"The US Federal Communications Commission has launched "Space Month," with Chairman Brendan Carr saying that "we'll replace a default to no at the agency to a default to yes" for satellite licensing requests. The FCC's processes are set for an overhaul, with bespoke licensing being ditched in favor of what Carr called "a licensing assembly line" and a review of sitting rules for Earth stations to facilitate more intensive use of the upper microwave spectrum."
"It's good news for companies such as SpaceX, which launched another batch of 28 Starlink satellites from Florida earlier today. Streamlining regulations will make life easier for many operators. According to Carr, the US is "at the dawn of a new golden age of space innovation" and "we're now in the midst of what I refer to as the Space Race 2.0.""
The FCC launched "Space Month" and will replace a default of no with a default of yes for satellite licensing requests. Bespoke licensing will be discarded in favor of a 'licensing assembly line' and a review of Earth-station siting rules will aim to enable more intensive use of the upper microwave spectrum. Streamlined regulations will ease operations for companies such as SpaceX and support rapid constellation deployments. Policy framing emphasizes a new golden age of space innovation and a competitive focus on China’s Low Earth Orbit ambitions. The FCC plans to borrow regulatory approaches from wireless to govern space, but offered few implementation details.
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