SpaceX, Commissioners Talk Orbital Debris, MVDDS Spectrum
SpaceX representatives urged approval of its pending modification for new orbital planes for 1,584 planned broadband satellites (see 1909030043), in a meeting with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Geoffrey Starks, Mike O'Rielly and Brendan Carr, per an International Bureau…
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posting Wednesday. It said if the FCC does update its orbital debris rules, they must apply equally to U.S. operators and non-U.S. ones authorized to provide domestic service, or operators will seek other licensing administrations to avoid U.S. rules. The company said Amazon's pending Kuiper constellation application (see 1904040034) should be part of a new processing round. It said the FCC shouldn't allow mobile use of MVDDS spectrum until a coordination strategy is viable.