WRC-23 Opens Door to 17 GHz NGSO Allocation: Kuiper, SpaceX
SpaceX and Amazon's Kuiper are jointly lobbying the FCC for expanded satellite use of the 17.3-17.8 GHz band. In a docket 20-330 filing Tuesday, they recapped a meeting with FCC Space Bureau staffers where they urged a non-geostationary orbit fixed…
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satellite service downlink allocation in the 17 GHz band. They said that while geostationary orbit operators had asked the FCC to delay considering NGSO use in the band until after the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference, the adoption of an NGSO allocation at WRC-23 (see 2312150012) "moots any arguments" for inaction. At an FCBA event Tuesday, the Space Bureau said finalizing rules for NGSO use of the 17 GHz band was a 2024 priority (see 2401230043).