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WccfTech by Ramish Zafar 2/19/2021

SpaceX’s Confidential Starlink Data Used By DISH To Show Severe Assumed Interference Risk

SpaceX's bid to further modify its Starlink satellite internet constellation ran into fresh opposition after the company shared confidential constellation data with DISH Corporation. Dish, whose consumer terminals use the same frequencies as SpaceX's Starlink user terminals, has previously claimed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the satellite internet service will create interference with its services.

After SpaceX shared its data, DISH contracted engineering consulting firm Telecom Strategies LLC to conduct an interference analysis based on the data of the modification request and submitted the findings to the FCC. These findings show that if SpaceX were to deviate from its plans for Starlink, then the service will create interference with DISH's consumers. However, if it doesn't, then there will be no interference -  a statement that SpaceX has made before the Commission prior to the study that was made publicly available on Tuesday.

SpaceX Unlikely To Use Only One Beam Per Area For Starlink Connectivity States DISH – An Assumption Which Gives Rise To Serious Interference According To Analysis

The primary point of contention between the two companies is the 12GHz frequency band which right now is divided among Non-Geostationary Fixed Satellite Service (NGSO FSS) providers, Multi-Channel Video and Data Distribution (MVDDS) providers and Dish Based Service (DBS) providers. Of the three, the MVDDS and DBS companies have claimed to the FCC that it is technically possible to share spectrum, and also highlighted to the Commission that while previously, sharing between MVDDS and NGSO FSS was not possible, recent technical advances have changed this fact.

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