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Space Station Work Needs RF Device Clarity: Axiom

With its plans to start building a private addition to the International Space Station starting in February, Axiom Space needs FCC relief because the agency's current certification on RF devices isn't sufficient to take customer-furnished communications equipment into space, company…

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officials said. In speaking with officials including Office of Engineering and Technology acting Chief Ron Repasi, Axiom sought guidance for integrating communications on payloads owned by internationally represented entities, per a docket 13-115 post Monday. Longer term, there should be a “light-touch” regulatory environment for on-orbit services where licensing supports the growing commercial space sector, Axiom said.