June 26 Deadline Set for NGSO Processing Round Comments, Petitions to Deny

Comments or petitions to deny the 10 non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) license applications and U.S. market access petitions filed in November (see 1611160010) are due June 26, the FCC International Bureau said in a public notice Friday. Responses and oppositions are due July 7, with replies to oppositions due July 14. The bureau also set a July 26 deadline for additional applications and petitions for declaratory ruling for NGSO-like operations in the 12.75-13.25 GHz, 13.85-14 GHz, 18.6-18.8 GHz, 19.3-20.2 GHz and 29.1-29.5 GHz bands. It said applications and petitions received by then will be considered together with the lead applications already filed by SpaceX, Space Norway, Karousel, Boeing, Telesat Canada, LeoSat, O3b, Audacy, ViaSat and Theia Holdings for those frequency bands, but applications received afterward might not be entitled to shared use.