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'Joint Effect' Condition Could Delay Kuiper, Amazon Says

Continuing to require that Amazon obtain a "joint effect" finding from the ITU creates uncertainty and delay for its Kuiper constellation, company executives told FCC International Bureau Chief Tom Sullivan, per a bureau ex parte filing Monday. It also imposes…

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a regulatory hurdle on it that other non-geostationary orbit constellations don't face, the company said. Any delay in deciding what to do about Amazon's petition also creates uncertainty for other NGSO operators, it said. Kuiper wants the ITU finding condition to be removed from its 2020 constellation authorization (see 2108090003).