Satellite

摘要

The FCC defended its denial of Spectrum Five's request for a review of the International Bureau'srndecision to grant EchoStar special temporary authority to move its EchoStar 6 satellite (CD July 10 p20).rnSpectrum Five appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The FCC questionedrnwhether Spectrum Five has standing to appeal the ruling and asserted that the decision made wasrnwell within agency authority. Spectrum Five is a privately held company formed in 2004 to develop andrnoperate satellite systems, and does not yet have any satellites in operation. "This case lies in the heartlandrnof agency discretion: the Commission’s judgment involving the technically complex allocation of orbitalrnslots and the evaluation of the public interest in light of arrangements with foreign nations,” the FCC saidrn(http://bit.ly/1g4o2RU). “Spectrum Five questions the agency’s policy judgment, but the Commissionrnacted reasonably and explained its actions. Nothing more is required."