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Figure 1   [N!Q___________________________________________________#SxP7P# (#(#(#(#` (#E News media Information 202/4180500 Recorded listing of releases and texts 202/4182222.  yOG'#]\  PCQsP#X01Í ÍX01ÍÍ  X4#XP\  P6QXP#  X4Report No. SPB141 hhCqpp  *November 2, 1998  X ' ` `  hhCq  X ' INTERNATIONAL BUREAU  Satellite Policy Branch Information:  X '  Xn'<Cutoff Established for Additional Applications and Letters of Intent in the 12.7513.25  XW't?GHz, 13.7514.5 GHz, 17.317.8 GHz and 10.712.7 GHz Frequency Bands  \In a public notice (Report No. SPB98) issued August 28, 1997, the Commission found, upon initial review, the application of SkyBridge L.L.C. acceptable for filing in the 12.7513.25 GHz, 13.7514.5 GHz, and 17.317.8 GHz uplink bands and the 10.712.7 GHz downlink bands. SkyBridge subsequently amended its application, and a public notice issued July 20, 1998 (Report No. SPB133) stated the proposed changes. The Commission did not establish a cutoff date for applications to be considered concurrently with SkyBridge's application in either notice. This Public Notice establishes the cutoff date for additional nongeostationary satellite orbit ("NGSO") fixedsatellite service ("FSS") systems seeking to operate in the above frequencies.  XC4   In order to facilitate the licensing proceeding, we invite competing NGSO FSS applications to be filed in the above frequency bands before we adopt rules for NGSO FSS systems in these bands. The Bureau emphasizes that this Public Notice should not in any way be construed as evidence of any predisposition on the part of the Commission with respect to the international or domestic regulatory changes that must be effected before any applications can be granted or indeed whether any application will be granted. In addition, applicants should be aware that because of outstanding Commission proceedings and Government use of certain frequency bands, not all bands proposed by SkyBridge and subject to this cutoff  X!4notice will necessarily be available for NGSO FSS use.Z!C {O$' " ԍXSee e.g. Letter from William T. Hatch, Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Management,  " NTIA, to Dale N. Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC dated October 29, 1998  " (requesting, among other things, that the FCC not authorize any NGSO FSS operations in the 17.317.7 GHz  yO^&' " band); Redesignation of the 17.719.7 GHz Frequency Band, Blanket Licensing of Satellite Earth Stations  " in the 17.720.2 GHz and 27.530.0 GHz Frequency Bands, and the Allocation of Additional Spectrum in  {O'' "_ the 17.317.8 GHz and 24.7525.25 GHz Frequency Bands for Broadcast SatelliteService Use, Notice of"'+))'"  {O' "' Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 98235, (rel. September 18, 1998). Public Notice, Report No. SPB106,  "" released October 15, 1997, (cutoff for additional applications in the Kaband, which include the 17.717.8 GHz band which is also subject to this proceeding).(#ƒ We further note that coordinationX!+))88j!3QR !t~tjFV"X with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which has primary jurisdiction over U.S. Government use of spectrum, must occur with respect to the proposed bands shared between Government and nonGovernment use prior to any grant of these applications.  X4   ă  X4In this Public Notice the Bureau invites entities wishing to implement NGSO FSS systems in the 12.7513.25 GHz, 13.7514.5 GHz, 17.317.8 GHz and 10.712.7 GHz  X_4frequency bands to do so by filing such requests._#1 yO 'ԍWe note that we are only considering use of frequencies in the United States in this cutoff. These requests will be considered concurrently with SkyBridge's. Requests may take one of three forms: (1) application for a space station license; (2) application for an earth station license that will communicate with a nonU.S. licensed satellite; (3) letter of intent to use a nonU.S. licensed satellite to provide  X 4service in the United States. z#1 {O.' " ԍXSee In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Regulatory Policies to Allow NonU.S. Licensed  " Space Stations to Provide Domestic and International Satellite Service in the United States, Amendment of  "E Section 25.131 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations to Eliminate the Licensing Requirement for  x@ Certain International ReceiveOnly Earth Stations, Communications Satellite Corporation Request for Waiver  x of Section 25.131(j)(1) of the Commission's Rules as it Applies to Services Provided via the INTELSAT  {O'K Satellite, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd. 24094 (1997).