EchoStar requested renewal of a series of special...

January 8, 2014 |Satellite

EchoStar requested renewal of a series of special temporary authorities for the EchoStar 16, EchoStar 12 and EchoStar 3 satellites and an earth station. It wants to operate the satellites in the 61.5 degrees west cluster on channels 1 and 2, it said in applications to the FCC International Bureau (http://bit.ly/1cWCIC8, http://bit.ly/Kw0kCU, http://bit.ly/1cWEL9s). EchoStar also requested a 180-day STA renewal to operate its transmit/receive earth station E020248, to provide tracking, telemetry and command for EchoStar 3, it said (http://bit.ly/1cWEL9s).