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10
Aug

New Starlink Dishes For Cars, Planes To Carry Radiation Hazard Warning

August 10, 2021
Source https://wccftech.com/new-starlink-dishes-for-cars-planes-to-carry-radiation-hazard-warning/ By Ramish Zafar, Aug 8, 2021 Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Starlink satellite internet service is making progress in delivering internet connectivity to vehicles. SpaceX’s subsidiary, SpaceX Services Inc, also referred to as SpaceX, has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking it to operate brand new user terminals. These terminals, ‘high...
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04
Aug

Second-Gen Starlink Network Promises Faster Speeds, More People Served

August 4, 2021
SpaceX's second-generation Starlink network will be made up of nearly 30,000 satellites—or about 17 times larger than the existing network. https://t.co/eXzhEYqdQh— PCMag (@PCMag) August 3, 2021 SpaceX tells the FCC that Starlink is now serving 90,000 users in 12 countries, up from 69,000 in late June. By Michael Kan August 3, 2021 Hundreds of thousands of...
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18
Jul

NBAA, Coalition Urge Action to Reduce 5G Effects on Radar Altimeters

July 18, 2021
NBAA joined 20 industry and aircraft and avionics manufacturers to tell leaders of @USDOT that the deployment of new 5G cellular systems across the country poses an imminent safety risk facing the U.S. aviation industry and the general public. Read more: https://t.co/JsT57uRhOZ pic.twitter.com/HBSYIlGxBy— NBAA (@NBAA) July 17, 2021 NBAA joined with 20 industry groups and...
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26
May

Viasat asks FCC to halt Starlink launches while it seeks court ruling

May 26, 2021
Viasat asks FCC to halt @SpaceX Starlink launches while it seeks court ruling – SpaceNews https://t.co/mWw8C7rVd3— SpaceNews (@SpaceNews_Inc) May 25, 2021 by Jason Rainbow — May 25, 2021 TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite operator Viasat is asking the FCC to stop SpaceX from launching more Starlink satellites as it heads to court to compel a thorough environmental review of...
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21
May

AVIATION SAFETY IN FOCUS AS FCC EXPANDS 5G

May 21, 2021
May 20, 2021 By Dan Namowitz Source: AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/may/20/aviation-safety-in-focus-as-fcc-expands-5g The wireless communications industry has a “deficient level of understanding” of the threat to radar-altimeter system operation and flight safety posed by “flexible” uses of the 3.7 to 3.98 GHz band, a concern that should prompt the Federal Communications Commission to...
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28
Apr

Dish’s 5G ambitions for 12GHz face a setback

April 28, 2021
Source https://www.lightreading.com/5g/dishs-5g-ambitions-for-12ghz-face-setback/d/d-id/769076 News Analysis MIKE DANO, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies 4/27/2021 The FCC approved a request by SpaceX’s Starlink to make changes to its constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The ruling represents a setback to Starlink competitors like Viasat and Amazon that had argued against the changes, as well as a...
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27
Apr

U.S. FCC approves SpaceX satellite deployment plan

April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021 Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/fcc-votes-approve-spacex-satellite-plan-official-2021-04-27/ Reuters, David Shepardson The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Tuesday it had voted to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy Starlink satellites at a lower earth orbit as part of the company’s push to offer space-based broadband internet service. The decision, which Reuters reported earlier on Tuesday, includes...
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09
Apr

5G: US FCC and South African ICASA signs Memorandum of Understanding

April 9, 2021
The first such MOU between @FCC & a sub-Saharan African nation in more than twenty years, this agreement seeks to increase coordination & the exchange of best practices on fifth generation #5G technologies, network security, & other policy issues. #FCCGov https://t.co/26T0nII3jo— The FCC (@FCC) April 8, 2021
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13
Mar

Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations

March 13, 2021
Source: https://www.geekwire.com/2021/critics-take-aim-spacex-starlink-amazon-kuiper-satellite-constellations/ BY ALAN BOYLE on March 11, 2021 SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb say their satellite mega-constellations will make broadband internet goodness available to billions of people around the world who are unserved or underserved — but some say those promises have to be weighed against the potential perils. These critics cite the risk of catastrophic satellite collisions, concerns about cybersecurity...
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13
Feb

Court May Reverse the FCC’s Radiofrequency Emission Limits Decision

February 13, 2021
Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/article/court-may-reverse-fcc-s-radiofrequency-emission-limits-decision Thursday, February 11, 2021 On Jan. 25, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument on the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC’s) 2020 decision on radiofrequency emission limits (RFE) in which the FCC made a number of procedural changes to its rules but essentially left the RFE limits adopted...
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