Dish Seeking 2nd-Gen Abeyance Is Gamesmanship: SpaceX

Dish Network's arguments for holding SpaceX's second-generation constellation application in abeyance (see [Ref;2201280005]) are nothing but gamesmanship, SpaceX told the FCC International Bureau Wednesday. It said it wasn't required to make the equivalent power flux density (EPFD) data available, but it voluntarily did so. It was only 20 months later, when SpaceX was close to starting launches of its second-gen constellation, that operators started requesting the data, plus additional data SpaceX wasn't offering, it said. The FCC made clear when adopting EPFD rules that non-geostationary orbit applicants should provide EPFD data as part of the application process, it said. Dish didn't comment Thursday. Viasat and SES/O3b echoed Dish's abeyance request (see 2202020002).