Intelsat Asks FCC to Prod Netherlands on Spectrum Five Interference

Intelsat urged the FCC to prod the Dutch government about its coordination obligations for a Netherlands-authorized Spectrum Five satellite. In a docket 20-399 post Monday, Intelsat said Spectrum Five's leased satellite use caused harmful interference to Intelsat's Ku- and C-band operations and the planned testing it told the FCC about in advance of a customer buying capacity on that satellite could cause more. Outside counsel for Spectrum Five, which petitioned the FCC to revoke two Intelsat satellite licenses (see 2012010057), didn't comment.