The Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Engineering and Technology is seeking additional comments from the public regarding ways that would increase federal government access to non-federal satellite services, including commercial ones.
Of particular interest to OET are comments on approaches that would provide federal earth stations with interference protection when they communicate with commercial satellite network bands that are not allocated for federal fixed or mobile satellite services, according to a proposed rule the FCC posted July 1 on the Federal Register.
The comments would supplement those that have been collected via a 2013 notice of public rulemaking, or NPRM, which had already offered proposals to address the issues.
Comments are also being sought to a response submitted by the Satellite Industry Association, which served as an alternative to the proposals put forward by the 2013 NPRM.
Finally, comments are also being sought in relation to a rulemaking proposal in 2021, which recognized changes in the spectral landscape in non-federal FSS and MSS allocations since 2013.
Interested parties have until July 31 to file comments and until Aug. 30 to file reply comments.