SpaceX launched its first Starlink satellites in 2019.Photographer: John Keeble/Getty ImagesSeptember 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDTUpdated on September 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM EDTSpaceX, the Elon Musk-backed company that owns the Starlink satellite network, agreed to acquire wireless spectrum from Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar Corp. for about $17 billion in cash and stock. SpaceX is buying EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses, according to a statementBloomberg Terminal Monday, which confirmed an earli...