Pegasus Development Corp. still plans to offer broadcast satellit...
Pegasus Development Corp. still plans to offer broadcast satellite service (BSS) at 107 degrees W and 117 degrees W., it told the FCC last week. The company was responding to an Oct. 27 letter from the Satellite Div., which…
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asked whether its plans had changed “in light of the passage of time and changed circumstances.” Pegasus is trying to offer the BSS service via modifications to fixed satellite service (FSS) licenses it won in Aug. 2001. The problem is that one of those licenses (for 2 satellites at 117 degrees) was canceled in Dec. 2003 because Pegasus failed to meet FCC construction milestones. The company retains a license for 2 FSS satellites at 107 degrees, for which it has met recent milestones. One industry source said the Commission may have to ask Pegasus to resubmit in a different form its application to modify the license at 117 degrees since there’s no longer a license to modify.