: evidence matches the whole “done” description we wrote down.
Uncertain: sources disagree or are missing. We say so instead of guessing.
Paused or cancelled: a reliable source says work has stopped or the plan was dropped.
Full definitions →- Said on
- 8 October 2026
- First target In plain English
What is a target window?
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We keep it exactly as vague or as precise as the company did. If they said “2026”, we show 2026. We never turn that into a made-up day in December.
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- No stated targetUnknown precision, stated 8 October 2026
- Current target
- No stated targetUnknown precision, stated 8 October 2026
- Last checked In plain English
Who checked this, and how?
Each record has a review note. It names who did the check and lists every claim that was compared with its source.
Right now these checks were done with AI help and have not yet been re-read by an independent human editor. We say this plainly on every page rather than hiding it.
A “review due” label means the record is older than two weeks and is scheduled for another look. The content is unchanged until then.
- 13 October 2026Next review due 27 October 2026
What would count as “done”
The FCC approves the transfer of the 800 MHz spectrum licences to SpaceX, as recorded by the FCC or by SpaceX citing the approval.
Why we say this
SpaceX's 8 October 2026 update states the agreement and that deployment follows once final FCC approval is received. The same update records that the FCC approved the separate Gen2 Starlink Mobile constellation of 15,000 satellites that week, which is context for the plan rather than approval of the spectrum purchase. No FCC document on the 800 MHz transfer has been checked.
Stated uncertainty. The seller and price are not named in SpaceX's update, and the FCC's own record of the application has not been checked. The Gen2 constellation approval is a separate regulatory step and is not evidence for this milestone.
How the date moved In plain EnglishWhat is a target window?
A target window is when the company said something would happen. Sometimes that is an exact day. Often it is only a month, a quarter or a year.
We keep it exactly as vague or as precise as the company did. If they said “2026”, we show 2026. We never turn that into a made-up day in December.
When a company gives a new date later, we keep the old one too. You can always see how the plan moved.
Saying “I’ll visit this summer” is a window. Saying “I’ll visit on 14 July” is an exact date. They are not the same promise.
What is a target window?
A target window is when the company said something would happen. Sometimes that is an exact day. Often it is only a month, a quarter or a year.
We keep it exactly as vague or as precise as the company did. If they said “2026”, we show 2026. We never turn that into a made-up day in December.
When a company gives a new date later, we keep the old one too. You can always see how the plan moved.
Saying “I’ll visit this summer” is a window. Saying “I’ll visit on 14 July” is an exact date. They are not the same promise.
- Stated 8 October 2026 · recorded here 13 October 2026 · current targetNo stated target (Unknown precision)
First statement of the plan; recorded without a date because none was given.
What actually happened
We have not yet recorded anything that happened towards this promise. That describes our evidence, not the company: things may have happened that we have not written up yet.
Sources In plain EnglishWhere does the evidence come from?
Every status links to the page we read. We record who published it, when, and which part of it supports the claim.
A company saying something proves that the company said it. It does not prove the thing is true. When we can, we look for a second voice: a regulator, a partner like NASA, or an exchange.
If a page disappears later, we flag it. A missing page is not proof that a claim was wrong.
Source rules →
Where does the evidence come from?
Every status links to the page we read. We record who published it, when, and which part of it supports the claim.
A company saying something proves that the company said it. It does not prove the thing is true. When we can, we look for a second voice: a regulator, a partner like NASA, or an exchange.
If a page disappears later, we flag it. A missing page is not proof that a claim was wrong.
Source rules →Who checked this In plain EnglishWho checked this, and how?
Each record has a review note. It names who did the check and lists every claim that was compared with its source.
Right now these checks were done with AI help and have not yet been re-read by an independent human editor. We say this plainly on every page rather than hiding it.
A “review due” label means the record is older than two weeks and is scheduled for another look. The content is unchanged until then.
Who checked this, and how?
Each record has a review note. It names who did the check and lists every claim that was compared with its source.
Right now these checks were done with AI help and have not yet been re-read by an independent human editor. We say this plainly on every page rather than hiding it.
A “review due” label means the record is older than two weeks and is scheduled for another look. The content is unchanged until then.
Claims we compared with their sources
SpaceX agreed to acquire up to 14 MHz of paired 800 MHz spectrum, with deployment conditional on final FCC approval, and the FCC approved the 15,000-satellite Gen2 Starlink Mobile constellation the same week.
Recorded as a new announced milestone for the spectrum approval (Q261014-5: A); the constellation approval is context, not evidence.
What this check could not tell us
- AI-assisted review drafted on 14 October 2026 for owner approval before publication; not independent human review.
- Flight 14 outcomes rest on SpaceX's own mission page; no independent tracking or regulator source was checked for the flight.
- The 2025 Florida launch count comes from Launch Library 2, an aggregator, with the range operator's all-provider total as corroboration. SpaceX has published no year-end figure.
- Source pages were read through a browser on 13 October 2026 UTC (14 October in Sydney); accessedAt is normalised to 23:30 UTC.