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FCC Kicks off C-Band Spectrum Auction for 5G 
The FCC began its 5G spectrum auction of the C-band on Dec. 8, auctioning off C-band spectrum that satellite operators are working to vacate…
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Government/Military
Final AEHF Satellite Transferred to Space Operations Command
The final Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military satellite, which was launched in March, is now under the control of Space Operations Command. The U.S…
Imagery and Sensing
Arianespace to Launch 4 Earth Observation Satellites for Airbus
Arianespace revealed Monday that it signed a contract with Airbus to launch four optical observation satellites for the Composante Optique 3D (CO3D) constellation. These Earth…
Business
Open PNT Industry Alliance Forms With Iridium and 9 Other Companies
Several Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) companies revealed Dec. 3 the formation of a coalition called the Open PNT Industry Alliance, which includes Iridium Communications…
Podcast
SIA’s Therese Jones Chats Zed Factor Fellowship
Therese Jones is the senior director of policy at the Satellite Industry Association (SIA). She works on issues such as universal access to broadband, as…
Broadband
ICYMI: SpaceX Wins $885M in First Phase of FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
SpaceX is one of the top recipients of funds in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), the FCC’s reverse auction working to bridge the digital…


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SpaceX Wins $885M in First Phase of FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
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Demystifying Software-Defined Networks for Satellite
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Democrats win a Majority of U.S. Satellite Industry Employee Donations in 2020 Election
Launch
Australia’s Gilmour Space Partners with Momentus for In-Orbit Transfer on Future Launches 


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2020: A Year of Dramatic Change in the Satellite Industry
Industry-watchers could almost get whiplash looking at how 2020 has progressed. Think about everything that happened just in the first half of the year: the FCC made its final decision on a C-band spectrum clearing offer in February; the pandemic hit the United States and shut down spaceports in March; and the subsequent Intelsat and…
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