MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Satellite fleet operator Intelsat asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for expedited approval to switch 2,000 of its in-flight connectivity customer aircraft to satellites owned by SES and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
In an indication of how difficult it may be to immediately replace the capacity lost with the Oct. 19 failure of the IS-33e satellite, Intelsat asked the FCC on Oct. 21 to permit its customer aircraft to communicate with SES’s Astra 3B . . .
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