New regulations from the FCC came into effect on the 19^th August, streamlining and reducing the cost of licensing smallsat systems for commercial use. This regulatory change appears prescient, arriving at a moment when the smallsat industry requires support. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy in its entirety, but some sections have been impacted more deeply than others. The small launch and small satellite industry has been repeatedly identified by the Department of Defense as one of the most vulnerable sections of the entire defense industrial base.

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