Globalstar: SpaceX's Arguments Against C-3 Petition Are Baseless

SpaceX's opposition to Globalstar's C-3 constellation plans (see 2503070006) is baseless, Globalstar told the FCC in a letter Tuesday. The agency's March 2024 denial of SpaceX operating in Globalstar's licensed big low earth orbit mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum didn't set a new big LEO rulemaking as a precondition to FCC consideration and grant of C-3, Globalstar said. Instead, it said, the 2024 denial sets up a rulemaking precondition for applications for additional non-geostationary orbit MSS systems from other parties. C-3 doesn't represent an additional NGSO MSS system, but a next-generation deployment request from the longtime operator and exclusive MSS licensee in this spectrum, Globalstar said.