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On March 11, 2026, the Congressional Internet Caucus Academy hosted a panel ‘The Rapid Rise of Space-Based Internet: Broadband from Above‘ at Rayburn House in Washington DC. For years, the idea that high-speed broadband could beam directly to your handheld phone from space sounded like science fiction. Today, it’s happening. Low-Earth orbit constellations are reshaping broadband competition. Phones are beginning to connect directly to satellites. And space-based networks are becoming part of America’s communications backbone.
SPEAKERS
Jay Schwarz – Chief, Space Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Scott Wallsten – President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
Karina Perez – Director, Space & Spectrum Policy Center, CCIA
HOST / MODERATOR
Tim Lordan, Executive Director, Congressional Internet Caucus Academy