15 December 2004


SPECTRUM SUMMARY 17.7 – 20.2 GHz

 

BAND PLAN

 

FREQUENCY:           17.7 – 18.3 GHz

 

ALLOCATED USE:    Fixed Services             

 

REMARKS:                 No satellite communications

 

 

FREQUENCY:           18.3 - 18.8 GHz

 

ALLOCATED USE:    Geostationary Fixed Satellite Service    

 

REMARKS:                 The use of the band by the fixed-satellite service (Space-to-Earth) is limited to systems in the geostationary orbit.

 

 

FREQUENCY:           18.8 – 19.3 GHz         

 

ALLOCATED USE:    Non-geostationary Fixed Satellite Service                                

 

REMARKS:                 The use of the band by the fixed-satellite service (Space-to-Earth) is limited to systems in non-geostationary orbit.

 

 

FREQUENCY:           19.3 – 19.7 GHz

 

ALLOCATED USE:    Fixed Service (Terrestrial) and Fixed Satellite Service

 

REMARKS:                 The use of this band by the fixed-satellite service (Space-to-Earth) is limited to feeder links for the mobile-satellite service.

 

 

FREQUENCY:           19.7 – 20.2 GHz

 

ALLOCATED USE:    Fixed Satellite Service and Mobile Satellite Service

 

REMARKS:                 This band is used by both geostationary and non-geostationary satellites but has no terrestrial allocations nationally or internationally.                          

 

 

KNOWN USERS

 

The FCC has licensed both geostationary (GSO) and non-geostationary (NGSO) systems in these bands.  The only FCC licensed NGSO system, TELEDESIC, turned in its license last year but the FCC does have additional applicants.  The Government operates both GSO and NGSO systems throughout the band 17.8-21.2 GHz.

 

CURRENT GEOSTATIONARY LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE USING THIS BAND (1)

 

 

Orbit Location

Licensee or Other User

Call Sign

Frequency Band

 

144º W.L.

Federal Government

N/A

17.8-20.2 GHz

141º W.L.

Federal Government

N/A

17.8-20.2 GHz

129º W.L.

Rainbow DBS Company LLC

S2554

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

127º W.L.

Federal Government

N/A

17.8-20.2 GHz

123º W.L.

EchoStar Satellite L.L.C.

S2490

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

121° W.L           Echostar Satellite Corporation

EchoStar Satellite L.L.C.

S2179

19.7-19.9 GHz

20.0-20.2 GHz

29.5-29.7 GHz

29.8-30.0 GHz

121 °   W.L.   

Celsat America Inc.

S2139

18.3-18.8;

28.35-28.6;

29.25-29.5 GHz

119° W.L.

Rainbow DBS Company LLC

S2555

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

115°    W.L.       CyberStar Licensee, L.L.C.

CyberStar Licensee LLC

S2163

18.55-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.5-30.0 GHz

113°    W.L.       VisionStar, Inc.  

Visionstar Incorporated

S2210

18.3-18.8 GHz

19.7-20.2 GHz

28.35-28.6 GHz

29.25-30.0 GHz

111°  W.L.

Anik F2

 

S2472

19.7-20.2 GHz

29.5-30.0 GHz

109.2°  W.L.

WB Holdings 1, LLC

S2211

19.7-20.2 GHz;

29.5-30.0 GHz

109.2°  W.L.

WB Holdings 1, LLC

S2355

18.3-18.8 GHz

28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-29.5 GHz

107°  W.L.

Pegasus Development Corporation

S2351

18.35-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

105°  W.L.

SES Americom, Inc.

S2180

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

103°  W.L.

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

S2191

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

101°  W.L.

DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC

S2132

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

99°  W.L.

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

S2133

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

97°  W.L.

EchoStar Satellite LLC

S2499

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

95°  W.L.

NetSat 28 Company, L.L.C.

S2204

19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

93°  W.L.

CyberStar Licensee LLC

S2198

18.55-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.5-30.0 GHz

89°  W.L.

Intelsat North America LLC

S2205

19.7-20.2 GHz;

29.50-30.0 GHz

87°  W.L.

Pegasus Development Corporation

S2603

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

85°  W.L.

SES Americom, Inc.

S2181

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

83° W.L.

EchoStar Satellite Corporation

S2178

19.7-20.2 GHz;

29.5-30.0 GHz

77°  W.L.

Rainbow DBS Company LLC

S2486

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

71º W.L.

Rainbow DBS Company LLC

S2488

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

69°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

67°  W.L.

Loral Orion, Inc. (Debtor-in-Possession)

S2383

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

65°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

62°  W.L.

Rainbow DBS Company LLC

S2485

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

60°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

30.4°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

30°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

24°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

15°  W.L.

Loral Orion, Inc. (Debtor-in-Possession)

S2219

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

13°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

10°  W.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

0°  E.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

44°  E.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8 -20.2 GHz;

75°  E.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

82°  E.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz

92°  E.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz;

110°  E.L.

Federal Government

 

17.8-20.2 GHz

126.5°  E.L.

Loral Orion, Inc. (Debtor-in-Possession)

S2384

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

139°  E.L.

Loral Orion, Inc. (Debtor-in-Possession)

S2218

18.3-18.8 GHz; 19.7-20.2 GHz; 28.35-28.6 GHz,

29.25-30.0 GHz

 

(1)  This is a list of nominal orbital locations where specific Ka-band frequency bands are no longer available for licensing because: 1) the FCC has licensed a satellite to operate in those frequencies at that location, 2) the FCC has granted market access to a foreign satellite in those frequencies at that location or 3) the Federal Government has authorized a satellite to operate in those frequencies at that location.  Orbital locations that are less than two degrees away from the orbital locations on this list are also unavailable at this time for satellite licensing in these frequency bands. 

 

 

COMMENTS:

The radio astronomy community has no protection in these bands. There is also a distinct possibility that the satellite community may eventually have many satellites in these bands. For instance, the Teledesic system originally proposed to fly over 900 NGSO satellites using these bands. A more realistic number for future systems would be 10-90 satellites per NGSO system. The GSO systems are already being launched by both the US and other countries.