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Musk blasts FCC for 'illegally' pulling Starlink award, says it would've helped victims of Hurricane Helene

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SpaceX's Starlink was awarded $885 million by the FCC in 2020 to help expand high-speed internet access around the country in rural areas.

The FCC rescinded that initial award in 2022 , arguing Starlink wouldn't be reasonably capable of meeting the program's requirements.

The western part of North Carolina was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Helene , which also brought devastation to other parts of the Southeast after it made landfall in Florida 's Big Bend region.