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NASA to conduct study to gauge impact of deploying Starlink satellites closer to Earth

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NASA is conducting a visiting vehicle study in coordination with SpaceX to gauge impact of deploying Starlink satellites closer to Earth and below the International Space Station on travel to and from the station.

The space agency wrote to the Federal Communication Commission ( FCC ) on Tuesday .

SpaceX requested the FCC for authority to lower the altitude of its next-generation Stlink satellites earlier this month .

Reduced altitude, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, will allow for reduced latency.