Daniel Oberhaus
The payment will be made using SpaceX shares, as stated by EchoStar. The deal will happen once all the necessary regulatory approvals are in place.
The new agreement comes after a previous deal between the two companies in September 2025. At that time, EchoStar sold spectrum licenses to SpaceX for a total of $17 billion. For half of that deal, SpaceX used its own shares as payment.
Since the start of 2025, EchoStar's stock value has more than tripled.
EchoStar, which is a company that provides satellite communications and digital infrastructure services, announced in late August that it sold spectrum licenses to AT&T Inc. for about $23 billion in total.
source: reuters.com
The new agreement comes after a previous deal between the two companies in September 2025. At that time, EchoStar sold spectrum licenses to SpaceX for a total of $17 billion. For half of that deal, SpaceX used its own shares as payment.
Since the start of 2025, EchoStar's stock value has more than tripled.
EchoStar, which is a company that provides satellite communications and digital infrastructure services, announced in late August that it sold spectrum licenses to AT&T Inc. for about $23 billion in total.
source: reuters.com
