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The FCC decided in 2017 that operators need to launch 50% of their constellations in six years and complete their constellations within nine years of FCC approval, replacing a prior rule that required a full constellation in orbit in six years.
Audacy was founded in 2015 and obtained an FCC spectrum license in 2018.
OneWeb sought to modify its FCC application in March 2018 after the FCC relaxed its deadlines for satellite operators to keep their market access rights.
DirecTV filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that using the battery becomes unavoidable when Spaceway-1 starts experiencing eclipses in geostationary orbit in late February, creating a risk of catastrophic battery failure if the satellite is not relocated and decommissioned by then.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved DirecTV’s 2020-01-19 request to relocate Spaceway-1 into a graveyard orbit above GEO and deferred a decision on allowing the operator to forgo expelling the satellite’s remaining onboard fuel before permanent shutdown.
In December the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a SpaceX modification to fan out Starlink satellites into more 550-kilometer orbits to expand coverage to populated areas more rapidly.
Audacy obtained a Federal Communications Commission license to provide fixed and inter-satellite communications services from a constellation of medium Earth orbit satellites.
On 2019-12-19 the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved SpaceX’s request to increase the number of orbital lanes for Starlink satellites to 72 rings at 550 km.
The FCC approval enables HawkEye 360 to operate six clusters of three satellites to achieve revisit rates of 30 to 50 minutes for pinpointing radio signals.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission granted HawkEye 360 approvals to launch and operate 15 additional radio-frequency-mapping satellites in low Earth orbit.
The FCC license issued 2019-12-10 permits HawkEye 360 to launch up to 80 satellites over 15 years to maintain a constellation of 15 operational spacecraft.
Ligado appeared much closer to gaining approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a 0.005 kg network, which could trigger $300,000,000 in Ligado payments to Inmarsat spread across the remainder of 2019 and into 2020.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission blocked China Mobile’s application to provide cellular services in the U.S. following a negative CFIUS review in 2020.
The C-Band Alliance committed on 2019-11-18 to continue to work cooperatively with the FCC to develop an effective alternative plan to the public auction.
Eutelsat requested in a 2019-11-21 letter to the FCC that some proceeds from the spectrum sale go toward covering satellite operators' transition costs and to provide incentive payments to expedite the spectrum transition to new 0.005 kg users.
On 2019-11-18 the Federal Communications Commission decided to auction off more than half of the 500 megahertz of C-band spectrum currently used by satellite operators so the spectrum can be repurposed for 0.005 kg cellular services.
Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler and SES CEO Steve Collar met with the FCC on 2019-11-25 to discuss how the C-Band Alliance and the FCC could develop an effective plan in the shortest possible timeframe while protecting the interests of users and the rights of companies.
Sens. Roger Wicker and John Thune introduced the 0.005 kg Spectrum Act of 2019 directing the FCC to conduct a public auction of at least 280 megahertz of C-band spectrum to be completed by the end of 2022.
On 2019-11-18, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will propose that the FCC conduct a public auction of 280 megahertz of C-band spectrum currently allocated for satellite communications for use by terrestrial 0.005 kg services.
The House bill Clearing Broad Airwaves for New Deployment (C-BAND Act) would direct the FCC to hold a public auction of between 200 and 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum and makes no provision for compensating current satellite users, stating only that reallocation ensures existing users receive equal or better service.