{"id":17464,"date":"2021-11-04T01:15:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/boeing-finally-wins-the-fccs-go-ahead-for-broadband-satellite-constellation\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T01:15:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:15:58","slug":"boeing-finally-wins-the-fccs-go-ahead-for-broadband-satellite-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/boeing-finally-wins-the-fccs-go-ahead-for-broadband-satellite-constellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing finally wins the FCC\u2019s go-ahead for broadband satellite constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_652855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-652855\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-652855\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211103-702x-630x515.jpg\" alt=\"Boeing 702x satellite platform\" width=\"630\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211103-702x-630x515.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211103-702x-1260x1029.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211103-702x-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211103-702x-1536x1255.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/211103-702x-2048x1673.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-652855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork shows the geosynchronous-orbit variant of Boeing\u2019s 702X satellite platform. (Boeing Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to put 147 satellites in orbit for a broadband internet constellation, adding to a list of competitors including Amazon, OneWeb and SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>Boeing\u2019s constellation was proposed in 2017, but it took four years for the FCC to iron out the technicalities surrounding the plan. Most of the satellites will circle the globe at a height of about 650 miles. Fifteen of them will go into highly inclined orbits at an altitude between 17,000 and 27,500 miles.<\/p>\n<p>To comply with the requirements laid out in the FCC\u2019s order, half of the satellites will have to be launched by 2027, with the rest in place by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Boeing\u2019s aim is to provide high-speed satellite data services to consumers on a global basis \u2014 echoing the goals set for SpaceX\u2019s Starlink service, OneWeb\u2019s constellation and Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper, among others. SpaceX is currently leading the pack by providing limited service via more than 1,600 satellites. OneWeb is due to begin limited service this winter, and this week, Amazon asked the FCC to authorize the launch of its first two prototype satellites next year.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted online today, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said Boeing\u2019s contribution would be welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdvanced satellite broadband services have an important role to play in connecting hard-to-serve communities,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are committed to a careful and detailed review of all such applications and I thank the International Bureau team for their work completing this first round of NGSO [non-geostationary orbit] applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How New Satellites Could Change the Internet | WSJ\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V35ZU7c0vuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Boeing had sought the FCC\u2019s clearance to use a variety of V-band and Ka-band frequencies for satellite-to-satellite communications, but in response to objections lodged during the regulatory process, the FCC cleared only a limited set of V-band channels. The commission said the other channels weren\u2019t internationally approved for space-to-space links.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the requested frequencies would have been used to connect with satellites outside the Boeing constellation.<\/p>\n<p>Boeing\u2019s ambitions for providing broadband access from low Earth orbit first came to light in 2016. Back then, Boeing was planning a more extensive constellation that would grow from nearly 1,400 satellites to twice that number.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, rumors coursing through the satellite grapevine suggested that Boeing might be partnering with Apple on satellite broadband internet service, but those rumblings have gone quiet in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artwork shows the geosynchronous-orbit variant of Boeing\u2019s 702X satellite platform. (Boeing Illustration) The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to put 147 satellites in orbit for a broadband internet constellation, adding to a list of competitors including Amazon, OneWeb and SpaceX. Boeing\u2019s constellation was proposed in 2017, but it took four years for the FCC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[670,252,277,1720,20,4336],"class_list":["post-17464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-boeing","tag-broadband","tag-fcc","tag-federal-communications-commission","tag-satellite","tag-satellite-broadband"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}