ITU Head Says Space Spectrum Coordination Increasingly Tough
The ITU's goal of a secure and sustainable space environment, free from harmful radio interference, is challenged by increasingly complex spectrum coordination in space, ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin wrote Thursday. Reports of intentional interference to global navigation satellite systems "have surged," she said. Unintentional interference is also growing due to more satellites in orbit, shared frequency bands and insufficient coordination of frequency assignments and orbital maneuvers, she added.
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Access to space spectrum and orbits will become congested and contested without effective regulatory frameworks, Bogdan-Martin argued. There also must be trust in binding international treaties like the ITU's radio regulations, or else there will be a greater risk of escalation and conflict, she said. She called for harmful radio interference to be addressed with multilateralism and open dialogue.