Tidbits

Crafty, sourced tidbits from real FCC, ITU and FAA space filings, each paired with a space quote. From spacequotes.org.

• AST SpaceMobile just told the FCC exactly how its giant satellites will fall out of the skyFCC ECFS · SB Docket 25-201 · Supplement · 2026-02-20
• Planet Labs backs the FCC's push to make licensing satellites less of a slogFCC ECFS · Docket 25-306 · Reply comments · 2026-02-19
• Starcloud is filing the paperwork for a data center in orbitFCC IBFS · SAT-LOA-20260202-00073 · ITU cost-recovery declaration · 2026-02-02
• Amazon wants the FCC to rewrite satellite-spectrum rules set 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
• SpaceX tells the FCC to throw out EchoStar's challenge to its direct-to-cell waiverFCC ECFS · SB Docket 23-135 · Opposition · 2025-04-23
• Astroscale asks the FCC to license an in-space refueling demonstrationFCC 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 asks the FCC to set a hard, NASA-based limit on satellites blowing up in orbitFCC ECFS · IB Docket 18-313 · Letter · 2024-06-24
• Aethero wants to launch a satellite just to prove a computer can run in orbitFCC IBFS · SAT-LOA-20240311-00052 · License application · 2024-03-11