PARIS — Did EchoStar sign its $1.3-billion contract with MDA Space to build an S-band direct-to-device (D2D) constellation at least partly to lure SpaceX into what became SpaceX’s $17-billion purchase of the spectrum?
Industry officials said EchoStar began negotiations with SpaceX over the spectrum in just weeks after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned the company, in a May 9 letter, that it had sat on its spectrum holdings too long and was at risk of having it . . .
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