The Federal Communications Commission’s Space Bureau granted 36 SpaceX Services, Inc. earth station applications in an order adopted November 12, 2026, according to the agency’s daily digest reproduced by Radio Online.
The digest identifies the decision as Order DA 26-1225 and attributes it to the chief of the Earth Station Licensing Division. A separate FCC records reproduction describes the applications as gateway earth stations listed in the order’s Appendix A.
Gateway stations provide radio links between satellites and terrestrial communications infrastructure. They form part of the ground segment of a satellite network, alongside the facilities that operate spacecraft and connect communications traffic to other networks.
An earth station authorization concerns ground-based radio equipment and its permitted communications activity. Satellites and ground stations are separate parts of the network, with their own regulatory records. The applicant identified for these grants is SpaceX Services, Inc.
The reported action is a grant of applications. Its document identifier also distinguishes it from DA 26-1218, the November 10 public notice accepting the separate SpaceX–Grain transfer applications for filing.
For satellite services, ground infrastructure connects the orbital portion of the system to users and terrestrial networks. Gateway licensing is part of establishing that infrastructure’s authorized operation. The November 12 digest records 36 application grants under the single order.
The original FCC order is cataloged under DA 26-1225. The daily digest’s entry places the action within the Space Bureau’s earth station licensing work.
