August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
... earlier this year during India’s launch of four Swarm Technologies (USA) satellites which did not have FCC authorisation. It is debatable which State will agree to be the State of registry in this case. There may be cases where...
January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
...network of satellites. SpaceX has also submitted a redesign of the Starlink constellation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which would involve launching the satellites into a lower orbit - and involve a modification of its International...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
...and equally as important, is the shared environment of spectrum. In the last year, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 5G operators will be able to use frequencies within C-band to deliver their services. C-band is currently...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
...the airline and cruise industries are being negatively impacted by COVID-19. That said, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials recently confirmed that the C-Band spectrum auction for 5G communication networks remains on track. A successful...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... a potential challenge under the 1970 US National Environmental Policy Act given the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) approval of SpaceX’s applications for the satellites, and relates to the developing Right to a Healthy Environment under...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
... that the estimated number of satellites could be 50,000 by 2030 and with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) now requiring satellite operators in low-Earth orbit to dispose of their satellites...
