Swarm Meets FCC 8th Floor to Push Constellation Plans

With an application for a non-geostationary orbit constellation of 150 satellites (see here) pending before the FCC International Bureau, Swarm Technologies CEO Sara Spangelo met Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mike O'Rielly and with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Geoffrey Starks about company plans, it said, including posted Monday in docket 18-313 (see here, here, here and here). Swarm's constellation would orbit at 400-550 kilometers and use VHF band frequencies to provide data services, the company said. The company previously received OK for some cubesats (see 1810040057) and was fined for unauthorized launch of others (see 1812210004).