SpaceX Pledges Safer Satellites, in FCC Meetings

Pushing its ask for a modification to its existing non-geostationary orbit constellation authorization to allow 1,584 satellites orbit at 550 kilometers instead of higher (see 1811090002), SpaceX met aides to FCC Commissioners Mike O'Rielly, Geoffrey Starks and Jessica Rosenworcel, it said, posted Monday. SpaceX said it has improved the safety of its constellation sizably since the initial application, and it plans "a totally demisable" satellite design for subsequent iterations, reducing casualty risk to nil.