Space Bureau Grants ITU EPFD Finding Waiver to Kuiper

The FCC Space Bureau signed off on the Amazon Kuiper request for a waiver of the requirement that it gets a positive ITU finding regarding equivalent power flux density limits before it commences operations (see 2305240064). In an order and authorization in Tuesday's Daily Digest, the bureau said a delayed deployment until after it has received an ITU finding on its filings "will only delay the provision of competitive broadband service even further." It said the condition that Kuiper provide to any interested party the data used as input to the ITU validation software and the results from running the software will provide more assurance to geostationary orbit operators that they won't see harmful interference pending an ITU finding.