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  "description": "Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz says “Amazon Leo’s service promises to be ‘groundbreaking,’ both in quality of service and affordability for consumers”\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T12:42:29.000Z",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ Nexstar–TEGNA Merger Creates GOP Split in Kansas\n■ D.C. Circuit Not Required to Hear FCC Bureau’s Approval of Nexstar-TEGNA Merger, Nexstar Says; FCC Agrees\n■ Carr, Markey Clash over LGBTQ+ TV Content Labels\n■ Arkansas PBS Keeping PBS Affiliation after Donations Arrive\n■ AT&T Pitches FCC’s Gomez on Copper Transition in California\n■ House Bill Would Rely on HUD Grants to Defray Broadband Costs for Low-Income Families\n■ New York’s Online Pole Attachment Complaint Portal Goes Live\n■ House Judiciary Panel Posts Witness List for TV Sports Hearing\n■ Reps. Latta, Carter Back Wi-Fi Bill Ahead of WRC in China\n■ Liberty Capital CEO Ron Duncan Spends $1.4 Million on Non-Voting Shares\n■ Neal Gladner Retiring as Executive Director of the Arkansas Broadcasters Association\n\nAmazon: The FCC has given Amazon’s $10 billion satellite Internet network a conditional green light to keep launching. In a June 5 order, FCC Space Bureau Chief**Jay Schwarz** granted Amazon Leo – the company’s low‑Earth‑orbit broadband project – a limited waiver allowing it to continue deploying its Gen1 constellation even though it will miss a July 30, 2026 deadline to have half its satellites in orbit. Amazon Leo has launched only 331 satellites so far and expects to have 700 deployed by July 30, 2026, a target unlikely to be met and far short of the 1,616 LEOs required by the agency. “Waiver serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation. At this time, only one operator, SpaceX, is providing broadband to American consumers from low-Earth orbit. Amazon Leo’s service promises to be ‘groundbreaking,’ both in quality of service and affordability for consumers,” Schwarz said in his 10-page order. ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\nFCC Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "FCC Grants Key Waiver to Amazon Leo, Keeping Competitive Pressure on Musk’s Starlink",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-08T12:42:31.898Z"
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