Dish's FCC Filing on E-14 Satellite to 119 W

**nelson61** · 10-13-2009 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by caboclipper

I was looking at the echostar 14 footprints posted by nelson61.

I was wondering what the red shapes in the middle of the ocean are. Does this mean they provide coverage for crew ships or something ?

There is a few of them one in the gulf of Mexico, another one south of the baja peninsula and it seems like a few others in the Hawaii area.

Sorry if this is an obvious question for some of you guys.

I've been working on a new modeling program that will clarify the data better. Expect to have it done soon.

Meanwhile, for E14, the red zone should get reception with something like a 1,8 meter antenna (note how one of the anomalies covers cabo).

**caboclipper** · 10-13-2009 11:28 PM

So these contours representing these signal bleeding spots, are like unintentional extended coverage zones ?

**nelson61** · 10-19-2009 11:28 AM

The latest Dish/Echostar response to the Spectrum Five dispute.

http://licensing.fcc.gov/ibfsweb/ib....ent_key=749153

**Voyager6** · 10-19-2009 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by nelson61

The latest Dish/Echostar response to the Spectrum Five dispute.

http://licensing.fcc.gov/ibfsweb/ib....ent_key=749153

Called their bluff and accepted the same conditions that were imposed on E-11.

**nelson61** · 10-19-2009 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Voyager6

Called their bluff and accepted the same conditions that were imposed on E-11.

Correct. And, the final outcome is yet to be told since the Spectrum annual report on progress is filed at the end of June each year. The last one had the design complete. It takes two years or so to build and they will have to prove they put up real money and lots of it next June or their license will be revoked.

Sadly, in the event they do not perform, nothing else other than loss of license will happen since the Spectrum license is for one of the networks that does not require bonding: ie: for the cost of some design studies and lawyers fees, they have effectively tied up advances in spectrum use in the longitudinal area of their proposed satellites for many years.

**djmaui** · 10-19-2009 08:56 PM

Anyone have an idea when it (e*14) will launch?

**rocatman** · 10-19-2009 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by djmaui

Anyone have an idea when it (e*14) will launch?

I believe it is scheduled to launch no earlier than the first few months of 2010 and should be launched no later than mid 2010. It will be launched on a Proton launch vehicle.

**djmaui** · 10-19-2009 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by rocatman

I believe it is scheduled to launch no earlier than the first few months of 2010 and should be launched no later than mid 2010. It will be launched on a Proton launch vehicle.

Great. I am anticipating the two spot beams for Hawaii.

We should then be able to get all Dish HD channels and the program guide (plus the SD channels) on two birds (119 and 129) with one 500h dish. That should put e* ahead of d* in the 50th state.

**Fitzie** · 10-20-2009 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by rocatman

I believe it is scheduled to launch no earlier than the first few months of 2010 and should be launched no later than mid 2010. It will be launched on a Proton launch vehicle.

I noticed an earlier post by digiblur indicating a January 2010 launch with operational readiness by 3/1/2010. (Post 7 or 8 of this thread, I think.) Is there reason to believe this timetable has slipped?

Thanks, Fitzie

**nelson61** · 10-20-2009 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by Fitzie

I noticed an earlier post by digiblur indicating a January 2010 launch with operational readiness by 3/1/2010. (Post 7 or 8 of this thread, I think.) Is there reason to believe this timetable has slipped?

Thanks, Fitzie

Not unless something happened since they filed their Schedule S last May.

Jan15-Feb15-2010

http://licensing.fcc.gov/ibfsweb/ib....ent_key=712920