Dish Says FCC Ignored Evidence SpaceX Interfered With Satellites

Dish Network Corp. is arguing in the D.C. Circuit that the Federal Communications Commission inappropriately ignored evidence in a proceeding to allow Space Exploration Holdings LLC to use the 12 GHz band.

The FCC ignored unrebutted expert studies that show SpaceX’s satellites would exceed the band’s power limits, causing “unacceptable” interference with Dish’s satellites that serve more than 22 million families in the U.S., Dish said in its Oct. 26 final brief ahead of oral arguments.

Dish in May filed the complaint at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in response to an FCC order authorizing SpaceX satellites to operate ...