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SpaceX Applies for Dragon Frequencies
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has submitted an application for Special Temporary Authority to the FCC. They request the use of frequencies in the 400 MHz and 2200 MHz bands under the...
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FCC Guidance On Obtaining Licenses For Small Satellites
Image of a CubeSat in Space The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice to provide guidance concerning FCC licensing of spectrum for use by small satellites, including...
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FCC Invites Public Comment on 10-10.5 GHz Petition
The ARRL report the FCC has invited public comment on a Petition for Rule Making (RM-11715) that would make a significant portion of the 10.0 to 10.5 GHz band available for wireless broadband services....
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Galileo GNSS/GPS – FCC to vote on use of signals in USA
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has said it will vote in November on whether to allow U.S. GPS receivers to access the Galileo global navigation satellite system (GNSS). From an Amateur...
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FCC Satellite Related Filings
For easier navigation of US FCC Satellite related filings Luke Rehmann has built an RSS feed of the FCC’s ELS and IBFS systems. The FCC Experimental Licensing System provides companies with temporary...
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FCC rejects AMSAT Orbital Debris Petition
ARRL reports the FCC has rejected a Petition for Reconsideration that AMSAT filed 14 years ago, seeking to exempt Amateur Radio satellites from the FCC’s satellite orbital debris mitigation...
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AMSAT Files Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding
Amateur Radio Satellites – To inspire, engage and educate the next generation AMSAT believes several of FCC’s proposed rule changes concerning orbital debris would have an extremely detrimental affect...
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AMSAT Files Comments Opposing Deletion of 3.4 GHz Band
AMSAT has filed comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes to delete the 3.3 – 3.5 GHz (9 cm) amateur band, including the 3.40 – 3.41 GHz amateur...
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ARRL, AMSAT Seek Changes in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proposals
ARRL Washington Counsel Dave Siddall, K3ZJ, and AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, on April 8, discussed with senior FCC International Bureau staff by telephone the FCC’s draft Report...
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FCC Deletes 3.4 GHz Amateur Satellite Service Allocation
The AMSAT News Service (ANS) reports that at its open meeting on September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order that sunsets Amateur use of the 3.3-3.5 GHz...
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