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TABLE 1.6 Ka-Band Orbital Assignment Plan (FCC December 19, 1997)
Location Company
147°W.L. Morning Star Satellite Company, L.L.C.
125°W.L. PanAmSat Licensee Corporation
121°W.L. Echostar Satellite Corporation
115°W.L. Loral Space & Communications, Ltd.
∗
113°W.L. VisionStar, Inc.
109.2°W.L. KaStar Satellite Communications Corp.
105°W.L. † GE American Communications, Inc.
103°W.L. PanAmSat Corporation
101°W.L. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.
99°W.L. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.
97°W.L. Lockheed Martin Corporation
95°W.L. NetSat 28 Company, L.L.C.
93°W.L. Loral Space & Communications, Ltd.
91°W.L. Comm, Inc.
89°W.L. Orion Network Systems
87°W.L. Comm, Inc.
85°W.L. GE American Communications, Inc.
83°W.L. Echostar Satellite Corporation
81°W.L. Orion Network Systems
77°W.L. Comm, Inc.
75°W.L. Comm, Inc.
73°W.L. KaStar Satellite Corporation
67°W.L. [under consideration]
62°W.L. Morning Star Satellite Company, L.L.C.
58°W.L. PanAmSat Corporation
49°W.L. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.
47°W.L. Orion Atlantic, L.P.
21.5°W.L. Lockheed Martin Corporation
17°W.L. GE American Communications, Inc.
2°E.L. Lockheed Martin Corporation
25°E.L. Hughes Communication Galaxy, Inc.
30°E.L. Morning Star Satellite Company, L.L.C.
36°E.L. PanAmSat Corporation
40°E.L. PanAmSat Corporation
48°E.L. PanAmSat Corporation
54°E.L. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.
56°E.L. GE American Communications, Inc.
78°E.L. Orion Network Systems, Inc.
101°E.L. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.
105.5°E.L. Loral Space & Communications, Ltd.
107.5°E.L. Morning Star Satellite Company, L.L.C.
NOTES: FCC—Federal Communications Commission; W.L.—West Longitude; E.L.—East
Longitude.
∗
VisionStar will operate at a nominal orbit location of 113.05°W.L., and with a station-
keeping box of ±0.05°, thereby increasing the separation from the Canadian filing at 111.1°W.L.
by 0.1° relative to the worst case orbital spacing using the station keeping assumed in the ITU
publications (±0.1°).
†
The applicants in the range 95° to 105°W.L. have agreed to operate their satellites with a
nominal 0.05° offset to the west, and with a station-keeping box of ±0.05°, thereby increasing
the separation from the Luxembourg satellite at 93.2°W.L. by 0.1° relative to the worst case
orbital spacing using the station keeping assumed in the ITU publications (±0.1°).