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Consultation: Starlink Internet Services Limited (SpaceX) - application for a variation of gateway licence
Published: 26 April 2024
Ofcom's initial assessment of SpaceX's request to vary four of its NGSO gateway licences to increase the number of antennas, and our proposal to grant the variation on the basis of this assessment
Call for input: Expanding spectrum access for satellite gateways
Published: 22 March 2024
Call for input on making additional spectrum available for satellite gateway use in Q/V and E bands.
Consultation: Kepler Communications Inc – application for NGSO earth station network licence
Published: 22 March 2024
This consultation sets out Ofcom’s proposal to grant a NGSO network licence to Kepler for their constellation. We invite comments on our proposal by 29 April 2024
Apply for a non-geostationary satellite earth station licence (FSS)
Published: 1 March 2024
Consultation: NSLComm Ltd application for non-geostationary earth station network licence
Published: 29 January 2024
Ofcom has received an application from NSLComm Ltd for a non-geostationary satellite earth station network licence.
Satellite filings
Published: 17 January 2024
Last updated: 17 January 2024
Guidance and procedures for the management of satellite filings.
Apply for a satellite earth station licence
Published: 30 October 2023
This section deals with the licensing information in relation to satellite services; Satellite Earth Stations and the licensing of GNSS repeaters. It also provides information about the grant of Recognised Spectrum Access (RSA) for Receive Only Earth Stations (ROES).
Statement: Rivada Space Networks GmbH - application for non-geostationary earth station network licence
Published: 19 October 2023
This document sets out Ofcom’s decision to grant a non-geostationary Earth Station Network licence to Rivada Space Networks GmbH.
Consultation: Expanding spectrum access for satellite gateways in the 28 GHz band
Published: 18 August 2023
This consultation sets out proposals for making the unassigned spectrum and the four “guard bands” in the 28 GHz spectrum available for Non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) Earth station gateways and Geostationary satellite (GSO) gateways (Permanent Earth stations - PES).
Why does Ofcom keep an eye on weather in space?
Published: 3 July 2023
Last updated: 3 July 2023
There is a possibility that the Sun's changing activity might disrupt the wireless communications, electricity grids and GPS we all use every day.