Boeing throws in the towel on launching a competitor to Starlink
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Boeing, which received FCC approval two years ago to provide satellite internet services to consumers, quietly revoked its license.
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American aviation giant Boeing has abandoned its plan to create its own satellite internet network. The company has revoked its license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate a constellation of 147 satellites, a company official told Aviation Week.
Boeing applied to the FCC on September 15 to cancel the license granted two years ago. The company had to pay a $2.2 million fine to the US government for this. Let us remind you that Boeing applied for a license to provide satellite internet services to consumers in 2017.
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Starlink dominated the market
Since then, the situation in the satellite internet market has changed significantly. SpaceX, which provides satellite internet service to more than 2 million subscribers worldwide with its Starlink network, currently dominates the market. The company has approximately 5,000 satellites in its low orbit system.
Boeing planned to use the V-band in the 40-75 GHz frequency range. It even launched a test satellite using V-band spectrum last year for this purpose. The company does not rule out returning to the project, but will not use the V-band test satellite and will destroy it.