Intelsat completes C-band spectrum clearing for 5G deployment
The Federal Communications Commission set a deadline for satellite operators to clear the spectrum by December 2025.
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The Federal Communications Commission set a deadline for satellite operators to clear the spectrum by December 2025.
Despite several challenges including supply chain issues and oversupply, the industry is set to grow by another $110.5bn by 2032.
SES-18 and SES-1 are due to start services in June after using onboard hydrazine-fueled propulsion to reach their geostationary orbital slots.
SES-21 will enable SES to continue delivering C-band broadcast services to millions of American homes and provide critical network communications services.
The approval for Lynk Tower satellites 1 through 10 came with conditions that limit the startups use of radio frequencies to avoid interfering with other operators.
SES-22 is the first to launch six geostationary satellites that SES ordered to migrate broadcast customers into a narrower swath of C-band.
The mission is expected to complete the company's initial research and development programme and facilitate integration testing with mobile network operators around the world.
BlueWalker 3 is a test satellite designed to communicate directly with unmodified cell phones to test AST SpaceMobiles technology and service model.
SpaceX filed the modification request a year ago, asking to move upcoming satellites to an altitude of under 570 km.
