EchoStar Raises Concerns About Expanded SpaceX SCS Testing
EchoStar is giving fair warning about SpaceX's experimental license request to do supplemental coverage from space (SCS) operations testing in Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand. In an informal objection Monday with the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, EchoStar…
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said the application doesn't refer to coordinating with potentially affected operators. Moreover, it doesn't propose many of the conditions that are standard for similar experimental licenses or those from the FCC's February SCS order. EchoStar listed a set of suggested conditions for all SCS licensees, including specific out-of-band emission limits and mandatory coordination with potentially affected operators before commencing. In its special temporary authority request, SpaceX said it hopes to start testing on May 1 and continue until it receives commercial authority to deliver SCS from the FCC and relevant local administrations. It said beyond Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand, testing markets could include Chile, Peru and Switzerland, where it also has SCS partnerships.