If SpaceX gets the nod, it will deliver gigabit-speed broadband. SpaceX submitted the filing to the FCC on 11 October and made it public on Tuesday. The operator wants to make changes to the orbital configuration and operational parameters and requests modifications for its Gen2 frequency authorisation.

SpaceX director of Satellite Policy Jameson Dempsey said the modifications "will enable the Gen2 system to deliver gigabit-speed, truly low-latency broadband and ubiquitous mobile connectivity to all Americans and the billions of people globally who still lack access to adequate broadband."

Starlink's current statement on service speeds is that users typically experience download speeds between 25 and 220 Mbps, and most users experience speeds over 100 Mbps.

In 2022, the FCC partially approved SpaceX's deployment of a Gen2 Starlink constellation of up to 7,500 satellites for fixed satellite services (FSS) in the Ku—and Ka-bands and later authorised Gen2 operations using additional frequencies in the E—and V-bands. SpaceX reported that it has deployed more than 3,000 satellites in the Gen2 system since then, and the Starlink constellation serves more than four million people.