ViaSat requested access to the U.S. market using...

ViaSat requested access to the U.S. market using a proposed Ka-band satellite, ViaSat-KA 8W, the FCC International Bureau said in a public notice (http://bit.ly/1o0W6zY). ViaSat plans to operate the satellite under the authority of the U.K. at 88.9 degrees west, it said. The company wants U.S. market access to provide fixed satellite service using 18.3-19.3 GHz, 19.7-20.2 GHz, 28.1-29.1 GHz and 29.5-30.0 GHz, it said. In respect to a separate filing, the public notice said Sirius XM requested a 180-day special temporary authority to perform telemetry, tracking and command operations necessary to drift its XM-2 satellite from 115 degrees west to 27 degrees west. Sirius XM also requested a waiver of FCC rules to permit XM-2 to be maintained at 27 degrees west with a +/-0.1 degree east-west stationkeeping tolerance, it said.