Proposed rule
Space Modernization for the 21st Century
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Register summary (shortened to 600 characters)
In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) proposes to overhaul and modernize the Commission's space and earth station licensing process to help "ensure that new space-based industries, space exploration capabilities, and cutting-edge defense systems are pioneered in America rather than by our adversaries." In particular, the NPRM proposes to develop a "licensing assembly line" designed so applications can be routed along different paths and segmented for review based on specific aspects of a request. This new process would set the…
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- Document number
- 2025-22019
- Published
- Fri, Dec 5, 2025
- Comments close
- Tue, Jan 20, 2026Closed
- First on the line
- Oct 10, 2026, 10:00 PM