The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the U.S. government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, Wi-Fi, satellite, and cable. Within the space industry, the FCC, particularly through its Space Bureau, leads policy and licensing matters related to satellite and space-based communications activities. It authorizes satellite and earth station systems, streamlines regulatory processes, and fosters efficient use of spectrum and orbital resources, coordinating with other agencies on space policy. The FCC also regulates space launch operations and orbital debris mitigation.
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Intuitive Machines filed with the Federal Communications Commission on 2021-04-23 seeking S-band spectrum for the IM-1 mission.
The Federal Communications Commission approved a modification of SpaceX’s license for its Starlink constellation to operate more than 2,800 additional satellites in lower orbits.
The Federal Communications Commission granted Swarm a license in January 2019 to launch 150 satellites in a VHF band previously used only by Orbcomm.
Under U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules, SpaceX can operate up to 1,548 satellites in orbits at altitudes around 550 km.
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to pay almost $5,000,000,000 in incentive payments to clear Intelsat’s C-band frequencies over the United States.
Viasat operates geostationary satellites and plans to build a constellation of nearly 300 low Earth orbit satellites if it qualifies for Federal Communications Commission subsidies to provide rural broadband.
In December 2020, Viasat petitioned the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to conduct an environmental review of Starlink before granting SpaceX permission to operate nearly 3,000 more satellites in lower orbits.
The Federal Communications Commission will include on the agenda of its 2021-04-21 open meeting a proposed rule to grant a secondary allocation of S-band spectrum, currently reserved for government uses, for telemetry for commercial launches.
The Federal Communications Commission established a $9,700,000,000 incentive program to allocate C-band clearing funding to operators on an individual basis.
The Federal Communications Commission granted Umbra an experimental license in February to operate high-bandwidth SAR using the 1,200 MHz band centered on 9.8 GHz and low-bandwidth SAR using the 600 MHz band centered on 9.6 GHz.
The Federal Communications Commission granted Umbra an experimental license in February to operate high-bandwidth SAR using the 1,200 MHz band centered on 9.8 GHz and low-bandwidth SAR using the 600 MHz band centered on 9.6 GHz.
Umbra has been granted a license from the Federal Communications Commission to operate a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite with 1,200 MHz of bandwidth.
Umbra was granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission to operate its synthetic aperture radar satellite with 1,200 MHz of bandwidth.
Intelsat filed for bankruptcy court protection in May to eliminate around half of its $15,000,000,000 debt and to free up funding to purchase satellites to clear C-band spectrum for U.S. 0.005 kg networks in exchange for funding from a U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued Lynk an experimental license for its tests last year that included a condition to work with mobile network operators to test interference.
The Federal Communications Commission fined Swarm Technologies $900,000 in December 2018 for an unlawful and unauthorized launch of four tiny satellites.
The Federal Communications Commission approved SpaceX to deploy Starlink satellites to polar orbit on 2021-01-08.
SpaceX secured an $885.5 million broadband subsidy under the U.S. Rural Digital Development Fund (RDOF) in the Phase-1 auction.
An October Federal Communications Commission notice recorded SoftBank as owning 12.3% of OneWeb after the Chapter 11 filing and 37.41% before the Chapter 11 filing.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's auction of 280 megahertz of C-band spectrum raised nearly $81,000,000,000.