SpaceX Lower Orbit Plans Will Hurt DBS Reception, Dish Says
SpaceX's pending lower-orbit license modification (see 2007140001) would violate applicable power limits and interfere with Dish Network's direct broadcast satellite signals to subscribers in the 12 GHz band, Dish told the FCC International Bureau in a filing Monday. Citing a…
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Telecomm Strategies study it commissioned, Dish said SpaceX has shown compliance using one beam covering one area, but the system inevitably is going to employ from two to more than 10 overlapping co-frequency beams covering a given area. It urged the FCC to act on the pending 12 GHz band rulemaking before taking action on SpaceX's license mod. The satellite operator didn't comment Tuesday.