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SpaceX, T-Mobile Challenge SCS Interference Claims at FCC

SpaceX use of T-Mobile's PCS G Block spectrum for mobile supplemental coverage from space won't cause satellite in-band interference, and cross-border and adjacent band users will be protected, representatives of the companies told FCC Space and Wireless Bureau staffers, per…

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a docket 23-135 filing Thursday. They said Omnispace claims of likely uplink interference (see 2305190057) were based on faulty assumptions and aggregate interference of SpaceX's SCS downlink to Omnispace uplink will be well below internal noise power. They said SpaceX's system is designed to dynamically avoid international borders and will comply with out-of-band emissions limits. While claiming they won't be the cause of interference, the companies don't give any evidence to back that, Omnispace Chief Regulatory and International Strategy Officer Mindel de la Torre told us. Their internal noise power claims similarly don't come with any evidence, she said.