The 64th meeting of the IARU Administrative Council (AC) was held in person September 24, 2026 in Vienna, Austria following the IARU Region 1 General Conference.
The IARU officers presented reports highlighting IARU’s core responsibility of spectrum defense and global … Read more →
On April 21st, 2026, the FCC granted AST Space Mobile permission to conduct emergency Telemetry, Tracking & Control (TT&C) operations outside the United States in the 430–440 MHz amateur radio band for all their planned 248 satellites. More than 2,500 … Read more →
The 63rd meeting of the IARU Administrative Council (AC) was held in person October 4–5, 2025 in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil just prior to the IARU Region 2 General Conference.
The IARU officers and region representatives presented reports highlighting IARU’s … Read more →
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 →
