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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SpaceX received Federal Communications Commission approval to operate a portion of its megaconstellation in a 550-kilometer orbit instead of the originally planned 1,150-kilometer altitude.
SpaceX filed for a Federal Communications Commission communications license for its crewed test flight expecting that flight to take place within a six-month period starting 2019-11-01.
Approximately 20,000 satellites are expected for megaconstellations and about 13,000 satellites have been approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued a public notice on 2019-05-03, requesting more input on repurposing C-band spectrum.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission adopted 2017 rules requiring constellation operators to launch half their approved number of satellites within six years of receiving U.S. market access and the full constellation within nine years.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is asking for more input on how to expand use of the C-band spectrum predominantly used by satellite operators.
Intelsat’s capital expenditure plans do not include the four satellites the company said it will buy if the U.S. Federal Communications Commission accepts the C-Band Alliance’s plan for selling up to 180 megahertz of C-band spectrum.
Space Norway received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 2017 to provide communications services in the United States.
In a November 2018 license application to the Federal Communications Commission, SpaceX planned test flights of Starhopper initially to as high as 500 m and later to as high as 5,0 m.
The budget plan delivered to Congress on 2020-03-11 proposes giving the Federal Communications Commission authority to assign spectrum frequencies between 1675 and 1680 MHz for wireless broadband use subject to sharing arrangements with federal weather satellites.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission began auctioning radio frequency spectrum for 0.005 kg on 2019-03-14.
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to allow next-generation 0.005 kg signals in a swath of satellite spectrum known as C-band while the agency has not decided how much spectrum or by what process those 0.005 kg signals will be allowed.
The Federal Communications Commission fined Swarm $900,000 in December and required the company to implement new regulatory compliance measures.
Swarm launched four SpaceBee satellites without a Federal Communications Commission license in January 2018 on an Indian PSLV rocket.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a 117-satellite Ka-band system for Telesat in 2017.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved another 117-satellite system for Telesat in the V-band in 2018.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission had not decided how much C-band to open up prior to the partial government shutdown that idled most federal agencies for five weeks.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission fined Swarm Technologies $900,000 for launching four satellites on an Indian rocket in January without authorization.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission fined Swarm Technologies $900,000 and required the company to designate a regulatory compliance director.
SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission on 2018-11-19 seeking an experimental license to support communications with the Starship hopper during upcoming flights.