SpaceX Gets Pushback to STA for 1st Batch of Starlink Satellites' Tests
SpaceX faces some opposition to its request to relocate more than 1,500 authorized satellites to a lower orbit (see 1904030012), and it's now seeing objection to a requested special temporary authority (see 1904080021) that would let the first batch of…
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those satellites -- set for May launch -- be launched for testing purposes under the same terms as that pending modification. OneWeb in an FCC International Bureau submission Thursday said the STA is "a transparent attempt" to do an end run around the pending authorization proceeding. It said the May deadline is self-inflicted and doesn't meet the bar for warranting an STA when SpaceX "prudently and responsibly" could have opted to delay launching. OneWeb CEO Adrian Steckel also discussed the STA when meeting last week with Commissioner Brendan Carr.