Viasat Opposes Challenges on Any SpaceX Stay

FCC and SpaceX oppositions to Viasat's requested judicial stay of SpaceX's license modification (see 2106150004) don't dispute the possibility the approval will have significant environmental impacts, only the likelihood of such harm, Viasat told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a reply Monday (in Pacer, docket 21-1123). The commission and SpaceX don't dispute "market entry by an environmentally reckless operator causes Viasat irreparable competitive harm," Viasat said, saying the irreparable harms it and the public face outweigh any harms to SpaceX.