Overview
- SpaceX’s new authority covers upgraded Gen2 designs, operations across additional frequencies for FSS and MSS, and deployment in more orbital shells.
- The FCC attached obligations for detailed reporting on satellite disposal practices and collision‑avoidance measures.
- Viasat and GlobalStar petitioned to block the request, warning of interference risks and competitive impacts on access to limited spectrum and orbital resources.
- SpaceX recently shifted roughly 4,400 operational satellites from about 341 miles to 298 miles in altitude to lower collision risk in low Earth orbit.
- The company disclosed a malfunctioning Starlink it could not control and a separate close pass within about 200 meters of a Chinese competitor’s spacecraft activity.