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Viasat opposes SpaceX’s request for FCC approval to operate a second-generation constellation of nearly 30,000 satellites that would operate between 340 and 614 km in low Earth orbit on environmental grounds.
A U.S. appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s decision on 2022-08-26 to let SpaceX deploy more satellites at lower altitudes to improve the Starlink broadband constellation’s performance.
The FCC’s decision allows SpaceX to operate all its approved Ku-band and Ka-band satellites at around 550 km above the Earth.
SpaceX has separate FCC approval to deploy 7,500 low Earth orbit satellites operating in V-band.
The Federal Communications Commission denied SpaceX $885,000,000 in provisional Rural Digital Opportunity Fund subsidies that covered broadband services for nearly 643,000 homes and businesses in 35 states.
The Federal Communications Commission’s 0.005 kg Fast initiative requires satellite operators such as SES to transition services from the lower 300 MHz to the upper 200 MHz of C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg mobile services.
The expansion of Starlink into areas without wireless connectivity comes weeks after the Federal Communications Commission denied nearly $900,000,000 in subsidies to Starlink for rural broadband expansion.
Brendan Carr, an FCC commissioner, stated on 2022-08-24 that the FCC denied nearly $900,000,000 in rural broadband subsidies to Starlink without legal justification.
The FCC highlighted that Starlink users must purchase a $600 dish in its rationale for denying the RDOF subsidies to SpaceX.
SpaceX disclosed the plan to use a mix of Falcon 9 and Starship rockets for Starlink V2 in an 2022-08-19 letter to the Federal Communications Commission.
The Federal Communications Commission’s 0.005 kg Fast initiative requires satellite operators such as SES to transition services from the lower 300 MHz to the upper 200 MHz of C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg mobile services.
SpaceX has a separate FCC authorization to launch 7,500 V-band satellites for Starlink’s first generation.
The FCC is considering opening up more Ku-band spectrum to non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) operators to improve broadband speeds.
SpaceX was provisionally awarded nearly $900,000,000 in RDOF subsidies in December 2020 after competing in an auction under phase one of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel directed steps to address program design issues originating from the RDOF adoption in 2020, including letters to winning bidders to withdraw funding requests for areas that already have service.
Winners of the RDOF auction were required to submit paperwork to the FCC showing how they planned to deploy services that meet RDOF conditions to receive funds over 10 years.
The Federal Communications Commission set $9,700,000,000 in incentive payments tied to C-band spectrum clearing for cellular 0.005 kg networks.
The Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on 2022-08-03 to seek comment on a proposal to make additional 17 GHz frequencies available to non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) operators.
The FCC previously permitted a similar allocation of 17 GHz spectrum for satellites in higher geostationary orbits (GEO).
The Federal Communications Commission is considering opening up more Ku-band spectrum to Starlink and other non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) operators to improve broadband speeds.