Oppositions to Part 25 Order Recons Due May 6

Oppositions to Satellite Industry Association (SIA), Iridium and SpaceX petitions for reconsideration of the FCC's Part 25 satellite rules order, adopted 5-0 in November (see 2011180043), are due May 6, replies 10 days later, says Wednesday's Federal Register. In a meeting with International Bureau staff, satellite industry representatives said the order's requirement that earth station operators must re-coordinate with upper microwave flexible-use service if buildout of a station takes more than year "will create great uncertainty, potential delays, and unnecessarily increased costs." They said the requirement is procedurally flawed, since nothing like it was proposed in the NPRM. At the meeting were representatives of SIA, SpaceX, Spire, SES, ABS, EchoStar, Lynk, Amazon, Intelsat, AST & Science, Planet, AWS, Boeing, Telesat and Inmarsat, said a docket 18-314 ex parte post.