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OCT 7 1 ITEM

00:00 ET FCC Sets Oct 29 Vote On 25 MHz D2D Auction And 482 MHz More Satellite-To-Phone Spectrum On October 7 FCC Chairman Brendan Carr put two direct-to-device proposals on the October 29 agenda: a 25 MHz auction in the 1675–1695 and 2020–2025 MHz bands for 5G, D2D or both... FCC DTC Regulatory SpaceX

OCT 6 1 ITEM

00:00 ET FCC Grants SpaceX 15,000-Satellite Direct-to-Device Constellation License On October 6 the FCC granted-in-part SpaceX’s application for a new 15,000-satellite direct-to-device constellation at 326–335 km, with U.S. SCS/MSS on EchoStar spectrum and dir... FCC DTC Regulatory SpaceX

OCT 5 1 ITEM

00:00 ET SpaceX Seeks Florida Approval For 32.4-Mile Gas Pipeline To Fuel Cape Starship Launches SpaceX subsidiary Coastal Connect Services asked Florida regulators to approve a 32.4-mile gas pipeline to fuel Starship launches at Cape Canaveral, Reuters and Bloomberg report... FLORIDAPSC Regulatory SpaceX Starship

SEP 30 1 ITEM

20:00 ET FCC Votes To Exclude Space Activities From NEPA Reviews, Opens 1,000+ MHz Spectrum The FCC voted on September 30 to exclude the space activities it regulates from National Environmental Policy Act reviews, treating launch, deployment and spacecraft operations ... X fcc Regulatory Spectrum

SEP 29 2 ITEMS

20:00 ET FAA Draft Assessment Would Raise Blue Origin New Glenn Cap From 12 To 50 Launches A Year Spaceflight Now reported on September 29 that the FAA released a draft environmental assessment for Blue Origin's request to raise New Glenn's licensed cadence at Launch Complex... FAA Blue Origin New Glenn Regulatory 20:00 ET SpaceX Reportedly Files Pecan Island Permit For 15.5-Mile Haul Road, Wharves And Dredging Louisiana watcher @thelacoast reported early on September 29 that a large permit application was filed for SpaceX's planned Starbase site at Pecan Island: a 15.5-mile heavy-haul... X Regulatory SpaceX Starbase

JUL 6 1 ITEM

20:00 ET FCC Announces July 22 Vote on "Licensing Assembly Line" ChairmanBrendan Carr announced a new order for a vote at the July 22 open meeting that will create a "Licensing Assembly Line" to support the commercial space economy, per the o... X Regulatory legal fcc satellite licensing

APR 30 1 ITEM

00:00 ET FCC Replaces 26-Year-Old EPFD Framework With Performance-Based NGSO Rules The FCC unanimously adopted Report and Order FCC 26-26 on April 30, replacing the legacy EPFD framework with performance-based GSO protection criteria. The Commission's own anal... FCC Regulatory Spectrum Starlink

APR 26 1 ITEM

00:00 ET FCC Set to Vote Apr 30 on Replacing EPFD Rules; Up to 7x Capacity Lift Expected The FCC is scheduled to vote on April 30 on a Report and Order that replaces decades-old satellite spectrum-sharing rules with a modern performance-based regime in the bands Sta... SATNEWS Regulatory

APR 23 1 ITEM

00:00 ET FCC DA 26-398 Dismisses SpaceX and Three Other MSS Petitions; Preserves Globalstar and Iridium Big LEO Exclusivity FCC order DA 26-398 dismissed with prejudice SpaceX's RM-11975 petition on the Big LEO 1.6/2.4 GHz NGSO MSS sharing plan, Iridium's parallel petition, Kepler's market-access app... FCC Regulatory SpaceX Spectrum