Claim · 2026-02-04 · event · Stated in source · Supported

Starcloud applied to the FCC for authority to deploy and operate up to 88,000 satellites as a distributed data centre in space; the FCC lists the application (SAT-LOA-20260202-00073) as filed on 4 February 2026 and accepted for filing in Report No. SAT-01982 of 13 March 2026.

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What it connects

Starcloud (formerly Lumen Orbit) → filed application → Starcloud, Inc. application for launch and operating authority (ICFS File No. SAT-LOA-20260202-00073, Call Sign S00803)

Where it appears

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Claim and evidence

Starcloud (formerly Lumen Orbit)filed application ↓Starcloud, Inc. application for launch and operating authority (ICFS File No. SAT-LOA-20260202-00073, Call Sign S00803)

Machine-checked, not reviewed by an editorStated in sourceSupported

Supporting evidence: primary · 1 source

Date: 2026-02-04 · event
Quantity: up to · 88,000 satellites (as worded: 'up to 88,000 satellites')

Scope and limitsA filing is not a grant. Acceptance for filing means only that the application was found acceptable on initial review. The application itself was not read.

The evidence 03

primary sourceSupports the claim

Satellite Licensing Division ... Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-01982

Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1) · 2026-03-13

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Source excerpt

“Starcloud, Inc. requests authority to deploy and operate a constellation of up to 88,000 satellites to operate as a distributed datacenter in space.”

Location in source PDF p. 2, entry SAT-LOA-20260202-00073

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d2ff3b2c05b5da7c411520a9a07fe3b1f886dcce251283a7a78a76765aa3252f). Public notice Report No. SAT-01982, Friday March 13, 2026. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 d2ff3b2c05b5da7c411520a9a07fe3b1f886dcce251283a7a78a76765aa3252f, the same bytes).
Canonical address: Open the canonical source ↗
Accessed: 2026-10-28
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1), “Satellite Licensing Division ... Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-01982”, 2026-03-13.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (23 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval whose SHA-256 equals the pack’s. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

primary sourceSupports the claim

Satellite Licensing Division ... Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-01982

Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1) · 2026-03-13

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Source excerpt

“Date filed: 2026-02-04”

Location in source PDF p. 2, entry SAT-LOA-20260202-00073

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d2ff3b2c05b5da7c411520a9a07fe3b1f886dcce251283a7a78a76765aa3252f). Public notice Report No. SAT-01982, Friday March 13, 2026. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 d2ff3b2c05b5da7c411520a9a07fe3b1f886dcce251283a7a78a76765aa3252f, the same bytes).
Canonical address: Open the canonical source ↗
Accessed: 2026-10-28
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1), “Satellite Licensing Division ... Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-01982”, 2026-03-13.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (3 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval whose SHA-256 equals the pack’s. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

primary sourceSupports the claim

Satellite Licensing Division ... Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-01982

Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1) · 2026-03-13

Cite the original source

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Source excerpt

“Report No. SAT-01982 Friday March 13, 2026”

Location in source PDF p. 1, heading

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d2ff3b2c05b5da7c411520a9a07fe3b1f886dcce251283a7a78a76765aa3252f). Public notice Report No. SAT-01982, Friday March 13, 2026. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 d2ff3b2c05b5da7c411520a9a07fe3b1f886dcce251283a7a78a76765aa3252f, the same bytes).
Canonical address: Open the canonical source ↗
Accessed: 2026-10-28
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Federal Communications Commission (docs.fcc.gov, DOC-419509A1), “Satellite Licensing Division ... Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-01982”, 2026-03-13.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (7 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval whose SHA-256 equals the pack’s. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

Status and meaning

Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor. An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.

Relation. A party filed an application with a regulator, dated by the filing as the regulator lists it. A filing is not an authorisation.

Date. Date filed as listed by the FCC; acceptance for filing listed in Report No. SAT-01982 of 13 March 2026. Date of filing as the regulator lists it.

Record ID cpo-orb-starcloud-fcc-filed