Lockheed Martin reiterated its support for giving federal...

Lockheed Martin reiterated its support for giving federal earth stations co-primary status in the commercial satellite bands. That status should be provided by amending the Table of Frequency Allocations to allow such use by “earth stations only,” it said in an ex parte filing in docket 13-115 (http://bit.ly/1h8q5IH). This approach will allow both non-federal and federal earth station users “to understand spectrum availability at a glance, with each having access to the band on equal terms,” it said. Lockheed also again said the FCC’s current procedures for experimental special temporary authority have worked quite well for the industry. Keeping control of critical launch frequencies with federal frequency coordinators “will continue to promote reliability and certainty of access for all types of launch service,” it said.