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Originally Posted by gary
One of the technicalities was negotiating with the Russians over the
140 degrees East Ka band orbital slot. The Russians had applied to the
ITU for the slot and their application was to service all parts of the Earth
viewable from that parking spot. They have since articulated that they
are only interested in servicing the Russian Federation but negotiations
with them in Geneva have apparently been trying to get them to formally
agree that the Ka band footprint would not extend into the southern
hemisphere over Australia where it might otherwise interfere.
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Strewth. In my simplistic way of looking at things, I would have thought they would have finalized that negotiation BEFORE spending money of these satellites if, as you say, they may not be able to secure exclusive Australia-wide access to it from the ITU.
But then that's just an old bloke's simple view of the world.
Peter