On August 29th, 2025, the FCC Space Bureau did grant a license to AST & Sci­ence LLC (oper­at­ing as AST Space Mobile) for using the 430 — 440 MHz ama­teur radio allo­ca­tion for TT&C oper­a­tions for 20 addi­tion­al satel­lites. The … Read more →

AST & Sci­ence LLC (oper­at­ing as AST Space­Mo­bile) cur­rent­ly deploys com­mer­cial satel­lites in Low Earth Orbit that uti­lize spec­trum allo­ca­tions with­in the 430–440 MHz ama­teur and ama­teur satel­lite bands for Teleme­try, Track­ing, and Com­mand (TT&C) oper­a­tions. The satel­lites, des­ig­nat­ed Blue­bird … Read more →

The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union (IARU) recent­ly cel­e­brat­ed a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone, hav­ing received and processed 1,000 satel­lite fre­quen­cy coor­di­na­tion requests. This achieve­ment high­lights the organization’s cru­cial role in ensur­ing the order­ly use of radio fre­quen­cies by ama­teur satel­lites in orbit. … Read more →