(#  X 4Each amendment to a pending application, new application or letter of intent must include a concrete, comprehensive proposal for its proposed system, describing in detail all pertinent technical, operational and ownership aspects of the system and its ability to proceed expeditiously with construction and launch. Entities filing earth station applications or letters of intent to use nonU.S. satellites must include in their filings an exhibit containing this information for the space station they seek to access. This should include the information specified in Section 25.114 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  25.114, as amended by  X44the Commission's Part 25 Streamlining Order,'4 #1 yO' "R ԍXIn the Matter of Streamlining of the Commission's Rules and Regulations for Satellite Application and  {O'Licensing Procedures, Report and Order, 62 FR 5924 (Feb. 10, 1997) ("Part 25 Streamlining Order").(#' including appropriate information related to any feeder link and telemetry, tracking, and control requirements. However, applicants seeking to use a nonU.S. licensed satellite to serve the United States need not file financial information in cases where the nonU.S. satellite is inorbit and operating, even if the information is required for that service under our rules. Further, applicants need not file the technical information specified in Sections 25.114(c)(5) through 25.114(c)(12), if the nonU.S. licensed satellite has completed the International Telecommunication Union ("ITU") international coordination process, the network has been notified to the ITU, and the U.S. was"P +_'_'88" involved in the coordination discussions, unless the technical characteristics of the proposed system or service differ from the characteristics established in the ITU coordination process.  X4 In addition, applicants must demonstrate how they plan to operate compatibly with other authorized users of the spectrum as well as with other NGSO FSS systems in these frequency bands. In order to be considered as part of the processing round, applicants are required to apply for and file corresponding fees for launch and operating authority as set forth in Section 1.1107 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 1.1107. (Construction authority and corresponding fees are no longer required.) Thus, applicants for nongeostationary satellite systems would file the fee listed for "Space Stations (Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems)" on  X 4a per system basis (see 47 C.F.R. 1.1107(10)(b)). Pursuant to Section 1.1117 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 1.1117, requests for a waiver of the fees will be considered on a casebycase basis. Entities filing earth station applications to access nonU.S. satellites must file an earth station filing fee. Entities filing letters of intent need not file application fees with their proposals. Pursuant to Section 25.155 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  25.155, interested parties wishing to file (1) amendments to existing U.S. space station applications, (2) new U.S. space station applications, (3) earth station applications, or (4) letters of intent to use nonU.S. licensed space stations for an NGSO FSS system in the 12.7513.25 GHz, 13.7514.5 GHz, 17.317.8 GHz and 10.7512.75 GHz frequency bands must do so on or before  X4 January 8, 1999 in order to be considered in this processing round . Section 25.110(d) requires space station applicants to file an original and nine copies of their submissions. Proposals that fail to provide all required information in their filings or fail to include the  X4appropriate filing fee as of the cutoff date will be dismissed as unacceptable for filing. See  X4Public Notice, Report No. SPB140 (released October 28, 1998).  X4  Applicants filing by the cutoff date will be afforded an opportunity to amend their applications, if necessary, to conform to any requirements and policies that may be adopted subsequently for space stations concerning the provision of NGSO fixedsatellite service in these frequency bands.  X 4 Informative :  X4For convenience, a summary of the SkyBridge public notices is reproduced below.   