SpaceX Gets Limited OK for SCS Service Testing
The FCC Space Bureau approved a SpaceX modification of its second-generation constellation authorization that would allow with strict limits supplemental coverage from space (SCS) over personal communication service G-block spectrum (see 2302080001). Under the authorization, the company can operate in…
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the 1910-1915 MHz and 1990-1995 MHz bands "for limited on-orbit check out of the antennas immediately following deployment of each satellite for a period of 10 days or less." Last week the company told the commission it hopes to launch and operate 840 satellites with direct-to-cellphone device capability over the next six months, with the numbers growing beyond that as it looks to offer commercial SCS service next year.