Echostar 148 License - FCC Request

mike123abc said:

Dish will eventually have E6 and E8 free up. They are just on (or going to be on in the case of E8) temporary assignment until the satellites for their slots are completed. The FCC certainly knows all the difficulties of getting a replacement into orbit, Dish wants to be sure they are following all the proceedures so they do not have problems when they have a replacement.

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digiblur said:

I dont see any service coming out of moving E5 to 148. It will be there just as a placeholder and the engineers can play around with the encoders over there on the hidden channels again.

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Hemi 6.1 said:

Just wondering why are they moving Echostar 5 to the 148. Isn't Echostar 1 in better shape? Older yes , but whats wrong with it. Is E*5 going to be a spare?

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JohnL said:

Hemi,

Echostar one and two were only capable of using half of an Orbital Slots possible transponders. Both Satellites were only capable of using Only Even transponders or Only Odd transponders, they were designed to compliment each other, hence Both Satellites (1 and 2) were required to use both Polarities (Even and Odd). Since Echostar 1 can't use the other Polarization another Satellite is required to light up the rest of the transponders that Dish has licenses to use. The FCC can take back transponder licenses if a Company does not have hardware at an orbital slot to use those licensed transponders.

John

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