EPFD Rules, Not Competitors, Should Govern: SpaceX

SES/O3b arguments that non-geostationary orbit systems should be required to share their equivalent power flux density calculation results from ITU's valuation system (see 2109210004) would mean the FCC dropping its rules regarding EPFD limits for NGSOs and letting competitors be sole arbiters of a rule conflicting with the ITU's, SpaceX told the FCC International Bureau Thursday. While NGSO operators might wish ITU validation software didn't contain so many unfavorable assumptions about interference potential, "no one -- not SES/O3b, GSO operators, or NGSO operators -- has the unilateral right to dictate a different analysis or a different EPFD standard," it said. SES/O3b didn't comment Friday.