Small Satellite Symposium Cancelled

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The symposium had been scheduled for March 26 at the Hilton National Mall in Washington. It was sponsored by the Universities Space Research Association and the Space Policy Institute of The George Washington University. 

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The FCC has been encouraging the deployment of constellations of small satellites as a way to deliver competitive broadband services. 

The symposium was planning to look into various issues, including shorter lifecycles, crowded orbits and space debris, but also the upsides that move telecommunications and other satellites out of the realm of the expensive, exclusive and risky province of government programs. 

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.