The Hylas 1 broadband communications satellite. Credit: Avanti artist's concept

PARIS — International regulators rejected an Iranian appeal to keep rights to an orbital position despite the lack of a satellite and declined to address Luxembourg’s argument that Britain’s Avanti should be refused rights to a slot it already occupies, according to government and industry officials.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews.