The FCC's Satellite Division granted SES Americom authority to launch and operate replacement satellites AMC 10 at 135 degrees West Longitude (WL) and AMC 11 at 131 degrees WL, subject to conditions. Rainbow DBS Company LLC was granted authority to operate its Ka 3 Ka-band satellite at 77 degrees WL, "in accordance wit

PanAmSat has requested a 180-day extension of its special temporary authority (STA) to operate the C-band and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) payloads of PAS-9 at 26.15 degrees East Longitude (EL). PanAmSat also asked for a 60-day extension of its STA to operate Galaxy IX at 127.1 degrees West Longitude (WL).

PanAmSat filed applications related to its C/Ku-band hybrid satellite at 125 degrees West Longitude (WL) to move it to 125.05 degrees WL and change it to C-band only operation. EchoStar requested modification of its authorization for EchoStar 4 at 157 WL to operate it on Channels 7 and 11 instead of Channels 3 and 5,

PanAmSat was granted authorization to launch and operate PAS-4R, a replacement satellite, on C and Ku bands at 169 degrees East Longitude (EL). EchoStar was authorized to launch and operate a Ka-band satellite at 97 degrees West Longitude (WL) for direct to home and fixed satellite services. For more details on these g

PanAmSat Licensee Corp. filed an application with the FCC requesting authority to relocate Galaxy 9 from its in-orbit spare location at 90.9 degrees WL to 74.15 degrees WL where it would operate using conventional C-band frequencies. The FCC granted EchoStar's application to construct, launch and operate DBS satelli

The FCC said Intelsat LLC filed an amendment to an existing application for modification of its INTELSAT 702 satellite. The amendment seeks permission to relocate INTELSAT 702 to 54.85 degrees East Longitude rather than 85.15 degrees East Longitude. Intelsat LLC also filed an amendment to a pending request for extensio

The FCC granted part of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation's amended application to construct, launch and operate a direct broadcast satellite, EchoStar 10 at 110 degrees west longitude. EchoStar is now authorized to operate EchoStar 10 at 110 degrees with feeder links (Earth to space) in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band

The FCC accepted applications from EchoStar Satellite Operating Corp. to modify its authorizations to operate a geostationary extended Ku-band satellite at 109 degrees west longitude (WL) and a geostationary Ka-band satellite at 113 degrees WL to specify tracking, telemetry and command (TT&C) frequencies for the satell