Focus: Spectrum

As the satellite industry moves into a multi-orbit era with numerous constellations in Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO), it faces the unchanging reality that spectrum is a finite resource. The FCC, tasked...

The FCC on Friday approved Lynk Global’s license for satellite direct-to-cell service, approval that will allow Lynk to launch commercial services later this year.  Lynk has six satellites in space...

PARIS — The satellite industry is facing opportunity and danger — danger in terms of regulations, Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg cautioned Monday during a fireside chat at World Satellite Business...

A report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Ligado Networks found that Ligado’s network plans will not cause harmful interference to most GPS receivers, but will...

A bipartisan group of eight senators sent a letter to the FCC this week, asking the commission to reconsider Ligado Networks license modification request due to potential GPS interference.  Ligado...

The FCC and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) signed an MoU on Tuesday to strengthen collaboration between the agencies on spectrum coordination. There was an existing MoU on this...

A new Euroconsult report that analyzed C-band frequency use found that demand for extended C-band capacity is on a declining trend, and demand is expected to decline as well.  Euroconsult...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) rolled out a new Spectrum Coordination Initiative on Tuesday to improve U.S. government coordination on spectrum management and...

Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee are circulating two pieces of draft legislation that seeks to modernize the FCC’s satellite licensing rules. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and...

A number of satellite operators and NASA submitted comments to the FCC this week, taking issue with SpaceX’s proposed modifications to its second generation Starlink constellation (Gen2).  SES, Viasat, OneWeb,...