{"id":164715,"date":"2025-03-30T09:48:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T09:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/musks-team-not-involved-in-starlink-terminal-decisions\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T09:48:46","slug":"musks-team-not-involved-in-starlink-terminal-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=164715","title":{"rendered":"Musk\u2019s team not involved in Starlink terminal decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Christopher Rocheleau has clarified that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, was not involved in the decision to test Starlink at FAA facilities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During a US Senate hearing on March 27, 2025, seen by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/doge-team-is-not-involved-faa-decision-regarding-starlink-terminals-acting-faa-2025-03-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, Rocheleau confirmed that no Starlink terminals have been connected to the air traffic control system and that DOGE employees are not part of the decision-making process regarding the addition of more terminals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/articles\/faa-could-drop-2b-contract-with-verizon-for-musks-starlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAA\u2019s announcement<\/a> in February 2025 regarding the potential cancellation of a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon in favor of Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-leaderboard bn-1\"\/>\n<p>At that time, the FAA indicated it had begun testing SpaceX Starlink terminals to \u201cfix telecommunications connections\u201d and was \u201cconsidering the use of Starlink since the prior administration\u201d. The agency was conducting tests with one terminal at its Atlantic City facility and two terminals at non-safety critical sites in Alaska.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, Musk has publicly criticized the current FAA telecom system. On February 25, 2025, he stated on X that \u201cthe Verizon system is not working and so is putting air travelers at serious risk\u201d. A couple of days later, Musk added that \u201cthe Verizon communication system to air traffic control is breaking down very rapidly\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following Musk\u2019s comments about the FAA system and his role as the head of SpaceX, there have been media reports suggesting that his DOGE team was influencing FAA decisions regarding Starlink terminals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-leaderboard bn-2\"\/>\n<p>However, on March 5, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/articles\/spacex-denies-starlink-to-replace-verizon-in-faa-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceX denied<\/a> intent to take over the current Verizon FAA contract. However, SpaceX did mention on X that \u201cStarlink is a possible partial fix to an aging system\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, US Senator Ed Markey repeatedly asked Rocheleau if he agreed with Musk\u2019s views, according to Reuters. Rocheleau did not answer directly but offered assurances that air travel is safe. However, he added that \u201cthe air traffic system is in dire need of upgrade\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Christopher Rocheleau has clarified that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, was not involved in the decision to test Starlink at FAA facilities.\u00a0\u00a0 During a US Senate hearing on March 27, 2025, seen by Reuters, Rocheleau confirmed that no Starlink terminals have been connected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12024],"tags":[11138,9496,35182,30593,3705,33397],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-164715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","tag-decisions","tag-involved","tag-musks","tag-starlink","tag-team","tag-terminal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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