{"id":37901,"date":"2024-04-26T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=37901"},"modified":"2024-04-26T12:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:41:36","slug":"spacex-looks-to-expand-starlinks-broadband-capacity-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/spacex-looks-to-expand-starlinks-broadband-capacity-in-the-uk.html","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Looks to Expand Starlink&#8217;s Broadband Capacity in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is seeking approval from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> for a variation of its existing gateway licence, which would enable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a>&#8217;s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to improve its capacity, such as by expanding the number of gateway antennas at several UK sites and adopting additional bands.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The operator currently has <strong>5,874 LEO satellites<\/strong> in orbit around the Earth (altitudes of c.500-600km) and they\u2019re in the process of adding thousands more by the end of 2027. Customers in the UK typically pay from \u00a375 a month for a 30-day term, plus \u00a3449 for hardware (currently discounted to \u00a3225 or \u00a3150 if refurbished) on the \u2018<em>Standard<\/em>\u2019 plan, which promises internet latency times of 25-50ms, downloads of c. 25-100Mbps and uploads of c. 5-10Mbps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> At the end of 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a>\u2019s global network had 2.3 million customers (currently 2.6m) and 42,000 of those were in the UK (up from 13,000 in 2022) \u2013 mostly in rural areas.<\/div>\n<p>In order to operate this network in the UK, the provider currently holds several NGSO (Non-Geostationary Earth Station) gateway licences, which help to connect their NGSO system to the internet via large dishes on the ground. SpaceX wants to update four of these to help boost capacity and &#8220;<em>serve growing demand for its broadband services<\/em>&#8221; (mostly to serve their latest Gen 2 satellites).<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, SpaceX is seeking permission from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> to expand the number of antennas hosted at four of its remaining seven sites &#8211; Fawley (licence number 1293217), Isle of Man (licence number 249304\/1), Wherstead (licence number 1293534) and Woodwalton (licence number 1293303). The gateway sites are currently authorised to operate up to 9 Ka-band parabolic antennas; they serve customers in the UK and adjacent countries.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>SpaceX&#8217;s Request to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 An additional 24 antennas at Fawley, Wherstead and Woodwalton, bringing the total number of antennas at each of those sites to 32. It plans to operate these new antennas in the bands: 27.5-28.0525 GHz, 28.4445-29.0605 GHz, 29.4525-30GHz.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 An additional 32 antennas at its Isle of Man site, bringing the total there to 40. SpaceX already has access to all the frequencies it wishes to use (27.5-30GHz) at the Isle of Man site.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Our initial assessment is that SpaceX\u2019s requested variation should not unduly affect other licenced NGSO services, future NGSO services, GSO services or Fixed links operating in the same user frequencies<\/em>,&#8221; said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-3\/spacex-application-variation-non-geostationary-gateway-licence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulator&#8217;s consultation<\/a>, which will remain open for responses until <strong>31st May 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The FCC in the United States has so far authorised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a>\u2019s Gen1 constellation for 4,408 satellites and their Gen2 constellation for 7,500.<\/div>\n<p>Separately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmarsat.com\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inmarsat<\/a> (Viasat) has applied for an NGSO Earth Station Network Licence for its new <strong>GX-10<\/strong> non-geostationary orbiting (NGSO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> system (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-3\/inmarsat-global-limited-application-NSGO-earth-station-network-licence\">here<\/a>). &#8220;<em>Inmarsat has stated it plans to use GX-10 to extend the coverage of its existing <strong>Global Xpress<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> system over the polar region, providing satellite communication services to government, defence, aero and maritime commercial customers<\/em>,&#8221; said Ofcom.<\/p>\n<p>Inmarsat\u2019s proposed service area covers latitudes above 65N and their satellites will also provide intermittent service over parts of the UK, although this isn&#8217;t their main focus. The service will use the Ka-band frequencies 19.7 \u2013 20.2GHz and 29.5 \u2013 30GHz. Ofcom are consulting on all this until <strong>31st May 2024<\/strong>, but have provisionally proposed to approve the request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is seeking approval from Ofcom for a variation of its existing gateway licence, which would enable Starlink&#8217;s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to improve its capacity, such as by expanding the number of gateway antennas at several UK sites and adopting additional bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,77],"class_list":["post-37901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-satellite"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/112337334949637394","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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