Posted on 09/19/2026 5:16:07 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
BREAKING: The FCC accepted SpaceX’s 100,000-satellite Starlink Gen3 application for filing.
Each V3 satellite is designed for up to 1 Tbps downlink, 160 Gbps uplink and six 400 Gbps space lasers. Starship launches will add ~20× the capacity of Falcon 9 launches of V2 satellites.
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We just had 4 years of the horrid Biden regime, and all that happened was Musk became much more powerful and far richer, despite all the best efforts of the DEI African American women in the Biden DOJ who even tried to order Musk/SpaceX to hire Haitian migrants.
Addendum to 20.
Grok:
During the Biden administration, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division—led by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke (a Black woman and the first Black woman in that role)—sued SpaceX in August 2023 over its hiring practices regarding asylees and refugees.
justice.gov
The lawsuit (an administrative complaint under the Immigration and Nationality Act's anti-discrimination provisions) alleged that from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX systematically discouraged asylees and refugees from applying, failed to fairly consider their applications, and refused to hire them based on citizenship status. SpaceX had publicly and in job postings stated that export control laws (primarily ITAR, covering rockets and related technology) limited hiring to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (“green card holders”). The DOJ argued this interpretation was incorrect: asylees and refugees have indefinite work authorization, stand on equal footing with citizens/green-card holders under those export rules for the positions at issue, and cannot be categorically excluded on citizenship grounds. The complaint noted very few (essentially one identified asylee) such hires out of thousands during the period and sought remedies including ending the practice, considering affected applicants, back pay, and civil penalties.
justice.gov
Clarke publicly described the findings, stating that SpaceX had imposed what amounted to a ban on hiring asylees and refugees regardless of qualifications. Asylees and refugees are legal migrants who have been granted status after fleeing persecution and undergoing U.S. government vetting; they are not undocumented or unauthorized workers. SpaceX (and Elon Musk) contested the claims, arguing compliance with export-control restrictions on sensitive technology was required and that the suit was improper or politically motivated. The case was later dropped by the Trump-era DOJ in early 2025.
nytimes.com
This matches the core of the claim (a prominent Black woman official in the Biden DOJ acting against SpaceX over employment of certain legal migrants/asylees/refugees), but it was an enforcement lawsuit alleging illegal discrimination rather than a direct “order” to hire migrants in general or unauthorized ones. No evidence supports a broader mandate targeting SpaceX for random or illegal migrant employment.
Iridium’s radio spectrum is now owned by Rocket Labs (RKLB).
2 pertinent videos:
Elon Musk’s Million AI Satellite Plan is WAY more dangerous than you think!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjXAKuOlfE
All the sudden, Elon Musk thinks that Rocket Lab is a threat. And he’s right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMG74NQr-M
Iridium’s radio spectrum is now owned by Rocket Labs (RKLB).
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Which I own.
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Not just satellite internet, although that's obviously important, but streaming media, mobile phones, oh, and yes, data centers, oh noz!
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Rocket Labs bought the whole thing, not just shares - if that’s what you meant.
You did good And you should continue buying, within reason. I asked my broker for 500 shares at IPO. I received 25 shares at $135, and was disappointed. Then the price dropped and I bought more. Don’t worry, there will be more dips and you can keep buying additional shares. I did that with TSLA shares and went thru multiple share splits. I expect SPCX to to the same. There are going to be additional unlocked shares dumped on the market thru next June, with some dips. But the stock will continually bounce upwards. SpaceX will end up owning much of the Internet. The Chinese will not catch up with satellite constellation development, too far behind.
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