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https://twitter.com/FREESPEECH1017/status/1730772350646526400
> More on SpaceX D2D "Scope of Grant"
>The most important. "Authority to Launch"
>This Grant authorizes SpaceX for the Launch of "Modified" satellites (up to 7,500 Gen. 2) into the three authorized Gen. 2 orbital parameters and allows "limited on-orbit check out in the PCS G Block of the satellite buss and antenna deployment for a period of 10 days or less. This authority does not permit LEOP operations. Only the initial 10 day check out period on orbit.
>This authorization was the first necessary step in the process. You can not authorize the "launch of satellites" on a STA. So this is the purpose of this License Grant. SpaceX will need to perform LEOP operations shortly after the payloads are past the initial checkout period.
That is where the new STA SpaceX applied for today 12/01 comes into play.
SES-STA-INTR2023-06753