Amazon Talks SpaceX Lower Orbit Concerns With FCC Aides

Though SpaceX asked to move much of its proposed mega constellation to lower orbit, it hasn't acknowledged potential solutions to the increased collision risks that would create with Amazon's Kuiper mega constellation, Amazon officials told aides to all FCC commissioners, per an ex parte post Wednesday. Even if space safety problems are addressed, potential interference issues necessitate putting SpaceX's entire modified constellation in the non-geostationary orbit fixed satellite service processing round that launched in March, it said. Amazon petitioned to deny SpaceX's lower orbit ask (see 2007140001). SpaceX didn't comment Thursday.