Navigating Starlink's FCC Paper Trail
Navigating Starlink's FCC filings unveils technical and legal details about its satellite system evolution, beam shaping, frequency bands, and regulatory challenges. The filings also reveal strategic interactions with competitors and advancements in user terminals.
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The article discusses the challenges and complexities of navigating through Starlink's FCC filings, which provide crucial information about the satellite internet system. It highlights the difficulty in accessing and interpreting these voluminous documents, which contain technical and legal details about Starlink's operations. The filings reveal the evolution of Starlink's satellite constellations, beam shaping techniques, frequency bands in use, and regulatory hurdles faced by SpaceX. The article also touches upon the contentious interactions between SpaceX and other satellite providers in the industry, showcasing the strategic maneuvers and objections raised during the FCC approval process. Additionally, it mentions the advancements in Starlink's user terminals, such as Dishy, and the ongoing developments in utilizing different frequency bands for communication. Overall, the FCC filings serve as a critical source of specialized information for understanding the intricacies of Starlink's satellite network and its regulatory journey.
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4 commentsThat Tongan Space Program - they've claimed a lot of spot reservations but haven't launched many satellites. Their budget is miniscule, less than $10m as of the early 2000s. If I'm reading correctly, they only have a single satellite.
??? SpaceX is certainly the most open space corp out there, by a mile. I mean they're still a private for profit company that has to follow ITAR rules, but compared to their competition, they're extremely open. Anyone following Starship development can see that. Just the fact that they even gave a tour (twice!) to the Everyday Astronaut, with Raptor closeups and everything... Imagine Blue Origin or Boeing doing something like that. Yea, right.
But they're hard to filter through because they file so many for uninteresting things too.
A relative of mine is in a dispute with another party regarding real estate.
I mention this here b/c a big part of that dispute has involved pulling data from government websites (Specifically city property records).
The below is all true:
- the amount of useful information in government websites is astounding
- the UX of these websites is awful
- given the above, if you are good at navigating these websites (or can automate the data gathering) it really can be a superpower.
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