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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #100 on: 02/13/2020 08:55 pm »
The second license application for the Loring, ME ground station was withdrawn.  I guess that was an error.  For some reason the FCC file numbers/links get changed at some point after they are initially filed so I really need to go back and find all the current links for the ground station filings.

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #101 on: 02/13/2020 09:00 pm »
...and they replaced the second license application for Loring, ME with an amendment instead.  They requested a change to the frequencies being used.

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #102 on: 03/20/2020 01:47 am »
SpaceX got their FCC license for the user terminals in the US.  SES-LIC-20190211-00151

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #103 on: 03/20/2020 03:03 am »
SpaceX got their FCC license for the user terminals in the US.  SES-LIC-20190211-00151
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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #104 on: 03/22/2020 12:51 am »
This will save a lot of paperwork:

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SAT-STA-20191230-00156 E
Grant of Authority Effective Date: 03/19/2020
Special Temporary Authority
Space Exploration Holdings, LLC

On March 19, 2020, the Satellite Division granted, with conditions, special temporary authority, to Space Exploration Holdings, LLC., for a period of 180 days, to conduct Launch and Early Orbit-Phase operations (1) to perform telemetry, tracking, and command functions necessarynfor orbit-raising of all of the Starlink satellites, both those previously launched and those to be launched during the 180-day period covered by this STA, and (2) to test the communications payload on each of these satellites. ...

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #105 on: 03/22/2020 02:17 am »
Now this is interesting - does anyone know the relationship between Space Exploration Technologies and Space Exploration Holdings?
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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #106 on: 03/22/2020 02:19 am »
Now this is interesting - does anyone know the relationship between Space Exploration Technologies and Space Exploration Holdings?

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #107 on: 03/22/2020 02:32 am »
Organizational Structure:

The satellites (and associated government filings) belong to Space Exploration Holdings, LLC, a "provider of satellite broadband services" that is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

The ground station and user terminal filings have been done by SpaceX Services, Inc., a sister company of Space Exploration Holdings, LLC.

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #108 on: 03/22/2020 10:32 pm »
SpaceX got their FCC license for the user terminals in the US.  SES-LIC-20190211-00151

1 million...

I guess Elon needs to break back out the suit and white kitty again while talking to a real estate agent about a volcanic lair COVID-19 bunker...

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #109 on: 03/24/2020 11:57 am »
SpaceX got their FCC license for the user terminals in the US.  SES-LIC-20190211-00151

1 million...

I guess Elon needs to break back out the suit and white kitty again while talking to a real estate agent about a volcanic lair COVID-19 bunker...

1 million user terminals ...

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #110 on: 03/29/2020 10:47 pm »
SpaceX filed for two more Starlink Ka gateway stations in Arbuckle, CA (NorCal) and Beekmantown, NY (next to the Canadian border). Standard eight 5' SpaceX manufactured dish antennas at each site.

With minimum elevation angle of 25° they significantly overlap with other gateways so it can be considered densification.

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #111 on: 04/01/2020 05:34 pm »
More gateway filings:
Panaca, NV
Coalville, UT
Charleston, OR
De Leon Springs, FL
(The links will change in a few days, so I'm not going to bother posting them.  I'll keep updated links in the Starlink Index Thread.)

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #112 on: 04/02/2020 10:27 pm »
Another gateway:
Savannah, TN

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #113 on: 04/02/2020 11:20 pm »
Another gateway:
Savannah, TN

That's an odd/interesting place to stick an internet gateway - it's southern/West Tennessee, about halfway between greater Memphis and I-65 (which generally bisects the state running north/south). Savannah isn't on any major highways and is a pretty sleepy town, all things considered. On the other hand, it either sits on is pretty close to a CONUS backbone connection owned by Level 3, per an article I discovered from a few years ago.
« Last Edit: 04/02/2020 11:21 pm by Herb Schaltegger »
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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #114 on: 04/03/2020 12:33 am »
On the other hand, it either sits on is pretty close to a CONUS backbone connection owned by Level 3, per an article I discovered from a few years ago.

and that's what matters  :)

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #115 on: 04/03/2020 03:58 am »
This is actually from the forthcoming approval of ViaSat's application in the NGSO processing round, but it's a good definition/clarification to keep track of as SpaceX adjusts their constellation.

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We disagree with Hughes’ interpretation of section 25.116. The term “orbital location” is
a term generally used in the context of GSO satellite operations, where satellites are licensed to operate at
a particular location on the geostationary arc, defined as the longitude east or west of the prime meridian.
Because the interference environment in geostationary orbit is largely a factor of the spacing between
satellites on the geostationary arc, a change in the orbital location of a GSO satellite almost certainly
changes the interference environment between it and neighboring satellite systems. Thus, an amendment
changing the orbital location of a GSO satellite (for example, from 100 degrees west longitude to 102
degrees west longitude) would likely change the interference environment and render the amendment a
“major” amendment under section 25.116. Therefore, the reference to “orbital locations” in section
25.116(b)(1) is only applicable to GSO space station applications.43 For NGSO space station applications
or petitions for market access such as ViaSat’s, the triggers for a major amendment under section
25.116(b)(1) that are relevant to our analysis are a change in proposed frequencies or an increase in the
potential for interference. Significantly, the triggers under section 25.116(b)(1) reflect the Commission’s
determination that the key element of a major amendment is “one that increases the potential for
interference.”

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #116 on: 04/07/2020 02:05 pm »
SpaceX applies for gateways covering the contiguous US - Interactive map by reddit user u/softwaresaur:

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SpaceX recently within last two weeks filed a bunch of new gateway applications. I made an interactive map:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1H1x8jZs8vfjy60TvKgpbYs_grargieVw

The gateways now cover the contiguous US (edit: and Southern Canada). In addition today SpaceX filed a special temporary authority request to use 9 southern and mid-US gateways for 60 days. That suggests the gateways are either ready or will be ready very soon.

You can enable "Final service areas" layer in the sidebar to see the coverage of the gateways with a higher 40° elevation angle. The gateway service areas show where a Starlink satellite at 550 km altitude can connect to a gateway. A downlink beam from a satellite can reach farther away from the serving gateway but service in this case will be intermittent.

You can jump from the interactive map to Google Maps by clicking on a gateway then clicking on the directions icon.

The link to the 9 gateways STA is: https://fcc.report/IBFS/SES-STA-INTR2020-00778

Also it's interesting that they requested a gateway at Boca Chica, I thought BC has no internet connection, which makes it a weird location for a gateway.

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #117 on: 04/07/2020 02:20 pm »
They could lay fiber from Brownsville. I’d be surprised if they weren’t planning on having decent internet for the launch control in Boca chica.
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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #118 on: 04/07/2020 02:31 pm »
The Boca Chica and McGregor filings were just made yesterday.  You may note that both are existing SpaceX facilities.  They also have gateways in Hawthorne and of course near their facilities in Washington.  It seems they want to co-locate ground stations at their existing company facilities.  (If they ever get ISLs up and running that would also create a really nice corporate network.)

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Re: Starlink : New FCC and ITU Filings
« Reply #119 on: 04/07/2020 02:34 pm »
A gateway doesn't necessarily need a network connection, it can just relay signals to another satellite that does have a gateway with network connection in view.

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