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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The Federal Communications Commission adopted streamlined licensing procedures earlier in 2020 intended to make it cheaper for smallsat ventures to launch commercial operations.
SpaceX filed with the Federal Communications Commission on 2020-10-15 that the company had successfully launched and operated nearly 300 additional satellites without a failure since an earlier report.
The Federal Communications Commission awarded Microsoft an experimental license in early September 2020 to download data from Urthecast’s Deimos-2 Earth observation satellite.
The Federal Communications Commission requires winning bidders from its December C-band auction to cover the cost of replacement satellites for operators vacating the spectrum.
On 2020-06-23, SpaceX notified the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that nine Starlink satellites had suffered diminished maneuvering capability above injection and that another five had been deorbited either to test the de-orbit process or because the satellites were not performing optimally.
Intelsat ordered Galaxy-30 before the Federal Communications Commission had decided to auction 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum and require satellite operators to vacate the spectrum.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has $20,400,000,000 allocated for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund subsidies.
Swarm Technologies won Federal Communications Commission approval to offer global internet-of-things service with a constellation of 150 SpaceBee satellites.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved Amazon’s request on 2020-07-30 to operate a constellation of roughly 3,200 internet satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Federal Communications Commission granted Ligado a modification to its L-band spectrum license on 2020-04-20 to allow the company to build a terrestrial 0.005 kg wireless network.
Intelsat reversed course in February after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced a $9,700,000,000 incentive program for C-band operators.
OneWeb filed a proposal with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in May seeking to increase its constellation by 48,000 satellites.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on 2020-06-23 denied a motion by ABS, Hispasat and Arsat to stay the Federal Communications Commission’s C-band auction.
The Federal Communications Commission will allow low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellations to compete for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund subsidies as a low-latency service effective 2020-06-09.
A bipartisan group of senators asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai in a 2020-06-04 letter to provide a detailed account of how the agency arrived at the decision to approve Ligado’s use of a portion of the L-band spectrum to build a 0.005 kg wireless network.
OneWeb submitted plans with the Federal Communications Commission on 2020-05-27 to increase its constellation by 48,000 satellites.
The Federal Communications Commission’s 2020-04-20 ruling approved Ligado’s use of a portion of the L-band spectrum to build a 0.005 kg wireless network.
SES proposed a low Earth orbit constellation to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on 2020-05-26 to seek U.S. market access for that system.
Viasat is willing to build a consumer broadband constellation of 288 satellites in low Earth orbit if it can obtain a share of a $20,400,000,000 universal broadband fund the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is preparing to roll out later in 2020.
The Federal Communications Commission defended its 2020-05-27 decision to approve Ligado Networks’ use of a portion of the L-band spectrum despite opposition from the Pentagon and other government agencies.