North America · West
101°W
SES is the registry operator, with 4 satellites on station and an FCC license (4 rows).
Occupancy ±0.4°: Ligado 2/4 · DirecTV 1/4 · SES 1/4. Window majority is not the registry operator.
TLE as of 2026-09-23. FCC SSAL stale (2026-04-30). UCS 2023-04-07. Position disagreement.
Occupancy
±0.4° TLE-primary. Majority Ligado (2/4).
- Registry operator
- SES
- Window majority
- Ligado
- Operator mix
- Ligado 2/4 · DirecTV 1/4 · SES 1/4
- Country
- USA
- Purpose
- Communications
- Status
- On station
- Position source
- 3 TLE / 1 UCS fallback
- Remaining life
- Life-extended / past UCS design life · ~-4.5y (n=4)
- Coverage proxy
- North America · GDP 1.60 · pop 1.10
- Bands
- C, Ku
Source operator strings (UCS)
- Ligado: LightSquared; Mobile Satellite Ventures
- DirecTV: DirecTV, Inc.
- SES: SES S.A.
Co-located satellites (4)
| Satellite | Launched |
|---|---|
MSAT 2 (AMSC-1, ACTel-1) UCS fallback | 1995 |
SkyTerra 1 TLE occupancy | 2010 |
SES-1 (AMC-4R) TLE occupancy | 2010 |
AT&T T16 TLE occupancy | 2019 |
Rights
4 FCC rows
Recorded rights (FCC)
Recorded public layers only. FCC SSAL when present; otherwise inferred administration/operator. ITU SNS is not ingested. The Unrecorded chip is not a filled filing row.
- recordedNational administrationVU.S.A.
FCC lists administration as U.S.A..
FCC Approved Space Station List · Apr 30, 2026 - recordedOperator licenseV3 FCC licensees
4 FCC authorizations · Ligado (Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC, Debtor-in-Possession); DirecTV (DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC); SES (SES Americom, Inc.) · S2358, S2669, S2807, S3039. Not a single-holder deed.
FCC Approved Space Station List · Apr 30, 2026
FCC / license signals (4)
| Satellite | Call sign |
|---|---|
| SKYTERRA-1 | S2358 |
| DIRECTV D9S | S2669 |
| SES-1 | S2807 |
| DIRECTV D16 | S3039 |
FCC Approved Space Station List · Apr 30, 2026 · class V
Freshness
FCC SSAL 2026-04-30 is stale. UCS vintage 2023-04-07.
Labeled model. Not a live market price.
Implied fair value
high · $137M–$214M CI · labeled model
MHand estimate / curated opinion: $350M+. Secondary to the model range. Not a competing headline, not a trade, not the fair-value figure.
No trade tape. Seeded model-path sparklines are Experimental, not default Terminal.
| Arc desirability | North America | ×1.60 |
| Coverage (GDP/pop) | North America · GDP 1.60 · pop 1.10 | ×1.11 |
| Occupancy | 4 co-located satellites (TLE-primary ±0.4°) | ×1.48 |
| Remaining life | Life-extended / past UCS design life · ~-4.5y (n=4) | ×0.88 |
| Operator | Tier-1 operator | ×1.30 |
| Spectrum | Ku/C-band | ×1.32 |
| Scarcity | Congestion score 68 | ×1.34 |
| License / BIU | Brought into use (in-orbit + FCC record) · US market access | ×1.10 |
Full driver breakdown, compare, export+, and API sit behind a Terminal seat.
Valuation v0 is a model-based implied fair-value range from public registry data, not a live market price, appraisal, or offer to transact. Methodology · Valuation v0 · Data trust
Nearest comps
Positions outside this slot's ±0.4° occupancy window. Not transaction comps.
ExperimentalSeeded v0 model path (not trades)Not default Terminal
This block is quarantined from the default Slot Terminal. It is a labeled stub or simulation, not recorded public occupancy or FCC data, and it is not a market. ITU SNS is not ingested.
Model backfill. Not observed trades, not a price index.
Free seats see a 7-day backfill. Pro unlocks 30-day persisted model path.
ExperimentalUnrecorded layers (ITU SNS not ingested; sub-lease stub)Not default Terminal
This block is quarantined from the default Slot Terminal. It is a labeled stub or simulation, not recorded public occupancy or FCC data, and it is not a market. ITU SNS is not ingested.
Quarantined stubs. Not filled panels. ITU SNS is not ingested in this product. These rows reserve the rights-chain shape; they are not live filings or named lessees.
- stubITU filingSNot recorded in Clarke
ITU SNS is not ingested. This flag is not a network name, not brought-into-use evidence, and not a filled filing row. Quarantined stub. A filled ITU network panel would look like a deed; this row is not one.
Clarke stub (ITU SNS not ingested) · Apr 30, 2026 · ITU filing: not recorded in Clarke - stubSub-lease / capacity leaseSNo public sub-lease registry
Quarantined stub. There is no public feed of transponder or payload sub-leases. This layer is reserved for operator-disclosed or future marketplace filings and is not a named lessee.
Clarke stub · Apr 30, 2026 · Unknown. Not mocked as a named lessee
ExperimentalSimulated capacity book (not a market)Not default Terminal
This block is quarantined from the default Slot Terminal. It is a labeled stub or simulation, not recorded public occupancy or FCC data, and it is not a market. ITU SNS is not ingested.
Simulated capacity book
SIMULATED capacity book — not live bids, offers, or trades. Derived from valuation v0 and congestion so the strip can be read; it is not a marketplace.