Low-Band Smallsat Operations May Necessitate Additional Protections, Boeing Says
Allowing small satellite operations in the 137-138 MHz band is feasible, though additional protections of air traffic control and airline operational control communications might be needed, Boeing filed in FCC docket 18-86 Wednesday. One such possible protection is not allowing…
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the 137-137.025 MHz portion of the band to be used for smallsat communications, it said. The company said that the smallsat procedures streamlining NPRM appears to contradict itself on the issue of satellite-to-satellite communications between fixed and mobile satellite services and said the agency should reconsider whether its language prohibits intra-satellite communications.