It was predicted that a sale of C-band spectrum would take place sometime in 2027, and now auction guidance has been provided to disrupt the US satellite market. The FCC has confirmed that 160 MHz of spectrum in the upper C-band will be auctioned off by July 2027—creating an unrivalled swathe of 5G spectrum and generating tens of $billions for the US economy. This creates what the Trump-era FCC has coined a “super band”—bridging the lower C-band and upper C-band. For European satellite providers, the benefits are already being publicly paraded. Luxembourg-based satellite fleet operator SES, which acquired rival Intelsat in July 2025, said in a statement following the FCC announcement that it is set to receive $5.6 billion in gross incentive…