Dish Network is now a subsidiary of EchoStar. Announced in August (see 2308080009) the combination was completed Sunday, EchoStar said Tuesday in an SEC filing. Under the transaction, holders of Dish stock received EchoStar stock.
Introducing a secondary nonfederal allocation in 7190-7235 MHz could render the band unusable for future nonfederal operations absent adequate protections, Lockheed Martin said in a filing posted Friday in docket 23-120. While a nonfederal upload space research service allocation for lunar communications needs is necessary, that allocation should be on a primary basis, it said. That would improve the odds that U.S. space licensees used the band, it added. If the 7190-7235 MHz band is not used for communicating with deep space missions, the FCC and NTIA should start thinking about what band would be used for such needs, it said.
SpaceX's acknowledging it didn't assess whether its supplemental coverage from space service in the 2 GHz band will interfere with Dish Network operations (see 2312120057) shows SpaceX's application runs counter to FCC rules, as such an assessment is required, Dish told the FCC Space Bureau in a letter Thursday. SpaceX could have conducted an interference analysis based on information available about Dish's operations but "did not, and that fact ends the charade," Dish said. SpaceX didn't comment Friday.