Hughes Presses for Earth Station Siting Rules Updates
FCC earth station siting rules need guidance that encourages collocation of gateway earth stations in fewer areas, Hughes representatives told International Bureau staff, said a docket 17-172 posting Tuesday. Hughes said the agency should allow use of a terrain model…
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with ample granularity, akin to NASA's shuttle radar topography mission model. The company said when a new earth station's interference zone falls squarely in the interference zone of a grandfathered earth station, the new station's population shouldn't be counted. It said shielding shouldn't be required. If an upper microwave flexible use licensee doesn't raise coordination objections during the coordination process, it shouldn't be able to raise objections during the earth station licensing process, the satellite company said.