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Terrestar signed an MoU with Equatys founders Space42 and Viasat to link its planned CaStar constellation. Jason Trembley explained why Canada can’t go it alone.
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NTIA’s Scott Patrick says the congressional mandate to find 500 MHz of federal spectrum is the agency’s primary job, and it is starting with the bands that are easiest to clear.
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Ahead of an open commission meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 29, 2026, wireless carriers AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have mounted a joint regulatory campaign urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) […]
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In an interview published Sunday, October 18, 2026, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Andrew Puzder warned that Brussels will face severe American retaliation if it proceeds with proposals […]
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Amid escalating debates over orbital market access and direct-to-device connectivity, the Indian government has reinforced strict regulatory and national security barriers that continue to hold foreign mega-constellations—most notably SpaceX’s Starlink—at […]
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Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 2-1 to codify an order confirming that satellite licensing operations are categorically excluded from environmental review […]
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The outgoing director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau said at World Space Business Week in Paris that he expects the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference to produce a regulatory framework for direct-to-device services in mobile bands. The GSMA counts 151 operators with satellite services live, in testing or planned, and no settled business model.
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On Sept. 21, 2026, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr confirmed that the regulatory agency projects raising over $100 billion (€87.1 billion) for the U.S. Treasury through a series […]
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Cowboy Space's 20,000-satellite Stampede filing implies 400,000 tonnes of hardware against a 3,193-tonne launch year. The FCC has no field for mass.
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On August 31, 2026, SpaceX submitted a petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting that regulators block or attach strict operational conditions to a proposed satellite deployment by geostationary […]
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