SpaceX got their FCC license for the user terminals in the US. SES-LIC-20190211-00151
SAT-STA-20191230-00156 EGrant of Authority Effective Date: 03/19/2020Special Temporary AuthoritySpace Exploration Holdings, LLCOn 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. ...
Now this is interesting - does anyone know the relationship between Space Exploration Technologies and Space Exploration Holdings?
Quote from: gongora on 03/20/2020 01:47 amSpaceX got their FCC license for the user terminals in the US. SES-LIC-20190211-00151
Quote from: Nomadd on 03/20/2020 03:03 amQuote from: gongora on 03/20/2020 01:47 amSpaceX got their FCC license for the user terminals in the US. SES-LIC-20190211-001511 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...
Another gateway:Savannah, TN
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.
We disagree with Hughes’ interpretation of section 25.116. The term “orbital location” isa term generally used in the context of GSO satellite operations, where satellites are licensed to operate ata 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 betweensatellites on the geostationary arc, a change in the orbital location of a GSO satellite almost certainlychanges the interference environment between it and neighboring satellite systems. Thus, an amendmentchanging the orbital location of a GSO satellite (for example, from 100 degrees west longitude to 102degrees 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 section25.116(b)(1) is only applicable to GSO space station applications.43 For NGSO space station applicationsor petitions for market access such as ViaSat’s, the triggers for a major amendment under section25.116(b)(1) that are relevant to our analysis are a change in proposed frequencies or an increase in thepotential for interference. Significantly, the triggers under section 25.116(b)(1) reflect the Commission’sdetermination that the key element of a major amendment is “one that increases the potential forinterference.”
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_grargieVwThe 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.