Satellite Update

By Doug Lung
published

The FCC granted a request from Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) for special temporary authority (STA) to conduct the telemetry, tracking and control functions necessary to drift and operate its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) satellite MSAT-2, also called AMSC-1, at 101.3 degrees West Longitude (WL) using the 1530-1559 MHz (space-to-Earth), 1631.5-1660.5 MHz (Earth-to-space), 10.75-10.95 GHz (space-to-Earth), 13.0-13.15 GHz (Earth-to-space) and 13.2-13.25 GHz (Earth-to-space) frequency bands during the drift and while at 101.3 degrees WL.

Sirius Satellite Radio was granted STA to operate an indoor terrestrial repeater with an effective isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of up to 200 watts (average) and up to five indoor terrestrial repeaters with an EIRP of 0.0001 watts (average) at the Electronic House Expo in Orlando March 11-15, 2008.

This information is from FCC Report SAT-00506.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.