FCC Approves Launch Echostar at 86.5 and Spectrum Five at 114.5

[Dave1997]

Look likes FCC Denies DirecTV and Echostar on Spectrum Five 114.5 slot and Telesat and SES Americom on Echostar 86.5 slot. Now Echostar can build, operate and launch at 86.5 slot.

Here's the link to FCC ruling

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-64A1.pdf

 

[flyingsquirrel]

What does this mean, exactly? IS this New Echostar or Dish?

 

[Raymie]

EchoStar and Dish are like conjoined twins now, in that the former still provides the infrastructure for the latter.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

What will this do ? Give us more programming from another country? Wow,just what I always wanted!

 

[stucatz]

I always thought there had to be at least a 9 degree spacing between dbs sats and wont this affect bev at 91 and 82 because it places 86.5 right in between?

 

[Raymie]

119 and 121. 118.75 and 119. 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 109. Now what?

 

[hrxtreme]

Has anyone stopped to think that 86.5 could be coupled with 77W and 61.5W at some point down the road? Also, it's a reverse DBS sat correct?

 

[stucatz]

Has anyone stopped to think that 86.5 could be coupled with 77W and 61.5W at some point down the road? Also, it's a reverse DBS sat correct?

86.5 is a regular dbs sat which may impact 91 and 82 owned by bev... echostar is complaining that spectrum just recently got 114.5 degrees for a dbs sat and may interfere with 110 and 119 but they see no harm in doing the same for bev as 9 degrees is the required spacing for dbs while it is only 2 degrees for fss

 

[Tyralak]

119 and 121. 118.75 and 119. 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 109. Now what?

That doesn't apply as 121 and 118.7 are FSS not DBS and 103 is Ka.