SpaceX Polar Region Broadband Service Gets FCC OK

The FCC International Bureau signed off on SpaceX's request to speed deployment of its satellite broadband service to the polar regions before the Starlink constellation is sufficiently deployed to provide polar service (see 2205170002). The special temporary authority grant gives SpaceX 180 days to adjust the minimum elevation angle from 25 to 10 degrees for Ku-band communications between Starlink satellites and U.S. earth stations north of 53 degrees latitude. The bureau said Wednesday those communications have to be on an unprotected basis and not cause harmful interference.