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Eleven Companies File FCC Requests For Satellite Service Ahead Of Deadline

Monday, December 5th, 2016

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Eleven companies filed requests with the FCC to provide varying types of satellite service ahead of a Nov. 15 deadline.O3b; Boeing [BA]; Karousel LLC; Audacy Corp.; Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX, filing as Space Exploration Holdings LLC); Theia Holdings A.; Telesat Canada; Space Norway AS; LeoSat MA.; Kepler Communications and ViaSat [VSAT] all filed requests with the FCC. Sources told sister publication Defense Daily that the filings are not binding and that many companies could be using them as placeholders while they evaluate the business cases of their respective proposals.Brian Weeden, technical adviser for the Secure…

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