The FCC International Bureau granted special temporary authority to Intelsat,...
The FCC International Bureau granted special temporary authority to Intelsat, SES Americom and EchoStar. EchoStar was granted a 180-day STA to continue operating EchoStar 15 at 61.65 degrees west on channels 1-22 and 25-32 using the 17.3-17.8 GHz and 12.2-12.7…
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GHz bands, the bureau’s Satellite Division said in a public notice (http://xrl.us/boer8z). The satellite company was granted an STA to do telemetry, tracking and command operations to maintain EchoStar 3 “as an in-orbit spare at the 61.8 degrees west orbital location,” it said. The bureau granted Intelsat a series of 30-day STA licenses, including an STA to provide fixed satellite service with Intelsat 701 at the 157 degrees east location, it said. SES was granted a 60-day STA to repoint the spot beams of the AMC-16 satellite at 85 degrees west in the 18.6-18.8 GHz, 19.7-20.2 GHz, 28.4-28.6 GHz and 29.5-30 GHz bans, the bureau said.