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The Pentagon will formally appeal the Federal Communications Commission’s unanimous 2020-04-20 approval of Ligado’s proposal to create a cellular network by repurposing a portion of radio spectrum adjacent to GPS.
The Department of Defense received a draft of the FCC’s order in October and immediately rejected the draft.
Cyrus Capital characterized an Intelsat bankruptcy as potentially jeopardizing up to $4,860,000,000 in FCC incentive payments for the rapid clearing of 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum.
Intelsat has until 2020-05-29 to decide whether it will participate in the FCC’s accelerated spectrum clearing program.
Ligado received Federal Communications Commission approval on 2020-04-20 to build a network of signal transmitters across the United States.
The FCC on 2020-04-20 approved Ligado’s use of electromagnetic spectrum in the L-band adjacent to the spectrum used by the GPS constellation.
Viasat is the last of 12 companies to receive an FCC license or market access since the agency began a processing round in 2016.
FCC commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks supported the expert technical analysis performed by the FCC’s engineering staff.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr argued that America’s economic and national security depend on the private sector building the strongest 0.005 kg platform in the world.
The FCC conditioned Viasat’s market access on Viasat avoiding interference to U.S.-licensed geostationary satellites that could inadvertently receive its MEO transmissions.
The Departments of State and Justice support the FCC vote to license Ligado as a step in developing domestic 0.005 kg communications capabilities.
Boeing withdrew its FCC applications for constellations sized at 60 satellites and 2,956 satellites in 2018 and therefore did not receive approval.
Viasat received Federal Communications Commission approval on 2020-04-23 to provide connectivity service in the U.S. with a medium-Earth-orbit constellation licensed in the Netherlands.
The Federal Communications Commission voted on 2020-04-23 to require more safety disclosures from satellite operators seeking licenses and U.S. market access.
A proposed indemnification requirement and a performance bond that could reach $100,000,000 for megaconstellation operators that fail to properly dispose of their satellites were withdrawn from the FCC’s 2020-04-23 vote.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will continue to work with private companies and other government agencies to finalize orbital debris regulations that were not accepted on 2020-04-23.
SpaceX has Federal Communications Commission permission to operate nearly 1,600 Ku- and Ka-band satellites at an altitude of 550 km.
The Federal Communications Commission approved on 2020-04-20 for Ligado Networks to use electromagnetic spectrum in the L-band adjacent to the spectrum used by the GPS constellation.
A half-dozen satellite operators urged the FCC to delay or reject SpaceX’s December 2023 request for more 550-kilometer orbital lanes.
SpaceX is asking the FCC for permission to operate all 4,400 of its first-generation Starlink satellites at much lower altitudes than previously planned.