SpaceX Pleased With FCC's Approach in Draft 12 GHz Item
SpaceX supports the draft item on the 12 GHz band teed up for an FCC commissioner vote May 18 (see 2304270077), the company said in meetings with staff for all four commissioners. Starlink launched in late 2020, and “already serves…
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over a million-and-a-half people, both in the United States and around the world” using 12 GHz spectrum, SpaceX said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 20-443. “The draft correctly analyzed the technical data in the record,” the company said: “SpaceX thanked the offices for having already determined that any new uses in the band must protect next-generation satellite and satellite television users from harmful interference and noted how that carries through as the proceeding continues.” Because the draft Further NPRM “takes the unusual approach of not making any proposals, any stakeholders wishing to add new services in the band must include specific proposals, along with specific technical and service rules,” Space X said.