Satellite Update

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. applied for authority to launch and operate Sirius FM-5 at 95 degrees WL to provide satellite digital audio radio services to subscribers in the United States. The satellite will use 7025-7075 MHz for Earth-to-space communications with downlinks in the 2320.0-2332.5 MHz band. Sirius requeste

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Sep 20, 2006

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. applied for authority to launch and operate Sirius FM-5 at 95 degrees WL to provide satellite digital audio radio services to subscribers in the United States. The satellite will use 7025-7075 MHz for Earth-to-space communications with downlinks in the 2320.0-2332.5 MHz band. Sirius requested streamline processing of the application similar to that used for replacement satellites, without a processing round and without the imposition of milestones or bond requirement, according to FCC Report SAT-00386.

The only FCC actions in FCC Report SAT-00387 involved assignment of DBS satellite authorizations from EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation to EchoStar Satellite LLC and from DirecTV Enterprises LLC to The DirecTV Group Inc./The News Corp. Ltd.

The FCC gave PanAmSat permission to operate GALAXY-XV at 133.0 degrees West Longitude (WL) on standard C-band uplink and downlink frequencies. It also received authorization to construct and launch a satellite at 133.0 WL using standard C-band frequencies as well as Earth-to-space frequencies 6629.02 to 6649.52 MHz and

SkyTerra Communications filed an application to construct, launch and operate two geostationary satellites in the fixed satellite service using Ka band frequencies. The application also requests limited frequencies at C-band. Both satellites would be located at 95 degrees West Longitude (WL). The satellites' architectu

PanAmSat Licensee filed an application to operate its Galaxy 9 satellite from 90.9 degrees West Longitude (WL) providing C-band coverage to the U.S. XM Radio requested special temporary authority (STA) to operate up to 5,000 in-store signal boosters with an effective radiated power of 0.0001 watts (100 microwatts) on

EchoStar filed an application to renew its special temporary authority (STA) to operate EchoStar 6 at 110.4 degrees west as an in-orbit spare. Sirius Satellite Radio requested STA to operate a terrestrial repeater in Las Vegas for 180 days. Sirius stated that while it was previously granted STA to operate this repe

Star One S.A. requested that its application to add Star One C2 satellite at 70 degrees west longitude (WL) be modified to reflect the updated technical specifications of the to-be-built satellite. Tracking, telemetry and command (TT&C) frequencies were changed to 6425.5 MHz, 4199.0 MHz, and 4199.9 MHz with Ku-band b

ATCONTACT Communications LLC requested modification of its existing authorization to add the frequency bands 18.3-18.8 GHz (downlink), 19.7-20.2 GHz (downlink), 28.35-28.6 GHz (uplink), and 29.25-30.0 GHz (uplink) to its satellite call sign S2680 at 83 degrees West Longitude (WL). ICO filed an application proposing to

The FCC approved Intelsat, LLC's application to move INTELSAT 707 from 1.0 degree West Longitude (WL) and operate it at 53.0 degrees WL in the 3700-4200, 5925-6425, 10950-11200, 11450-11950, 12500-12750 and 14000-14500 MHz frequency bands. The modification became effective August 25, 2004. Intelsat was given a specia

PanAmSat requested an extension of 180 days of its special temporary authority (STA) to operate Galaxy 3R at 73.95 degrees west longitude (WL). The FCC designated DIRECTV Enterprises' application to reassign the DIRECTV 8 satellite from 100.85 degrees WL to 100.75 degrees WL as "permit-but-disclose" for the purpose