Exhibit 1

3783-EX-PL-1993 Text Documents

COMSAT, CORP.

1999-07-20ELS_11008

                                                   May 18, 1993


                             EXHIBIT NO.   1



      In accordance with Sections 5.51,        5.52 and 5.56 of the

Commission‘s Rules, Communications Satellite Corporation

(COMSAT), through its COMSAT World Systems business unit,

requests experimental authority (including special temporary

authority    to the    ént requi     to transmit data, voice and

 ideo signals at C— and Ku—band frequencqies via INTELSAT

              in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Regions to and from

seagoing vessels and other points in the maritime environment.

This experimental authority is requested in conjunction with

testing to:    (1) assess service quality using C— and Ku—band

frequencies in the maritime environment;        (2) determine the

ability of enhanced gyroscope stabilizing mechanisms to stabilize

C— and Ku—band antennas of 2.0 to 4.0 meters; and (3)       assist in

the development of C— and Ku—band antennas for use on seagoing

vessels that can qualify for certification under INTELSAT

standards.




      The instant request for experimental authority initially

involves two sets of experiments.    One, which is to be conducted

by LDIL Technologies, Inc. for Kloster Cruise Lines, involves the

use of C—band only and utilizes a full—duplex 64 Kbps circuit on

an INTELSAT V satellite communicating with a C—band antenna in

Miami, Florida and a C—band antenna on a non—U.S. ship at sea.

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COMSAT‘s role is to provide two—way space seqgment in conjunction
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with the experiment and to assist in determining whether the C—

band antenna qualifies under INTELSAT Standard G specifications.‘



         The second experiment is in conjunction with a GTE

Government Systems contract with the United States Navy to assess

the use of Ku—band antennas on seagoing vessels in order to

determine service quality in a maritime environment.     The

experimental service involves the use of a 768 Kbps IBS circuit

using an INTELSAT V or VI satellite (d@epending on availability of

capacity)    in the AOR for testing ship—to—shore and shore—to—ship

voice, data and compressed video service.     The experiment will

entail use of a land—based earth station located at Norfolk, (fi:7é§>

Virginia and a Ku—band antenna aboard a U.S. Navy vessel.      COMSAT

is responsible for the provision of space ;Z;;;;;7~;;3%§§;

assisting with the testing of th;\gajgggggggzgnna aboard the ship

to determine the feasibility of certification as an INTELSAT

Standard E—1 antenna."



         COMSAT has conducted preliminary tests at C—band and Ku—

band under grants of special temporary authority issued by the

Common Carrier Bureau‘s International Facilities Division (TAO—


     1    No Part 5 authorization is required for this antenna
since it will operate on a ship of non—U.S. origin.

     2      GTE Government Systems is the licensee of the land—
based antenna at Norfolk, Virginia and also has Experimental
Special Temporary Authorization, File No. 3571—EX—PL—93, to
operate the Ku—band antenna aboard the U.S. Navy ship.



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2170, TAO—2065, TAO—2199).     Because of the experimental nature of

this service, and because FCC rules currently do not provide for

the use of C—band and Ku—band frequencies in the maritime

environment, COMSAT is requesting experimental authority under

Part 5 commencing not later than August 1,      1993.}         /4;7’“



         COMSAT anticipates that, in addition to the two experiments

described above, there will be other parties with an interest in

determining the feasibility of using C— and Ku—band frequencies

to communicate with seagoing vessels.       Accordingly, COMSAT

requests an Experimental Authorization for a two—year period to

provide space seqgment in conjunction with such experiments,

provided that operators of antennas on U.S.—registered ships have

obtained Part 5 authorization.     If these experiments prove

successful and the service appears to be commercially viable,

COMSAT will undertake the necessary rulemaking requests.



         In this regard, a petition for rulemaking to amend Part 80

of the Commission‘s Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 80, to permit the use

of C— and Ku—band frequencies by digital shipboard earth stations

is pending before the Commission."*      At this time, COMSAT is not
prepared to pursue with the Commission any additional rule



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     3      PanAnSat has received similar authority from the
Commission under Part 5 to use the PAS—1 satellite       (KS2ZXAI,
KG2XLZ).
     4    Petition for Rule Making filed by Cresscom Transmission
Services, RM—7912.


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cfianges that may be required until the adequacy of the antenna

stabilizing mechanism can be assessed, and until it can be

determined whether the antennas can qualify under INTELSAT

standards.     However, COMSAT does intend to charge for the use of

INTELSAT space seqgment in connection with this experimental

authorization.



         In light of the above,   COMSAT hereby requests authority to

provide space seqgment for experimental use in assessing the

feasibility of two—way service using C— and Ku—band frequencies

in the maritime environment.      The experiments described above,

and any others that might be conducted, will use an INTELSAT V or

INTELSAT VI satellite.     Since INTELSAT V satellites (up to

INTELSAT V (F—8)) were procured before the INMARSAT Convention

entered into force,    consultation with INMARSAT pursuant to

Article 8 of the INMARSAT convention is not required.

Consultation with INMARSAT for later INTELSAT V and/or INTELSAT

VI satellites under Article 8 has been completed for five 64 Kbps

full—duplex circuits and for two full—duplex T1 circuits.‘

COMSAT would not exceed use of this amount of capacity for

experiments involving satellites subject to Article 8

requirements without undertaking additional consultations under

Article 8.




     5       Technical information regarding both the INTELSAT V and
INTELSAT VI satellites is on file with the Commission.


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      COMSAT respectfully submits that the grant of this

application for experimental authority is in the public interest

because it will foster the development of a new service and

contribute valuable information on the use of FSS frequencies in

the maritime environment.     Such experiments will be conducted on

a non—interference basis,   and COMSAT and its customers realize

that transmissions must cease in the unlikely event that they do

cause harmful interference.



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