Intelsat requested a 30-day special temporary authority beginning...

Intelsat requested a 30-day special temporary authority beginning Feb. 18, to drift Galaxy 26 from 50 degrees east to 49.9 degrees east. At 49.9 degrees east, the satellite will continue to operate in the C- and Ku- bands, it said in its application to the FCC International Bureau (http://bit.ly/1bsrQhB). Intelsat also requested a 30-day STA beginning March 13, to use its Castle Rock, Colo., Ku-band earth station “to provide launch and early orbit phase services for the Amazonas-4A satellite” that’s expected to launch that date, it said (http://bit.ly/1jbxbc7).