SES Global expects it could take another two years before U.S. regulators agree to permit direct-broadcast television satellites to operate at closer orbital spacing, SES Global Chairman Romain Bausch said May 9. As a result, the Luxembourg-based satellite-fleet operator has put some of its U.S. expansion plans on hold and has begun to review other options for its AMC-14 satellite.

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