OneWeb, CEO Criticize SpaceX Modification Applications
SpaceX is showing "utter disregard" of FCC process for reviewing applications by asking for special temporary authority to modify orbital planes of its planned constellation while it has a pending modification application to do that, OneWeb said in an International…
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Bureau filing Thursday. It said the record shows non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) operators raising concerns about STA approval. SpaceX didn't comment Friday. OneWeb CEO Adrian Steckel also met with Commissioner Geoffrey Starks to urge approval of its modification application that has been pending 19 months, said a posting Friday. OneWeb said regulatory treatment of competitors should be equal, noting SpaceX's first modification application was acted on after six months (see 1904260071) and the FCC is considering a second. OneWeb also raised concerns about Amazon's proposed NGSO Kuiper constellation coming more than 2.5 years after the Ku-/Ka-band NGSO processing round. It argued against opening the 12 GHz band to two-way wireless service, as sought by the MVDDS 5G Coalition (see 1604260068), given the band's importance to NGSO.