RS Access Urges 12 GHz Condition on SpaceX Modification

Any approval of SpaceX's pending license modification allowing a lower orbit for more than 2,800 proposed satellites (see 2004200003) should be conditioned on 12 GHz downlinks being allowed at a minimum elevation angle of 40 degrees and subject to future rules that the FCC adopts in the pending 12 GHz rulemaking, said RS Access in an International Bureau filing Friday. The condition would mitigate the inference risk in the 12 GHz operating environment of SpaceX's proposal while still letting the company operate "unfettered ... in the approximately 97 percent of its spectrum" outside that band, RS Access said. SpaceX didn't comment Monday.