Satellite Update – Nov. 11, 2010


From FCC Report SAT-00734:

  • •Intelsat North America LLC has requested special temporary authority (STA) for 180 days to operate Intelsat 705 at 55.4 degrees west longitude (WL) to provide fixed satellite service using 3700-4200 MHz, 10950-11200 MHz, 11450-11700 MHz, and11700-11950 MHz (space-to-Earth) and 5925-6425 MHz and 14000-14500 MHz (Earth-to-space). Telemetry, tracking and telecommand would use specified C-band frequencies.


Information on these actions is from FCC Report SAT-00735:

  • •The FCC granted PanAmSat Licensee Corp another 30 day STA to continue to conduct telemetry, tracking and telecommand operations with the Galaxy 15 space station outside its +/- 0.05 degrees east/west station-keeping box. Galaxy 15 will pass by AMC-18 at 105 degrees WL in two weeks. Location predictions are available on the Galaxy 15 satellite ephemeris web page.
  • •The FCC granted a request from SES Americom, Inc. to modify the authorization for AMC-4 to allow operation at 67 degrees WL. SES Americom is allowed to use AMC-4 at 67 degrees WL on Ku-band frequencies 11.7-12.2 GHz and 11.45-11.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 13.75-14.0 GHz and 13.75-14.0 GHz (Earth-to-space).
  • •Sirius XM Radio Inc. received STA to continue to operate two types of indoor terrestrial satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) repeaters, one with an EIRP of 1 Watt up to 10 Watts and a second type with an EIRP up to 0.0001 watts at trade shows and other indoor locations using SDARS frequencies in the 2320-2345 MHz band.
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.