Do We Need to Rethink Existing Rules About Satellite Internet Interference?

OTI was mentioned in a PC Magazine article covering our October 25 "LEO Satellite Constellations: Why Smart Sharing Rules Matter in Space" event, featuring keynote remarks from FCC Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington as well as a panel—moderated by Wireless Future Project Director Michael Calabrese—that consisted of Harold Feld of Public Knowledge, David Goldman of SpaceX, Whitney Lohmeyer of Olin College of Engineering, and Julie Zoller of Amazon’s Project Kuiper.

The rapid buildout of low-Earth-orbit broadband satellite constellations—led by SpaceX’s Starlink—may result in congestion not just in space, but also in wireless spectrum. 

For what could be tens of thousands of satellites to provide usable bandwidth to people a few hundred miles below, policymakers need to be making decisions now about how to manage that spectrum better. One takeaway from an event Tuesday in D.C., hosted by the think tank New America’s Open Technology Institute: We need to rethink existing rules about interference.