US agency will not reinstate $900-million subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unit

The US Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies.

The FCC said the decision impacting Elon Musk’s space company was based on Starlink’s failure to meet basic programme requirements and that Starlink could not demonstrate delivering the promised service after SpaceX had challeged the 2022 decision.