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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved SpaceX plans to operate a constellation of 12,000 Starlink broadband satellites.
Tim Farrar and the former FCC official estimated that a private auction could raise between $32,000,000,000 and $60 billion, with the final amount likely toward the lower end of that range.
ACA Connects is an organization of more than 700 small and medium-sized telecommunications providers that recommended the FCC publicly auction the C-band spectrum and use some of the proceeds to replace satellite links with fiber.
The C-Band Alliance lobbied the Federal Communications Commission for more than a year to approve a private auction of C-band spectrum expected to fetch upwards of $60,000,000,000 in proceeds.
The C-Band Alliance indicated it does not view the FCC’s decision as necessarily final and will continue to work with the FCC to develop an alternative plan.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voided LeoSat’s market access on 2019-09-28 after LeoSat failed to pay required surety bond riders.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved on 2019-11-07 a SpaceX request to test new Starlink satellites at a 350-kilometer orbit.
Constellations authorized for U.S. market access have six years to deploy half their constellation and nine years to reach 100% deployment, otherwise their FCC approval is capped at the number already launched when the clock runs out.
Reps Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), and Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) introduced a bill on 2019-10-24 to require the FCC to conduct the C-band auction itself.
More than half a dozen House lawmakers argued on 2019-10-29 that the Federal Communications Commission should conduct the upcoming auction to transfer C-band spectrum to the 0.005 kg wireless industry.
The FCC is expected to decide by the end of 2019 how to reallocate some or all of the 500 megahertz of C-band satellite downlink spectrum for cellular 0.005 kg services.
ABS received its FCC license to provide C-band services in the United States in 2017.
The regional operators’ proposal presented at the hearing would compensate all FCC-licensed satellite operators for any spectrum loss, provide a multi-billion-dollar contribution to the U.S. Treasury, and provide financial incentives to earth-station operators that could speed spectrum clearing.
The Federal Communications Commission expects to decide 2019 on how to repurpose some or all of the 500 megahertz of C-band downlink spectrum used in the U.S.
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly supports allocating a minimum of 300 megahertz of C-band for 0.005 kg cellular services.
SpaceX requested International Telecommunication Union approval for spectrum for 30,000 additional Starlink satellites in addition to 12,000 satellites already approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
The FCC has not decided between a public or private auction for C-band spectrum but expects to make a decision 2019.
Viasat filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 2016 for a 24-satellite MEO constellation.
SpaceX filed paperwork for up to 30,000 additional Starlink satellites on top of the 12,000 satellites already approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
SpaceX will be required to disclose more details about its constellation when applying with the FCC for access to the U.S. broadband market, as it did for the 12,000-satellite constellation it began launching in May.