Satellite Update - Mar. 3, 2011

• Telesat Brasil Capacidade de Satelites Ltda filed a petition for declaratory ruling to add the Estrela do Sul 2 satellite to the FCC's Permitted Space Station List. The satellite will replace Estrela do Sul 1 at 63 degrees west longitude (WL), which is on the Permitted Space Station List, and will use conventional Ku-band frequencies. Estrela do Sul 1 and 2 are licensed under the laws of Brazil.

• The FCC International Bureau granted SES Americom's request for special temporary authority to continue to operate AMC-2 at 78.95 degrees WL using conventional C-band frequencies, but with the opposite polarization sense than what is authorized in the current AMC-2 authorization.

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.