Weak signal · 27 July 2026, 09:30 UTC
FCC's aggregate FSS clearing-cost estimate
As the brief logged it
The order estimates total aggregate clearing costs across all eligible space station operators at $4–5bn while cautioning it is an estimate only and that licensees bear overruns in full. Priors carries SES's own all-in cost at $3.75bn. If SES alone is at $3.75bn against a $4–5bn three-operator aggregate, either SES's figure is conservative, the FCC's is low, or the two are measuring different scopes — worth resolving before anyone nets $5.607bn against $3.75bn and calls it $1.9bn of value. Watch the Transition Plan filings for the reconciliation.
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