FCC Hoping New Satellite Licensing Regime Will Speed Large Applications
Space bureau chief said the agency had worked through 52 percent of its backlog since the start of 2025
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2026 – The Federal Communications Commission is hoping a new process for licensing satellite applications will keep pace with larger deployments.
“We’re building this licensing assembly line to, hopefully in a very speedy and predictable way, move applications through the FCC so people can get their authorizations,” FCC Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz said at an American Enterprise Institute event Wednesday.
