Satellite Industry Association Applauds FCC Chairman Carr and Commission Leadership for Prioritizing Commercial Space Initiatives and Streamlining the Satellite Industry Regulatory Environment

Washington, D.C., October 28, 2025 – The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today applauded U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr and the Commission’s leadership following the October Open Commission Meeting held today at FCC headquarters in Washington, DC. Earlier this month, Chairman Carr declared October 2025 to be “Space Month” at the FCC, with the goal of ensuring that the U.S. is the friendliest regulatory environment in the world for innovators to start, to grow, and to accelerate their space operations.

“SIA commends Chairman Carr and the FCC leadership for the Commission’s continued recognition of the expanding importance of the commercial space industry and the critical services satellites provide to hundreds of millions of Americans each day,” said Tom Stroup, president of the Satellite Industry Association. “SIA and its members appreciate the FCC’s commitment to evolving the commercial satellite regulatory environment by streamlining the licensing process and further supporting America’s leadership role in the global commercial space economy. The proposed rule changes will greatly expedite the licensing process and provide for better utilization of some of the frequency bands available to the industry. We look forward to working with the FCC staff to finalize and implement these proposed rule changes.”

To view a video of today’s FCC Open Meeting as well as a copy of the Meeting Agenda, please click on the following link: https://www.fcc.gov/October2025

About The Satellite Industry Association
SIA is a U.S.-based trade association providing representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and ground equipment suppliers. For more than two decades, SIA has advocated on behalf of the U.S. satellite industry on policy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the satellite business. For more information, visit www.sia.org.

SIA Executive Members include: Amazon; Comtech; DIRECTV; EchoStar Corporation; Eutelsat Group; HawkEye 360; Intelsat S.A.; Iridium Communications Inc.; Kratos Defense & Security Solutions; Ligado Networks; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Planet Labs PBC; SES Americom, Inc.; Spire Global Inc.; and Viasat Inc. SIA Associate Members include: The Aerospace Corporation; Artel, LLC; AST Space Mobile; Astranis Space Technologies Corp.; The Boeing Company; Eutelsat America Corp + OneWeb Technologies; ExoAnalytic Solutions; Integrasys LLC; Kinematics; Kymeta Corporation; Ovzon; Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Skyloom and Telesat. SIA Affiliate Members include: AvL Technologies; COMSAT; Cooley LLP; DLA Piper; Globalstar; Greenberg Traurig LLP; Hogan Lovells; Jenner & Block; Keysight Technologies, Inc.; Media Broadcast Satellite; Orbital Research; Peraton; Plexus Corp; Quadsat; Sheppard Mullin; Wiley; Xairos Systems Inc., and XTAR, LLC.

Media and PR Contact: Dean Hirasawa
Satellite Industry Association
Email: dhirasawa@sia.org
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