The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has a longstanding license that "authorizes certain exports to Iran of hardware, software, and services related to communications over the internet, including certain consumer-grade Internet connectivity services and residential consumer satellite terminals authorized under General License D-1," a department spokesperson said in a statement."For any exports not covered by existing authorizations, OFAC welcomes applications for specific licenses to authorize activities supporting internet freedom in Iran," the statement added.
The United Kingdom gave SpaceX permission Nov. 10 to expand its Starlink satellite broadband network in the country, while also granting a license to Telesat for a competing constellation bound for non-geostationary orbit (NGSO).SpaceX got approval from British regulator Ofcom to increase the number of NGSO gateways in the U.K. from three to nine, enabling Starlink to add more capacity and improve network redundancy in the country.
[email protected] filed with @FCC for 2,016 Starlink sats to provide LTE service using @TMobile PCS band but underlying @ITU filings "MARS-ULS" & "MARS-VLS" are for 29,998 sats, 19,440 in VLEO (340-360km), includes nearly all LTE bands.1⃣https://itu.int/ITU-R/space/asreceived/Publication/DisplayPublication/422662⃣https://itu.int/ITU-R/space/asreceived/Publication/DisplayPublication/42265
