Musk’s New Starlink Satellite Fleet Wins D.C. Cir. Approval (1)

SpaceX can continue with its plan to launch and operate 7,500 Starlink satellites, a federal appeals court said Friday.

An environmental group sought to revoke Federal Communications Commission licenses for the project.

The commission’s order approving the system was lawful and reasonably explained, the three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said, affirming the lower court’s ruling.

The International Dark-Sky Association Inc. sued the FCC in 2022, alleging that it violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it approved SpaceX’s second generation Starlink fleet. The group, comprising amateur astronomers and dark-sky enthusiasts, claimed the FCC ...