AST, SpaceX Urge Action on Pending SCS Applications

AST SpaceMobile and SpaceX are seeking FCC Space Bureau action on pending mobile supplemental coverage from space applications. With AST's planned launch in Q1 2024 of its first commercial satellites, the FCC needs to expedite approval of the company's pending V-band feeder link authority to facility gateway siting and licensing, company officials told Space Bureau staffers, per a filing posted Tuesday docket 23-65. It also urged putting its pending supplemental coverage from space application (see 2307180001) on public notice. SpaceX said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 23-135 that it urged action on its pending SCS application (see 2302080001).