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The proposed Secure Space Act would bar the FCC from granting licenses to foreign entities deemed a threat to the U.S. supply chain or national security.
The draft streamlining bill would require the FCC to create new performance requirements for space safety and orbital debris.
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel welcomed the bipartisan legislation and acknowledged the need for updated laws to address the current satellite ecosystem.
The FCC would be required to process initial satellite license applications within about a year from submission under the proposed changes.
The streamlining bill seeks to accelerate the FCC's satellite licensing procedures.
The draft bills aim to better equip the FCC for regulating a surge of non-geostationary orbit satellites.
The draft legislation follows the FCC's notice of proposed rule making issued on December 15 to update licensing rules.
The proposed legislation would define deadlines for FCC processing of satellite license applications.
The FCC smallsat rules established in 2019 are designed to enable speedy approval of constellations with no more than 10 satellites.
Lynk Global has a pending Federal Communications Commission license to operate an initial set of satellites under smallsat rules established in 2019.
Telesat no longer expects to be able to deploy half of its planned constellation by 2023-11-03, and will need an extension to meet regulatory commitments with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Current FCC rules tie how NGSO operators share frequencies to factors that include when an NGSO system is first launched and capable of operating in the frequency band under consideration.
The FCC’s proposed rulemaking initially seeks to strengthen spectrum rights for NGSO constellations that were awarded licenses or U.S. market access authority ahead of others.
Amazon is developing the Project Kuiper megaconstellation and secured a license in the FCC’s 2020 NGSO processing round.
The Federal Communications Commission’s campaign to clear C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg applications prompted some geostationary communications satellite operators to revise satellite purchasing plans.
Starlink won bids in the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction to serve more than 600,000 homes.
SpaceX is seeking Federal Communications Commission approval for a second-generation Starlink network of nearly 30,000 satellites.
SpaceX is authorized to operate 4,408 Starlink satellites at approximately 550 km altitude.
Intelsat received a $1,200,000,000 milestone payment from the Federal Communications Commission for clearing part of the C-band spectrum.
SpaceX has launched more than half of the 4,408 satellites that the FCC has authorized for deployment to around 550 km altitude.