Pai Defends FCC's Orbital Debris Authority
The FCC unquestionably has authority to update orbital debris rules, proof being those legacy rules that existed for years through both Republican and Democratic administrations, Chairman Ajit Pai said in a letter to House Science Committee members dated May 5…
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and released Wednesday. The committee criticized the draft orbital debris order and urged the FCC to yank it from the April agenda (see 2004150054). The 15-year life of the legacy rules "is a lifetime in the fast-moving commercial space sector," and the rules update incorporated big parts of the federal orbital debris mitigation standard practices, Pai said. The Further NPRM adopted with the updated rules (see 2004230040) also is an opportunity for more provisions reflecting the ODMSP, he said.