SpaceX Elaborates on Constellation Plans' No-Interference Guarantee
Though OneWeb's red flags about SpaceX's proposed modification to its non-geostationary orbit constellation (see 1904030012) are misguided, SpaceX in an International Bureau posting said it's providing more analysis to show the modification poses no increased interference risk. It said it's…
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not planning hundreds of Ku-band gateways, but only six (see 1903290003), and fewer than 75 satellites will use that band for gateway operations. And it said if OneWeb wants the FCC to act contemporaneously on its own license modification application, it should have to do the same analyses it's demanding SpaceX do. "SpaceX continues to hope no one will notice that its proposed license modification will cause significant interference to other operators," OneWeb said, saying it "has noticed, and is pointing it out in its multiple submissions to the Commission and will continue to do so." It said in a real-world operating environment, SpaceX's proposed modifications will increase interference to it and other co-frequency non-geostationary orbit fixed satellite services.