X 4  X!' SkyBridge L.L.C. hhCqFile Nos. pp48SATP/LA97  X"'` `  hhCqpp89SATAMEND97  X#'` `  hhCqpp 130SATAMEND98 SkyBridge L.L.C. requests authority to launch and operate a global network of nongeostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites to provide a wide range of data, voice, and video">&+_'_'88\$" broadband services in the FixedSatellite Service (FSS). The proposed system will employ a constellation of 80 satellites (two 40satellite NGSO constellations). Each subconstellation will have 20 planes, with 4 satellites per plane. SkyBridge requests to use a total of 1.05 GHz of spectrum within the 12.7513.25 GHz, 13.7514.5 GHz, and 17.317.8 GHz frequency bands for Earthtospace transmissions. It proposes to use discrete frequency bands within these band segments for transmissions from gateway stations and from ubiquitous user terminals. SkyBridge also requests to use a total of 1.05 GHz within 10.7512.75 GHz (10.712.7 GHz in ITU Region 2) for spacetoEarth transmissions. For example, the user terminals located at customer premises would use the 14.014.5 GHz band for uplinks and the 11.712.7 GHz band for downlinks. SkyBridge represents that through a variety of operating restrictions incorporated into its system, its operations will not interfere with operations of existing conforming users in these bands, including terrestrial (fixed and mobile) services, FSS, Direct Broadcast Satellite Service and government operations, or impose operational constraints on GSO and terrestrial  X 4operators. SkyBridge further notes that it will accept interference from current and future  X4geostationary orbit (GSO) satellite networks operating in conformance with domestic and international rules and regulations. It believes, however, that the burden of coordination between future terrestrial systems and SkyBridge should be shared, and it expects future NGSO systems to operate on a nonharmful interference basis with respect to SkyBridge. We note that we will have to coordinate with the Executive Branch with respect to the proposed bands shared between government and nongovernment use prior to action on SkyBridge's application. We note that SkyBridge may have to amend its application to conform with the rules and requirements for space stations providing service in these bands before a license will be granted.  X4  In addition, the following two applications were filed in response to prior Bureau cutoff notices involving frequency bands different than those identified in this Public Notice. One was filed in response to the cutoff for applications to be considered in the 2 GHz band; the  X74other in response to the cutoff for applications above 40 GHz.7#1 yO'ԍXReport No. SPB88 (released July 22, 1997) and Report No. SPB89 (released July 22, 1997).(#Ɠ The portions of these proposed systems that involve frequency bands subject to this Public Notice will be considered with the Skybridge proposal and any others that may be filed in response to this cutoff Notice. Those portions of these proposed systems involving frequency bands identified in other cutoff notices will be considered in separate proceedings for those frequency bands.  X!4 In order to consolidate public comment periods, we are not now requesting comment on these two applications. Rather, we will solicit comment on those portions of these"#X+_'_'88!" applications that involve frequency bands subject to this Public Notice at the same time we solicit comment on the other applications filed in response to this Notice.  X'  X4The Boeing Company hhCqpp File Nos. 179SATP/LA97(16) ` `  hhCqpp 90SATAMEND98  Xv4 Boeing has filed an application for authority to construct, launch and operate sixteen nongeostationary satellites to provide a communications system for navigation and surveillance, air traffic management and GPS augmentation. Boeing requests, among other things, 109 MHz of feeder uplink spectrum in the 14.39114.500 GHz band and 109 MHz of  X 4feeder downlink spectrum in the 11.59111.700 GHz band. (See Public Notice, Report No. SPB119, (rel. March 19, 1998)).  X 4   X ' Denali Telecom, LLChhCqppFile Nos. 160SATP/LA97/13  X{4  Denali Telecom filed an application in response to the Commission's Public Notice  Xd4No. SPB89 establishing a cutoff for additional space station applications and letters of intent in the 3651.4 GHz Frequency Band. Released July 22, 1997, DA 971551. Denali requests authority to launch and operate thirteen satellites in the Pentriad constellation to provide FSS and MobileSatellite Services for domestic, international and foreign communications. Denali requests, among other things, 200 MHz of downlink spectrum for spacetoEarth communication in the band 11.712.2 in North America and 12.512.7 in Europe and Asia.  X4 For further information contact: Jennifer Gilsenan (202) 4180757, Alexandra Field (202) 4182064, or Kathleen Campbell at (202) 4180753.  Xg4q FCC pp