Navy and USAF Concerned About Some Bands' Use for Space Launch
The Navy and Air Force don't want 1435-1525 MHz used for non-federal space launches. In an NTIA letter posted Wednesday in docket 13-115, relaying those branches' input, the Air Force also urged against allowing space-to-space operations in 18.1–18.6 GHz and…
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18.8–20.2 GHz bands. The Air Force said 2025-2110 MHz is already shared with non-federal users and used by DOD for satellite uplinks and cross-links, and allowing nonemergency, nonfederal communications in the band poses a risk to those incumbent uses. The Navy and Air Force said allocating 1435-1525 MHz for nonfederal space launches "would create an untenable situation" for DOD ranges' use of the band.