SES Seeking U.S. Approval for Colombian-Licensed SES-10

SES wants to begin serving the U.S. market with its Colombian-licensed SES-10 space station. In an FCC International Bureau filing Friday, New Skies Satellites, doing business as SES, asked for IB authorization for the satellite at 67 degrees west, where it will replace the Ku-band capacity now provided by AMC-3 and AMC-4. Along the Ku-band spectrum already used by AMC-3 and AMC-4, SES-10 also has available 10.95-11.2 GHz in the Ku-band, 17.3-17.55 GHz in the appendix 30A band, and 27.85-28.35 GHz uplinks for use outside the U.S. in the Ka-band, SES said.