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SES is participating in an FCC program to clear C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
The proposed FCC framework would establish ground rules for SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile, Lynk Global, and other satellite companies seeking permission to provide direct-to-device services using spectrum from terrestrial mobile partners.
SES stands to receive $3,970,000,000 in total incentive payments from the FCC if it can move customers and filter antennas on the ground in time to clear the frequencies by 2022-12-05.
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the proposed framework was approved by all four FCC commissioners on 2023-03-16.
SES and Intelsat have unlocked more than $2,000,000,000 in combined proceeds by meeting the FCC’s initial incentive payment milestone in 2021.
SES’s C-band transition plan supports the Federal Communications Commission’s program to clear C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
Lynk Global CEO Charles Miller supports the proposed FCC framework as a path for Lynk to acquire landing rights in the United States via a mobile network operator.
All costs related to the C-band clearing are eligible for reimbursement using proceeds the Federal Communications Commission raised in 2021 from auctioning off the frequencies to wireless operators.
Approval of the updated orbital debris mitigation plan satisfies a condition of the FCC’s 2020 conditional grant for Kuiper Systems LLC to deploy and operate its NGSO system.
The Federal Communications Commission granted, subject to conditions, Kuiper Systems LLC’s application to modify its license for a non-geostationary orbit satellite constellation.
The Federal Communications Commission previously approved Project Kuiper in 2020 subject to an updated mitigation plan.
Amazon received initial FCC clearance for its Ka-band Project Kuiper constellation in 2020 on the condition that it secure regulatory approval for an updated orbital debris mitigation plan.
The FCC grant for Kuiper follows SpaceX’s conditional approval to launch up to a quarter of a proposed 30,000-satellite Starlink Gen2 constellation.
The Federal Communications Commission approved Amazon’s plan on 2023-02-08 to deploy and operate 3,236 broadband satellites subject to conditions that include measures for avoiding collisions in low Earth orbit.
Federated Wireless has been conditionally approved as an AFC system operator by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
An order approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in September 2022 requires spacecraft licensed by the FCC or seeking U.S. market access to deorbit within five years.
The Federal Communications Commission granted a license on 2023-12-02 allowing SpaceX to deploy one quarter of a planned 30,000-satellite Gen2 Starlink system while deferring consideration of the remainder.
Dish Network appealed the Gen2 Starlink FCC license on 2024-01-03, on the grounds that Gen2 Starlink satellites would create unacceptable interference for Dish’s direct-to-home television signals in the 12-gigahertz band.
Lynk Global’s satellites are covered by the world’s first and only commercial satellite-direct-to-standard-phone license from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission received in September 2022.
Meteorologists are concerned about competing claims for spectrum following the Federal Communications Commission's auction of spectrum during the Trump Administration.