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The congressional leaders stated that they support the development of 0.005 kg networks but that Ligado’s proposal is not essential to winning the 0.005 kg competition with China.
The FCC imposed a 99.3% reduction in Ligado’s signal power levels and introduced a 23-megahertz guard band separating Ligado signals from those used by GPS satellites.
Ligado Networks seeks to repurpose a swath of L-band spectrum for a 0.005 kg network focused mainly on connecting smart devices and other internet-of-things sensors.
Ligado operates one geostationary satellite called SkyTerra-1 that covers all of North America plus Hawaii.
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.
Ligado Networks is seeking the 1675 to 1680 MHz band along with other frequencies for a planned 0.005 kg wireless network linking cell towers with its SkyTerra-1 satellite.
A 2018 Ligado video proposes that moving GOES data to a cloud-based network would expand access to the data and free up spectrum for 0.005 kg networks.
EXPLORER MSAT-G3 combines Cobham SATCOM’s Push-to-Talk technology, the Ligado Networks SkyTerra 1 satellite, and ViaSat’s low-latency, IP-based L-band Mobile Satellite Services network.