Terra Bella Gets Telemetry Downlink OKs as NGSO Constellation Nears Launch
With four Terra Bella Technologies commercial remote-sensing satellites scheduled for launch Thursday, the company received FCC International Bureau OK for short-term modification of the telemetry downlink frequencies to be used while they're brought into service after launch. The bureau Wednesday…
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approved the request to use 8374.5, 8374.75, 8375.25 and 8375.5 MHz for telemetry transmissions until routine communications links with SkySat-4, SkySat-5, SkySat-6 and SkySat-7 are established -- a period of perhaps two weeks, Terra Bella said. The bureau in August approved the former Skybox Imaging's application for authorization to operate a non-geostationary orbit earth exploration satellite service system with the launch of 13 additional satellites atop SkySat-1 and SkySat-2, already in orbit.