SpaceX, FCC Talk NGSOs at Kennedy Space Center Meeting

Allocating spectrum for commercial space launches would streamline commercial launch licensing, which is needed as the pace of such launches and the number of new launch companies grow, SpaceX Vice President-Satellite Government Affairs Patricia Cooper told Commissioner Mike O'Rielly and International Bureau Chief Tom Sullivan at the Kennedy Space Center. The meeting was recapped in an ex parte filing in docket 13-115 posted Tuesday. SpaceX said it also discussed its applications for operating a non-geostationary orbit constellation in the Ku-, Ka- and V-bands and said the agency can "lead global thought on how best to develop fair and modern rules for NGSO systems" through its pending Part 2 and Part 25 rules NPRM and its ongoing NGSO processing round. The FCC Monday received comments and petitions to deny in the processing round (see 1706270014).