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FCC Grants EchoStar a Satellite Wish

Started by Gregg Lengling, Wednesday Jul 23, 2003, 05:27:13 AM

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Gregg Lengling

On Tuesday, the FCC granted EchoStar the authority to make routine minor modifications to its satellite constellation to help ensure DBS service and improve operations to subscribers.

According to a FCC report, EchoStar wants to operate its EchoStar 6 satellite at the 110 degrees W.L. orbital location on a permanent basis in order to provide redundancy for its EchoStar 8 satellite - this will allow for extra satellite support at that location due to an EchoStar 8 thruster anomaly.

And, as to EchoStar 5, the company says it doesn't need three satellites (5, 6 and 8) at 110 degrees. The FCC filing states that the company would rather have EchoStar 5 at the 119-degree W.L. location to support satellites EchoStar 4 and 7. The company says that EchoStar 4 may be moved to a new orbital location in the future as well.

The FCC said that the company's request to have satellites EchoStar 5 and EchoStar 6 at 119 degrees W.L. and 110 degrees W.L., does not have any significant interference issues.
Gregg R. Lengling, W9DHI
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