原文标题：
FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites
原文连结：https://tinyurl.com/4nmwcnh4
发布时间：January 10, 2026 9:12 AM GMT+8Updated 30 mins ago
记者署名：David Shepardson
原文内容：
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said on
Friday it has approved SpaceX's request to deploy another 7,500 second-
generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost internet service worldwide
.
华盛顿，1 月 9 日（路透）——美国联邦通讯委员会（FCC）周五表示，已批准 SpaceX
申请部署额外 7,500 颗第二代（Gen2）Starlink 卫星，以推动其全球互联网服务能力
的提升。
The FCC said Elon Musk's SpaceX can now operate an additional 7,500 Gen2
Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 15,000 satellites worldwide. The
FCC is also allowing SpaceX to upgrade the satellites and operate across five
frequencies and is waiving prior requirements that prevented overlapping
coverage and enhanced capacity.
FCC 表示，伊隆·马斯克旗下的 SpaceX 现在可再运行 7,500 颗第二代 Starlink 卫星
，使其全球卫星总数达到 15,000 颗。FCC 同时允许 SpaceX 升级卫星系统、在五个频段
运作，并豁免过去限制重叠覆蓋与容量提升的相关规定。
The agency said the additional satellites will provide direct-to-cell
connectivity outside the United States and supplemental U.S. coverage, which
will allow for next-generation mobile services as well as internet speeds of
up to 1 gigabit per second.
该机构表示，新增的卫星将在美国以外地区提供“直连手机（direct-to-cell）”的通讯
服务，并为美国境内提供补充性覆蓋，这将支援下一代行动通讯服务，并提供高达每秒
1Gb 的网络速度。
"This FCC authorization is a game-changer for enabling next-generation
services," FCC Chair Brendan Carr said. "By authorizing 15,000 new and
advanced satellites, the FCC has given SpaceX the green light to deliver
unprecedented satellite broadband capabilities, strengthen competition, and
help ensure that no community is left behind.”
FCC 主席布兰登·卡尔（Brendan Carr）表示：“这项 FCC 授权是启动下一代服务的关
键转捩点。透过批准 15,000 颗先进卫星，FCC 已为 SpaceX 开绿灯，使其能够提供前所
未有的卫星宽带能力、强化竞争，并协助确保任何社群都不会被数位落差所遗弃。”
SpaceX has sought approval to deploy nearly 30,000 satellites but the FCC said
it was for now approving only 15,000.
SpaceX 曾申请部署接近 30,000 颗卫星，但 FCC 表示，目前仅先批准其中的 15,000 颗
。
"We find that authorization for additional satellites is in the public
interest, even as the Gen2 Starlink Upgrade satellites remain untested on
orbit. We defer authorization of the remaining 14,988 proposed Gen2 Starlink
satellites, including satellites proposed for operations above 600 km," the
FCC said.
FCC 表示：“我们认为，即使第二代升级版 Starlink 卫星仍尚未完成轨道测试，批准额
外卫星仍符合公共利益。我们暂缓批准其余 14,988 颗提案中的第二代 Starlink 卫星，
包括拟在 600 公里以上高度运作的卫星。”
The FCC said SpaceX must launch 50% of the maximum number of authorized Gen2
satellites, place them in assigned orbits, and operate them no later than
December 1, 2028, and SpaceX must launch the remaining satellites by December
2031. It must complete deployment of the 7,500 first-generation satellites by
late November 2027.
FCC 表示，SpaceX 必须在 2028 年 12 月 1 日前，发射并运作至少 50% 已授权的第二
代卫星，并在 2031 年 12 月前完成其余卫星的发射。此外，第一代 7,500 颗卫星必须
在 2027 年 11 月底前完成部署。
Last week, Starlink said it would begin a reconfiguration of its satellite
constellation by lowering all of its satellites orbiting at around 550 km (342
miles) to 480 km over the course of 2026, a move to increase space safety.
上周，Starlink 表示，将于 2026 年期间开始重新配置其卫星星系，把目前约 550 公里
高度运作的卫星降低至 480 公里，以提升太空安全。
Starlink said in December that one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in
space, creating a "small" amount of debris and cutting off communications
with the spacecraft at 418 km in altitude, a rare kinetic accident in orbit
for the satellite internet giant.
Starlink 于 12 月表示，其一颗卫星在约 418 公里高度发生异常，产生“少量”碎片并
失去通讯，这对该卫星网络巨头而言，是一次罕见的轨道动能事故。
SpaceX has become the world's largest satellite operator through Starlink, a
network of about 9,400 satellites beaming broadband internet to consumers,
governments and enterprise customers.
透过 Starlink，SpaceX 已成为全球最大的卫星营运商，其约 9,400 颗卫星向消费者、
政府与企业客户提供宽带网络服务。
The predecessor of FCC chief Carr, Jessica Rosenworcel, urged in 2024 more
competition to SpaceX's internet satellite constellation Starlink, noting at
the time that Starlink controlled nearly two-thirds of all active satellites.
FCC 主席卡尔的前任——洁西卡·罗森沃瑟（Jessica Rosenworcel）——在 2024 年曾
呼吁加强对 SpaceX Starlink 卫星网络的竞争，并指出当时 Starlink 已控制近三分之
二的所有在轨运作卫星。
心得/评论：
FCC 本次批准，不只是技术或频谱决策
而是正式确立 SpaceX / Starlink
在全球低轨宽带与直连手机市场的结构性领导地位
其他竞争者短期内几乎无法在成本、规模与速度上形成对等竞争。