FCC grants approval for AST SpaceMobile’s launch of first commercial satellites
AST SpaceMobile plans to use terrestrial spectrum from mobile network partners to provide service.
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AST SpaceMobile plans to use terrestrial spectrum from mobile network partners to provide service.
The FCC approved Globalstar's upgrade of its LEO constellation, rejecting a petition from SpaceX to deny the request.
Existing space treaties do not entirely cover recent developments such as commercial and private operations. But with cosmic highways becoming busier than ever, operators and insurers are looking at alternative ...
The Federal Communications Commission set a deadline for satellite operators to clear the spectrum by December 2025.
Despite several challenges including supply chain issues and oversupply, the industry is set to grow by another $110.5bn by 2032.
SES-18 and SES-1 are due to start services in June after using onboard hydrazine-fueled propulsion to reach their geostationary orbital slots.
SES-21 will enable SES to continue delivering C-band broadcast services to millions of American homes and provide critical network communications services.
The approval for Lynk Tower satellites 1 through 10 came with conditions that limit the startups use of radio frequencies to avoid interfering with other operators.
SES-22 is the first to launch six geostationary satellites that SES ordered to migrate broadcast customers into a narrower swath of C-band.
The mission is expected to complete the company's initial research and development programme and facilitate integration testing with mobile network operators around the world.
BlueWalker 3 is a test satellite designed to communicate directly with unmodified cell phones to test AST SpaceMobiles technology and service model.
SpaceX filed the modification request a year ago, asking to move upcoming satellites to an altitude of under 570 km.
