Embratel Seeks FCC OK for Star One C4 Satellite

With Embratel's Star One C1 satellite about to be deorbited as it's at the end of its life, the satellite operator is asking the FCC International Bureau to add its Brazil-flagged Star One C4 satellite to its permitted station list. In a petition filed Monday Embratel said C4 will operate at 70 degrees west as a Ku-band replacement satellite for Star One C2, which will relocate from 70 to 65 degrees west and replace C1. It said C4 offers fixed satellite services in the Ku band now throughout North, Central and South America, and grant of the petition will let the company offer satellite communications services in the band on routes to, from and within the U.S.