SpaceX Rejects Second-Gen Constellation Challenges
SpaceX said most parties petitioning against and proposing conditions on its planned second-generation constellation (see 2202090002) are hoping for "onerous bespoke regulatory burdens they hope will apply only to SpaceX, but that they would struggle or fail to meet themselves."…
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The company told the FCC International Bureau last week its second-gen constellation "will meet or exceed every orbital debris mitigation requirement in the Commission’s rules -- including rules that have not yet gone into effect." It said it continues to work with NASA on improving its orbital debris mitigation capabilities and "is confident that its ongoing partnership with NASA will continue to yield additional enhancements that will make space operations even safer in the future." It said if the risk analysis and spectrum sharing conditions proposed for its constellation have merit, they should apply to all non-geostationary orbit systems and not just SpaceX. It's "facially absurd" to claim the first-gen constellation, with more than 2,000 satellites launched so far, is violating FCC rules on applications for second constellations when previously approved ones are "unbuilt," SpaceX said.