The 63rd meet­ing of the IARU Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil (AC) was held in per­son Octo­ber 4–5, 2025 in Sal­vador de Bahia, Brazil just pri­or to the IARU Region 2 Gen­er­al Conference.

The IARU offi­cers and region rep­re­sen­ta­tives pre­sent­ed reports high­light­ing IARU’s ... Read more →

On August 29th, 2025, the FCC Space Bureau did grant a license to AST & Sci­ence LLC (oper­at­ing as AST Space Mobile) for using the 430 — 440 MHz ama­teur radio allo­ca­tion for TT&C oper­a­tions for 20 addi­tion­al satel­lites. The ... Read more →

AST & Sci­ence LLC (oper­at­ing as AST Space­Mo­bile) cur­rent­ly deploys com­mer­cial satel­lites in Low Earth Orbit that uti­lize spec­trum allo­ca­tions with­in the 430–440 MHz ama­teur and ama­teur satel­lite bands for Teleme­try, Track­ing, and Com­mand (TT&C) oper­a­tions. The satel­lites, des­ig­nat­ed Blue­bird ... Read more →

Enter­ing the Next Cen­tu­ry of Ama­teur Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Innovation

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The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union (IARU) recent­ly cel­e­brat­ed a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone, hav­ing received and processed 1,000 satel­lite fre­quen­cy coor­di­na­tion requests. This achieve­ment high­lights the organization’s cru­cial role in ensur­ing the order­ly use of radio fre­quen­cies by ama­teur satel­lites in orbit. ... Read more →