SpaceX Urges 70/80 GHz Bands Rules Changes

A few changes to the FCC's rules governing the 70/80 GHz bands could go far toward maximizing their productive use while protecting co-primary fixed-satellite service users, SpaceX representatives told Wireless Bureau and Office of General Counsel representatives, per a docket 20-133 ex parte post Tuesday. Current gateway siting and application requirements are too complex and licensing should be dramatically streamlined by setting a maximum equivalent isotropically radiated power toward the horizon and letting satellite operators coordinate and register new gateway antennas under a light-licensing framework, it said.