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 →

Enter­ing the Next Cen­tu­ry of Ama­teur Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Innovation

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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 →

After four hec­tic weeks of World Radio Con­fer­ence and a pre­ced­ing week of Radio Assem­bly meet­ings, WRC-23 con­clud­ed on Fri­day 15^th Decem­ber where over­all ama­teur radio fared very well, despite the enor­mous pres­sures across the radio spec­trum from LF- … Read more →

The Inter­na­tion­al Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion Union’s World Radio­com­mu­ni­ca­tion Con­fer­ence (WRC) began Novem­ber 20 and con­tin­ues through Decem­ber 15, 2023 in Dubai, U.A.E, for the pur­pose of review­ing spec­trum mat­ters relat­ed to the Inter­na­tion­al Radio Reg­u­la­tions. WRC’s are held every three to four … Read more →