TerreStar SCS Criticisms Flimsy, Say SpaceX, T-Mobile
Concerns raised by Dish Network's TerreStar about joint SpaceX/T-Mobile plans to offer mobile service supplemental coverage from space (SCS) (see 2305310034) largely parrot Dish's own petition except when it raises specious new arguments, SpaceX said Monday in docket 23-135. "Apparently…
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DISH was dissatisfied with the flimsiness of its initial petitions," SpaceX said, denying the SCS service with T-Mobile would reduce the amount of spectrum available to terrestrial operators. Also critical of the TerreStar petition, T-Mobile said it and SpaceX aren't asking for additional spectrum to be dedicated for SCS use, and thus there won't be any impact on the amount of spectrum terrestrial services can access. It said TerreStar's argument the FCC should focus on supporting use of existing mobile satellite service allocations to provide SCS services is moot since consumer devices today don't support MSS spectrum. SpaceX hasn't offered anything in the record to demonstrate its plans to modify its second-generation constellation to add a mobile satellite service system for SCS provision (see 2302080001) is feasible without resulting in harmful interference to their 2 GHz operations and plans, Dish Network and EchoStar told FCC personnel last week, recapping a meeting with an aide to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and a separate meeting with the Space Bureau.