Galaxia announced the agreement with Impulso.Space on February 5, 2026.

The FCC is retrofitting its internal processes to manage high-volume satellite licensing and expects operators to standardize filings to match that cadence.

A licensing system designed for a few television satellites cannot efficiently process thousands of low-Earth orbit broadband nodes.

Government officials are preparing for the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027 to address international coordination issues.

The FCC is establishing rigid technical envelopes for power levels, orbital debris, and spectrum usage to streamline approvals.

The FCC Space Bureau is pivoting its operational philosophy from adjudication to mass production.

Dr. Jay Schwarz is Chief of the Federal Communications Commission Space Bureau.

The FCC Space Bureau is removing requirements for operators to file requests for minor operational adjustments after licensing.

Nations are registering hundreds of thousands of theoretical assets in filings to claim spectrum priority at international coordination bodies.

The FCC intends to approve applications that fall within its pre-set technical parameters with minimal friction.

Filings from Rwanda and China individually exceed the total number of objects currently in orbit.

The number of licenses or license requests submitted to the FCC Space Bureau has increased by over 200%.

The Presumed Acceptable Framework anchors the FCC’s approach to processing satellite applications.

Eighty percent of the agenda items for WRC-27 are related to space.

The SmallSat Symposium session on global space regulations was held in Mountain View.

The FCC characterizes the artisanal licensing model as obsolete for operators deploying constellations in the thousands.

The TSS concept required a tether approximately 20 kilometers long to generate several kilowatts of electrical power.

The Tethered Satellite System (TSS) was conceived by Professor Giuseppe Colombo to exploit shuttle velocity and the Earth's magnetic field to generate electrical power in space.

Umberto Guidoni launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-75 on 22 February 1996 and returned from that flight on 9 March 1996.

Umberto Guidoni participated in the STS-100 mission in 2001 and was the first European astronaut to visit the International Space Station.

Participation in Fly Future 2026 is open to all subject to online registration and purchase of a pass valid for both days.

Fly Future 2026 is organized by Ifimedia, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, and Mediarkè in collaboration with ENAV.

Maurizio Cheli became an astronaut with the European Space Agency after a career as a pilot and test pilot in the Italian Air Force.

Fly Future 2026 will be held on 12 and 13 February 2026 at the Macroarea di Ingegneria of the Università di Roma Tor Vergata.

Fly Future 2026 will include a conference titled "Lavorare nello spazio. Il futuro delle attività spaziali, tra nuove stazioni orbitanti e missioni sulla Luna" scheduled for Friday, 13 February 2026.

The STS-75 mission carried the Italian tethered satellite experiment TSS-1R and performed the second test of that tethered satellite during the flight.

Fly Future 2026 will host an exhibition area with desks from approximately 25 aerospace companies and associations.

Fly Future 2026 will feature eleven conferences and seminars with participation from civilian and military pilots, flight school managers, aerospace industry executives, and other professionals and experts.

Maurizio Cheli and Umberto Guidoni will participate in the Fly Future 2026 conference on 13 February 2026.

Fly Future 2026 sponsors include Aeroitalia, Urbe Aero Flight Academy, Avio, Quick Turn Engine Center Europe, and ITS Academy for Sustainable Mobility and Aerospace Puglia.

Fly Future 2026 will include two aeromodelling exhibits: one on aircraft used by the Frecce Tricolori over 65 years and one on historic Alitalia aircraft.

Fly Future 2026 partners include Professional Aviation Academy, Cantor Air, Aeroitalia Aviation Academy, FlyBy Aviation Academy, Aero Club di Roma, Mobilita ITS Academy Lombardia, and ITS Meccatronico Lazio Academy.

Maurizio Cheli launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-75 on 22 February 1996 and returned from that flight on 9 March 1996.

Further information about Fly Future 2026 is available at www.flyfuture.it.

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker ASTS.

AST SpaceMobile plans to launch BlueBird 7 aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket no earlier than late February 2026.

BlueBird 6 is the first of AST SpaceMobile’s larger production satellites to reach full operational configuration in 2026.

The successful unfolding of BlueBird 6 provides technical validation for AST SpaceMobile’s 95% vertically integrated manufacturing process.

AST SpaceMobile’s manufacturing capacity goal is to build six satellites per month.

AST SpaceMobile is building a constellation intended to provide intermittent nationwide service in the United States with support from AT&T and Verizon.

BlueBird 6 successfully unfolded its satellite antenna.

BlueBird 6 uses AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation Block 2 architecture for the company’s direct-to-device cellular broadband network.

AST SpaceMobile currently operates 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space in Texas to support its satellite production.

Abel Avellan is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of AST SpaceMobile.

AST SpaceMobile has a year-end goal of placing 45 to 60 satellites in orbit to transition from intermittent to continuous cellular broadband service.

AST SpaceMobile aims to enable continuous cellular broadband service across the United States, Europe, and Japan by late 2026 if it reaches its 45-to-60-satellite goal.

The New Glenn mission carrying BlueBird 7 is expected to carry multiple satellites to accelerate AST SpaceMobile’s deployment rate.

AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites represent a significant leap in capacity over the original BlueBird 1–5 satellites.

BlueBird 6 launched in late December 2025.

Shares of AST SpaceMobile climbed as much as 6.9% in premarket trading on Wednesday, Feb. 11.