Authorization is not the same evidentiary state as operational capability.
The useful progression here is:
Authorization → Deployment → Testing → Demonstrated Capability → Sustained Performance → Material Change → Revalidation
The FCC's approval establishes an important decision gate, but the evidence supporting reliance on coverage, capacity and performance will mature over years as the constellation is actually deployed and operated.
That distinction matters whenever a future infrastructure capability begins influencing present decisions.
— Neil P. Osnato, Persistence Analytics Group LLC
Authorization is not the same evidentiary state as operational capability. The useful progression here is: Authorization → Deployment → Testing → Demonstrated Capability → Sustained Performance → Material Change → Revalidation The FCC's approval establishes an important decision gate, but the evidence supporting reliance on coverage, capacity and performance will mature over years as the constellation is actually deployed and operated. That distinction matters whenever a future infrastructure capability begins influencing present decisions. — Neil P. Osnato, Persistence Analytics Group LLC