The FCC International Bureau dismissed applications from ViaSat for its...
The FCC International Bureau dismissed applications from ViaSat for its ViaSat-2 and ViaSat-3 satellites. ViaSat wanted the planned satellites, which operate under the authority of the U.K., to access the U.S. at different orbital locations, the bureau said in separate…
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orders. ViaSat should indicate whether it has obtained launch and space operations licenses for the ViaSat-3 satellite under the U.K. Outer Space Act, the bureau said (http://bit.ly/ZupXpC). ViaSat “did not include the numerical data and power flux density levels for each of the space station’s beams” as required, it said. ViaSat seeks to operate ViaSat-2 at 69.9 degrees west, an orbital location that isn’t available for Ka-band commercial operations in the U.S., the bureau said (http://bit.ly/ZuqMP6). The bureau also denied Hispamar’s request to add the Amazonas-3 satellite to the Ka-band permitted list. Hispamar intended to operate the satellite at 61 degrees west, it said (http://bit.ly/Z3JYkt). A 2004 public notice lists 60 degrees west as “unavailable” and further states that “orbital locations that are less than two degrees away from a location listed as ‘unavailable’ are also unavailable for U.S. operations."