Globalstar Opposes SpaceX MSS Proposal

Globalstar opposed a SpaceX proposal to add 1.6 and 2.4 GHz-band transceivers to its first-generation satellites to give it more options in offering mobile satellite services (see 2209070003). “The Commission should reject this request, which lacks sufficient technical justification, contradicts settled Commission precedent, and jeopardizes important public interest-enhancing services including emergency services provided by Globalstar and its partners for more than two decades,” Globalstar said in a Thursday filing: “Globalstar is utilizing each of our licensed MSS spectrum channels at 1610-1617.775 MHz/2483.5-2500 MHz for a broad range of services including critical communications. Globalstar has extended voice, messaging and emergency services to areas not within economic reach for terrestrial networks and supported thousands of life-saving rescues in the United States and around the world.”