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SpaceX: EchoStar AWS-4 Leasing Needs to Come With Caveats

Any leasing of AWS-4 spectrum terrestrial rights by EchoStar, as it reportedly is pursuing (see 2503130034), needs to be done with the proviso that those terrestrial rights are secondary to 2 GHz mobile satellite systems in the band, SpaceX said.…

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In a docket 22-212 filing Friday, SpaceX said EchoStar also needs to make clear to any prospective lessee that those terrestrial rights are subject to the outcome of the pending petition to change the sharing rules of the band. SpaceX is the petitioner (see 2402230027).