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Space Bureau Seeks To Refresh the Record on Proposed Rules To Permit the Use of Additional Frequency Bands for NGSO Satellites To Communicate With Earth Stations in Motion
The Federal Communications Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 22, 2025. Comments closed on January 21, 2026.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Space Bureau seeks to refresh the record on proposed rules to permit the use of additional frequency bands for non-geostationary orbit ("NGSO") Fixed Satellite Service ("FSS") satellites to communicate with Earth Stations in Motion ("ESIMs").
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-23638
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- December 22, 2025
- Comments due
- January 21, 2026
- Dates
- Comments are due January 21, 2026.
- Docket
- IB Docket Nos. 17-95 and 18-315; DA 25-1045; FR ID 322435
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 25
- Pages
- 2
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