Hughes Asks for More Coordination Time, With Kuiper Launch Looming
Saying Amazon gave no advance word of its plans to launch its first batch of Kuiper satellites Wednesday (see 2504020044), EchoStar's Hughes is asking for more time to submit the technical demonstration that the FCC requires, showing how Hughes will…
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protect those non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites from interference from its Jupiter 3 satellite. In an FCC Space Bureau waiver request posted Monday, Hughes asked for 40 additional days. Hughes said a condition of Jupiter 3's license is that 60 days before the initial scheduled launch of a new U.S. NGSO fixed satellite service system, Hughes either has to complete coordination with that NGSO operator or submit the technical demonstration. Hughes and Amazon are in coordination discussions, the filing said, but the additional time will let Hughes either complete that coordination or file its technical demonstration.