ITU approves 8-month deadline extension for OneWeb to deploy Q/V-band payload on SpaceX launch

by Peter B. de Selding

PARIS — International regulators approved a request from France that OneWeb be given an eight-month extension, to July 2023, to begin operating a Q/V-band payload on one of its satellites.

The decision, while straightforward in this case, further opens the regulatory door of what’s considered a force majeure event to future requests for deadline extensions.

OneWeb and France’s National Frequencies Agency, ANFR, asked the International Telecommunication Union’s Radio Regulations Board to classify the removal . . .

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