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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission set the July 2026 deadline in 2020 when it approved Amazon’s request to operate an estimated $10,000,000,000 constellation of roughly 3,200 internet satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Federal Communications Commission set a 2020 plan asking satellite operators such as SES to clear 280 MHz of C-band spectrum to enable nationwide 0.005 kg mobile services.
Intelsat stands to receive nearly $5,000,000,000 from the Federal Communications Commission if it fully vacates the lower 300 MHz slice of C-band by the FCC deadline of 2023-12-05.
SES stands to receive nearly $4,000,000,000 from the Federal Communications Commission if it clears its C-band spectrum in time.
Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 will support the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s directive to make the lower portion of the C-band spectrum available for 0.005 kg services.
The launches of SES-20 and SES-21 are part of an FCC program to clear a portion of the C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
SES plans to deploy two more satellites by early next year to remain on pace to claim the maximum FCC C-band clearing payout.
The FCC is offering satellite operators nearly $10,000,000,000 in total incentive payments for meeting spectrum-clearing deadlines.
Dish Network uses frequencies in the 12 GHz band to provide linear television programming and is seeking FCC permission to upgrade its license to provide terrestrial 0.005 kg services.
SES is eligible for a maximum of $3,970,000,000 in FCC incentive payments if it fully vacates the lower 300 MHz slice of C-band by 2023-12-05.
Intelsat is eligible for a maximum of $4,900,000,000 in FCC incentive payments if it fully vacates the lower 300 MHz slice of C-band by 2023-12-05.
SES and Intelsat unlocked more than $2,000,000,000 in combined proceeds from the FCC after meeting the regulator’s first major C-band clearing deadline last year.
The launches of SES-20 and SES-21 are part of an FCC program to clear a portion of C-band spectrum to enable 0.005 kg deployment across the contiguous United States.
SES launched SES-20 and SES-21 as part of an FCC program to clear a portion of C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
United Launch Alliance provided launch services for SES’s C-band transition effort to meet the FCC objective to deploy 0.005 kg service across the U.S.
SpaceX requested that the Federal Communications Commission reject the proposed terrestrial 0.005 kg plans in the 12 GHz band.
SES is funding the C-band replacement satellites with proceeds from the FCC’s C-band auction that raised more than $80,000,000,000.
Satellite operators are required to transition existing services from the lower 300 MHz to the upper 200 MHz of C-band spectrum to make room for 0.005 kg under the FCC mandate.
The launch of SES-20 and SES-21 is part of an FCC program to clear a portion of C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
Lynk Global received the world’s first satellite-direct-to-phone commercial license from the Federal Communications Commission.