Tidbits

Sourced tidbits from real FCC, ITU and FAA space filings, each built around a quotable line from the filing itself. From spacequotes.org.

• SpaceX tells FCC that zero of Viasat's 657 proposed reference links pass the screening criteriaFCC · 25-157 · REPLY TO COMMENTS · 2026-07-14
• Sateliot asks the full FCC to overturn a one-paragraph dismissal of its satellite-IoT petitionFCC · GN Docket 23-135 · Application for Review · 2026-05-26
• AST SpaceMobile tells the FCC how it will steer its giant satellites back downFCC ECFS · SB Docket 25-201 · Supplement · 2026-02-20
• Planet Labs backs faster satellite licensing, with a warning about what would still slow it downFCC ECFS · Docket 25-306 · Reply comments · 2026-02-19
• Starcloud asks the FCC to license a data center in orbit for training AIFCC IBFS · SAT-LOA-20260202-00073 · License application · 2026-02-02
• Amazon says the FCC is splitting satellite spectrum by rules written when Ka-band was 'in its infancy'FCC ECFS · SB Docket 25-157 · Letter · 2026-01-29
• Rural carriers tell the FCC: don't let satellites beam over our spectrum without permissionFCC ECFS · SB Docket 25-201 · Opposition · 2025-11-18
• A radio educator asks the FCC to keep AST SpaceMobile out of the 430-440 MHz ham bandFCC ECFS · SB Docket 25-201 · Opposition · 2025-08-05
• SpaceX wants EchoStar's appeal of its direct-to-cell waiver thrown outFCC ECFS · GN Docket 23-135 · Opposition · 2025-04-23
• Astroscale asks the FCC to license a spacecraft that refuels other satellites in orbitFCC IBFS · SAT-LOA-20241223-00298 · License application · 2024-12-23
• Amazon urges the FCC to open the 17 GHz band for satellite broadbandFCC ECFS · Docket 20-330 · Ex Parte · 2024-09-24
• Iridium joins SpaceX and Kuiper in asking the FCC for a hard limit on satellites explodingFCC ECFS · IB Docket 18-313 · Letter · 2024-06-24
• Aethero wants to launch a satellite that does its computing in orbit, not on the groundFCC IBFS · SAT-LOA-20240311-00052 · License application · 2024-03-11