Intelsat Seeks Authority for In-orbit Testing of HTS 29e
With its 29e scheduled for a Jan. 27 launch, Intelsat is seeking FCC special temporary authority to do in-orbit testing (IOT) of the satellite while it's at 49.7 degrees west and then to drift it to its permanent location of…
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50 degrees west. Intelsat said in an International Bureau filing Friday it has wrapped up coordination talks with Dish Network, Hispasat and Inmarsat, which have co-frequency, co-coverage satellites within six degrees of 49.7 degrees west, and is in coordination talks with SES World Skies. The IOT is to run Feb. 8-April 7, Intelsat said. The 29e will be the first satellite of the company's high-throughput EpicNG constellation (see 1512110038).