that orbit is more eccentric than the deployed orbit, as discussed (in this thread?) before...
Quote from: Lar on 11/17/2017 11:43 amthat orbit is more eccentric than the deployed orbit, as discussed (in this thread?) before...It says "circular", so not eccentric. I think that's just a range of altitudes that it can operate at.
Admittedly both those letters are from SpaceX's point of view, but it really does make OneWeb look like they are doing all the can to prevent any competitors.
Quote from: JBF on 12/22/2017 01:00 amAdmittedly both those letters are from SpaceX's point of view, but it really does make OneWeb look like they are doing all the can to prevent any competitors.Wouldn't you? It's all part of the game
A couple recent documents filed on the SpaceX application, nothing that newsworthy. One is a response to the concerns Oneweb continues to raise about the SpaceX constellation, and the other is a notice of a meeting held Dec. 19 between several top SpaceX officials (Gwynne, Tim Hughes, Patricia Cooper) and various FCC commissioners regarding launch comms and the satellite stuff.
Looks like the license is close to issuing...FCC chief proposes approving SpaceX's application for broadband servicesQuote(Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday proposed the approval of an application by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites in the United States and worldwide.“Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber optic cables and cell towers do not reach,” Pai said in a statement.https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-broadband-fcc/fcc-chief-proposes-approving-spacexs-application-for-broadband-services-idUKKCN1FY2H4
(Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday proposed the approval of an application by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites in the United States and worldwide.“Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber optic cables and cell towers do not reach,” Pai said in a statement.
CHAIRMAN PAI STATEMENT ON SPACEX SATELLITE BROADBAND APPLICATIONRecognizes Role of Satellite Broadband in Bridging the Digital Divide and Connecting AmericansWASHINGTON, February 14, 2018—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today proposed that the agency approve an application by Space Exploration Holdings, doing business as SpaceX, to provide broadband services using satellite technologies in the United States and on a global basis. Chairman Pai issued the following statement:“To bridge America’s digital divide, we’ll have to use innovative technologies. SpaceX’s application—along with those of other satellite companies seeking licenses or access to the U.S. market for non-geostationary satellite orbit systems—involves one such innovation. Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber optic cables and cell towers do not reach. And it can offer more competition where terrestrial Internet access is already available.“Following careful review of this application by our International Bureau’s excellent satellite engineering experts, I have asked my colleagues to join me in supporting this application and moving to unleash the power of satellite constellations to provide high-speed Internet to rural Americans. If adopted, it would be the first approval given to an American-based company to provide broadband services using a new generation of low-Earth orbit satellite technologies.”BackgroundOver the past year, the FCC has approved requests by OneWeb, Space Norway, and Telesat to access the United States market to provide broadband services using satellite technology that holds promise to expand Internet access in remote and rural areas across the country. These approvals are the first of their kind for a new generation of large, non-geostationary satellite orbit, fixed-satellite service systems, and the Commission continues to process other, similar requests.
Wouldn't they wait until some MicroSat data were available?
It doesn't look like this will be taken up at the February FCC meeting.
Quote from: gongora on 02/16/2018 03:04 amIt doesn't look like this will be taken up at the February FCC meeting.Are you saying they only meet once a month? If so is it on a particular date of each month?
Quote from: docmordrid on 02/16/2018 07:17 amWouldn't they wait until some MicroSat data were available?No.
Some groups put up test sats first, some don't. Telesat's test satellites were a couple different designs that may not have anything to do with the final product (although may have ITU priority implications), OneWeb isn't putting up test sats.
Quote from: gongora on 02/16/2018 02:30 pmSome groups put up test sats first, some don't. Telesat's test satellites were a couple different designs that may not have anything to do with the final product (although may have ITU priority implications), OneWeb isn't putting up test sats.Functionally, the ITU priority system of certification is dead (thankfully). I can't remember if the change to a more universal FCC-style process has already been put in place, but it was imminent and a major priority at ITU-related conferences/meetings in late 2017.
Quote from: vaporcobra on 02/16/2018 09:06 pmQuote from: gongora on 02/16/2018 02:30 pmSome groups put up test sats first, some don't. Telesat's test satellites were a couple different designs that may not have anything to do with the final product (although may have ITU priority implications), OneWeb isn't putting up test sats.Functionally, the ITU priority system of certification is dead (thankfully). I can't remember if the change to a more universal FCC-style process has already been put in place, but it was imminent and a major priority at ITU-related conferences/meetings in late 2017.Implementation will probably vary country to country (something SpaceX fans will learn when 2/3 of the world population can't sign up for Starlink )