https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/ Sourced tidbits from real FCC, ITU and FAA space filings, each built around a quotable line from the filing. en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2026 02:40:42 GMT https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/astranis-gso-links-25-157/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/astranis-gso-links-25-157/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Astranis says it could not reproduce SpaceX's results on two of its Ka-band GSO reference links. In a September 30 letter in FCC docket 25-157, the company a… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/spacex-launch-spectrum-13-115/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/spacex-launch-spectrum-13-115/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT SpaceX's reply comments in FCC docket 13-115 take aim at AFTRCC. Only that "advocacy group" and its legacy members, SpaceX says, oppose "more efficient and s… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/relativity-launch-spectrum-13-115/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/relativity-launch-spectrum-13-115/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In reply comments filed September 25 in FCC docket 13-115, Relativity Space says flight test and space launch telemetry are, in nearly every respect the Aero… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/cowboy-space-launch-spectrum-13-115/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/cowboy-space-launch-spectrum-13-115/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Cowboy Space Corp. calls itself "a future launch operator and satellite constellation licensee," and its comment in FCC docket 13-115 explains why reliable a… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/muon-space-ttc-26-54/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/muon-space-ttc-26-54/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The FCC's "Spectrum Abundance for Weird Space Stuff" proceeding has drawn an ex parte letter from Muon Space, which says it is correcting "material mischarac… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/echostar-afr-25-302/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/echostar-afr-25-302/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT EchoStar wants the Federal Communications Commission to undo a Bureau order that narrows who can collect from a $2.4 billion trust. EchoStar funded the trust… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/space-exploration-holdings-llc-25-157/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/space-exploration-holdings-llc-25-157/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT GSO operators "now seek to collapse that framework from within," SpaceX told the FCC in July 14 reply comments on the reference links that will implement the… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/satelio-iot-services-usa-inc-23-135/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/satelio-iot-services-usa-inc-23-135/ Tue, 26 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Sateliot, the U.S. arm of a Barcelona-based satellite-IoT company, is asking the full Federal Communications Commission to overturn a dismissal by its own Sp… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/ast-deorbit/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/ast-deorbit/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Before a satellite dies, someone has to plan how it falls. In a February 20, 2026 supplement to the FCC, AST & Science (AST SpaceMobile) replaced a passive p… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/planet-labs-25-306/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/planet-labs-25-306/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Planet Labs wants the FCC to license satellites faster, and it has a warning about why faster licensing alone will not be enough. In reply comments filed Feb… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/starcloud-datacenter/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/starcloud-datacenter/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Starcloud, Inc. is asking the FCC for permission to put a data center in orbit, and it is not thinking small. The company's February 2, 2026 license applicat… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/kuiper-gso-links/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/kuiper-gso-links/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Amazon thinks the FCC is refereeing a modern spectrum fight with an outdated rulebook. In a January 29, 2026 letter, its Kuiper Systems unit asked the Commis… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/cca-oppose-25-201/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/cca-oppose-25-201/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT The Competitive Carriers Association represents wireless providers that range, in its words, from "small, rural carriers serving fewer than 5,000 customers" … https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/k1sto-oppose-25-201/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/k1sto-oppose-25-201/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT Rosalie Ann White, a former schoolteacher and Amateur Extra Class licensee with call sign K1STO, says she read over 150 filed comments in FCC docket 25-201 b… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/spacex-oppose-23-135/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/spacex-oppose-23-135/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT EchoStar asked the FCC to reverse a waiver the agency's bureaus had granted for SpaceX's satellite-to-phone service. SpaceX notes that EchoStar was the only … https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/astroscale-refueling-demo/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/astroscale-refueling-demo/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:00:00 GMT Astroscale wants to refuel satellites in orbit, and its FCC license application spells out the hardware that would do it. The spacecraft, called APS-R (Astro… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/kuiper-ngso-20-330/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/kuiper-ngso-20-330/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:00:00 GMT Amazon wants more room for satellite broadband, and it told the FCC the homework is done. In an ex parte letter filed September 24, 2024, its Kuiper Systems … https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/iridium-debris-18-313/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/iridium-debris-18-313/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT Iridium wants the FCC to put a hard number on how often satellites are allowed to blow up. In a June 24, 2024 letter to the orbital-debris docket, it said it… https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/aethero-edge-compute/ https://spacequotes.org/tidbits/aethero-edge-compute/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:00:00 GMT Most satellites collect data and beam it down to be processed on the ground. Aethero wants to do the work in orbit. Its March 11, 2024 FCC license applicatio…