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SpaceX to Deploy Terrestrial Network Complementing Starlink by 2025

8/7/2026

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SpaceX announced it will build a terrestrial mobile network to complement Starlink satellites, targeting launch by end of next year.
President Gwynne Shotwell said 65 MHz EchoStar spectrum includes terrestrial components for the ground network.
Elon Musk said SpaceX will install many small rooftop base stations, essentially Starlink dishes, avoiding large towers.
Gwynne Shotwell said the U.S. wireless market is about $600 billion a year and SpaceX aims to capture a share.

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SpaceX announced it will build a terrestrial mobile network to complement Starlink satellites, targeting launch by end of next year.
President Gwynne Shotwell said 65 MHz EchoStar spectrum includes terrestrial components for the ground network.
Elon Musk said SpaceX will install many small rooftop base stations, essentially Starlink dishes, avoiding large towers.
Gwynne Shotwell said the U.S. wireless market is about $600 billion a year and SpaceX aims to capture a share.