Lite Coms' Ku-band terminal supports multiple LEO platforms.

Lite Coms' KA cart is Lite Coms' newest product.

Lite Coms is developing a CART combined or KUK cart combined product.

Lite Coms' Lite Sat 1.3 terminal is certified on multiple constellations.

Lite Coms designs its products to provide tactical, multi-orbit connectivity for U.S. government customers such as the Marines.

Lite Coms' Lite Sat 1.3 terminal operates across MEO, GEO, and HEO.

Lite Coms wants its next platform to provide Ku, Ka, and K in one single platform.

Lite Coms' Lite Sat 1.3 terminal can be packed into three cases and is airline-checkable.

The U.S. Marine Corps' NATAM network-on-the-move program is moving from small parabolic antennas toward flat-panel electronically steered antennas.

Lite Coms' KA cart supports GEO, LEO, and MEO connectivity for the Empower network.

Lite Coms' CART mini KU can support OneWeb or SpaceX LEO networks, as well as GEO and LTE networks.

Lite Coms offers Ku- and Ka-band terminals certified on different networks.

Lite Coms' CART mini KU has an option for an external third modem hookup.

The FCC adopted a new framework for Equivalent Power Flux Density that governs spectrum sharing between GEO and NGSO systems.

EPFD limits are not on the formal agenda for WRC-27.

Commissioner Olivia Trusty said the new EPFD framework could strengthen the United States’ position on global spectrum harmonization through the ITU process.

The FCC expects the EPFD order to improve spectrum sharing for NGSO systems while protecting ongoing GSO operations.

The FCC’s EPFD change moved ahead of international regulation at the International Telecommunication Union, which has not taken action on these limits.

All three FCC commissioners voted to adopt the EPFD order on April 30.

The FCC’s new EPFD framework moves away from rigid EPFD limits in the Ku- and Ka-downlink bands toward good-faith coordination and short- and long-term protection criteria.

Astranis requested additional reference links to ensure its operations are protected.

The FCC’s EPFD order adopts performance-based Geosynchronous protection criteria and expects satellite operators to exchange technical information and coordinate in good faith.

Eutelsat supported SES’s request for an additional notice of proposed rulemaking on total NGSO-GSO interference.

At WRC-23, Amazon and SpaceX urged the conference to adopt a future agenda item to study and potentially update EPFD limits.

The FCC said the EPFD changes could increase space-based broadband capacity by seven times and enable faster speeds and lower costs for consumers.

DirecTV urged the FCC to increase the minimum GSO arc avoidance angle.

The Commercial Space Federation, Open Technology Institute at New America, and Progressive Policy Institute supported the FCC’s EPFD rule change.

SES asked the FCC to issue an additional notice of proposed rulemaking to address an aggregate limit on total NGSO-GSO interference.

Studies of EPFD limits will continue through 2027, but they are not intended to lead to regulatory action at WRC-27.

SpaceX and Amazon supported the FCC’s EPFD rule change.

The kitchen system must include a device for filtering fats from wastewater.

CNES wants the space kitchen to support missions that could last up to three years.

The prototype will be installed at CNES facilities in Toulouse for a five-year test period.

The kitchen prototype must fit within a footprint of 2 meters wide, 2.3 meters high, and 2.3 meters deep.

CNES has issued a call to design, develop, and install a fully functional kitchen for future long-duration crewed missions to Mars and other deep-space destinations.

CNES plans to grow at least 50% of the crew’s nutritional needs on board using microgreens, root vegetables, and mushrooms.

The project is named Onboard Kitchen for Space Exploration.

The call was published on April 21 and was open to European industry.

The kitchen prototype must include a 1-meter entrance door.

Onboard Kitchen for Space Exploration is part of CNES’s Spaceship France program.

The kitchen system must operate in a hostile environment without degradation for five years.

Eutelsat’s OneWeb is one of only two fully operational LEO networks in the world and the only European operator.

Eutelsat is adding MaiaSpace as a complementary launch option alongside its existing launch partners.

MaiaSpace’s Maia launcher has a 3.5-meter-diameter fairing and can launch up to 4 tonnes into inclined orbits.

Eutelsat is integrating MaiaSpace’s launch solution into its LEO constellation deployment strategy.

Eutelsat’s OneWeb network provides global high-speed, low-latency connectivity and focuses on the professional B2B market.

Eutelsat’s OneWeb network has 650 satellites in 12 synchronized orbital planes at 1,200 km above Earth.

MaiaSpace aims to perform 20 launches per year from an existing launch pad in French Guiana by the beginning of the next decade.

MaiaSpace plans to use both reusable and non-reusable versions of its launcher.

MaiaSpace’s launch services are intended to support the deployment and replenishment of broadband satellite constellations.