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V-Band Authorization Needed for 2024 Launch Plan: AST SpaceMobile

The FCC needn't wait for international harmonization via the ITU and can instead lead on mobile supplemental coverage from space globally, with other jurisdictions then able to follow the agency's lead, AST SpaceMobile representatives told an aide to Commissioner Nathan…

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Simington, per a Space Bureau filing Monday. It urged the agency to allow SCS operations involving non-nationwide licenses as long as the applicant can make an adequate interference showing. It reaffirmed it plans to launch its first five commercial satellites in Q1 2024 but said obtaining V-band authority beforehand "is critical" to that.