File number S-2714-EX-96

5608-EX-ML-1996 Post Grant Documents

COMSAT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

2000-04-07ELS_34691

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                                                    October 21, 1996
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          Mr. William F. Caton, Acting Secretary
          Federal Communications Commission
          1919 M Street, N.W., Room 222
          Washington, D.C.                    20554

                                    ATTN: Frank Wright,
__—           *                                 Office of Engineering and Technology .
                                        Re:    Request for Special Temporary Authorlty
                                               for Radio Station License


          Dear Mr.          Caton:

          COMSAT_Mobile Communications                   (Name of the applicant) herein requests
          a grant of            special         temporary authority for a new mobile radio
          station           license           beginning October 25, 1996 and                extending      until
          February 1997                   to operate             2        (number of units) land—based
          INMARSAT ship earth station(s)                        from temporary—fixed locations in
          the United States.                   In support of this requestLOMSATMobhileCommunications
          (Name of the applicant)                     submits the following information:                               .


m     C   1.          Applicant‘s Name and Address:
                  '     COMSAT Mobile Communications
                         6560 Rock Spring Drive
                        Bethesda, MD — 20817

          2.           Name and Address of the Person for 1nqu1r1es regardlng this
                      _‘ request:
                         Edward C. Tanzer
                        22300 COMSAT Drive, Clarksburg,MD                 20871   (301)428—2530
          3           Particulars of Operat:.on-

                       ‘Frequency               _    Power           —   Modulating             Necessary
                      |                                                    Signal               Bandwidth

                       1626.5—1646.5MHz                27 dBW            BPSK                     3Kbps
                               /7                                        0—QPSK                   8Kbps


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4.    Geographical location of the proposed operation:
        COMSAT Mobile Communicaitons
          22300 COMSAT Drive
          Clarksburg, MD    20817
5.    Antenna Type: Directional                   X       _    Non—Directional
     Width of beam in degrees at the half—power point:
     Orientation: Horizontal plane          Vertical plane



6.   Transmitting equipment to be installed:
             Manufacturer                        TYfie                       Number
       Magnavox                                       X— 3400                     1

       Scientific Atlanta                          9821                                      1



COMSAT Mobile Communications..        (Name      of           the    applicant)        a     U.S.
corporation organized under the laws of the state of
afflrmatlvely      states    that    it   does     not         in    any manner       act   as   a
representative of a foreign government or a subdivision thereof nor
would the authorization sought herein be used for the exclusive
purpose of developing radio equipment for export that would come
under the jurisdiction of a foreign government.   The applicant has
never had any FCC station license revoked or any application for
permit, license , or renewal ever denied by the Commission.

COMSAT_Mobile Communications (Name of the applicant)                   further states that
grant of this request would not have a significant environmental
impact and, thus, does not require an Environmental Statement under
Section 1.1307 of the Commission‘s Rules.         Unless otherwise
indicated in an attachment to this request, the authori_zation
sought herein will not be sought for fulfilling the requirements of —
a government       contract     with      an     agency         of    the    United States
Government.

      In addition, COMSAT Mobile Communicaitons (Name of the applicant)
further certifies that neither the applicant , nor any other party
to this application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits
pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21
U. S C. § 853a.

     This temporary licengse is sought byCOMSAT Mobile Communications
(Name of the applicant), a INM SycProvider(type of business), to
operate        2    (number     of   units)        INMARSAT—_!              (terminal       type)
terminal(s) from temporary—fixed locations in the United States to
provide     System Test            (type  of   service)   services.
Simultaneous to this request, COMSAT has submitted to the Common
Carrier Bureau a request for special temporary authority to provide
satellite communications services to the subject terminal(s) via


the INMARSAT system for the purposes stated herein.

       Accordingly, COMSAT Mobile Comm.  (Name of the applicant)
respectfully submits that the public interest would be served by
the operation of the subject terminal for the aforementioned
purposes and, thus, requests that the Comm1981on grant the instant
request for temporary authority.

     The requisite filing fee of $45 is enclosed.




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                              Respectfully submitted


                               Edward C. Tanzer, Applications Eng.
                              (Title)       —           301 —428—2530
                              (Telephone number)




co: Sylvia Lam
    Carl Huie


@ COMSAT                                                                               Sepala Weliwitigoda
                                                                                                       Manager
 International Communications                                                            Law & Regulatory Affairs

                                                                                         6560 Rock Spring Drive
                                                                                       Bethesda, Maryland 20817
                                               November 6,   1996                       Telephone 301 214 357 1
                                                                                              Fax 301 214 7145
                                                                                                   Telex 197800




 VIA FACSIMILE
 Mr. Carl Huie
 Office of Engineering and Technology
 Federal Communications Commission
 2000 M Street,                   N.W.,    Room No.   286
 Washington,                D.C.    20554

 Dear Mr.            Huie:

      This letter is submitted in response to your request for
 information on emission designators pertaining to STA license
 applications filed recently by COMSAT Mobile Communications (CMC)
 to operate One INMARSAT—A, one INMARSAT—B, four INMARSAT—C, and
 two INMARSAT—M terminals at its Clarksburg location.  The
 pertinent information is as follows:

 TERMINAL                        EMISSION
   TYPE                         DESIGNATOR        POWER      B/W NEC.     MOD.    SIGNAL

       A                        25KOG3E/G1D       36DBW       25    KHz      FM

       B                        1 6KOG7W/G1D      1 5DBW      20    KHz      0O—QPSK

       C                        2K40GLIW          14DBW       2 .4 KHz       BPSK

       M                        8KOGTW/G1ID       2 7DBW      12    KHz      0—QPSK


      COMSAT will be submitting an STA request to the
 Internaticonal Bursau today for authority to provide space seqment
 capacity to CMC to operate these terminals to test the Inmarsat
 satellite networks for each of these terminal standards.   Please
 call me if you need additional information regarding this matter.

            Thank you.

                                               Very truly yours,




                                              Lopus be Aklowiligerte
                                               Sepala Weliwitigoda


                                                                                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION                                          Approved by OMB
                                                                                                                                                                   3060—0589
                                                                          FCC REMITIANCE ADVICE                                                                  rxpires z2897
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                           (RESERVED)                                                               SPECIAL USE

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                                                                                                    FCC USE ONLY

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(1) FCC ACCOUNT NUMBER                            Did you have a number prior to this? Enter it.                        (2) TOTAL AMOUNT PAID (dollars and cents)

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(3) PAYOR NAME (If paying by credit card, enter name exactly as it appears on your card)
              COMSAT MOBILE COMMUNICAT IONS

(4) STREET ADDRESS LINE NO. 1
—             6550 Rock Spring Drive
. , STREET ADDRESS LINE NO. 2

(6) CITY                                                                                                (7) STATE             (8     CODE
              Bethesda                                                                                          MD             Z)gél; 7
(9) DAYTIME TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code)                             '                          (10) COUNTRY CODE (if not U.S.A.)
         301—214—3571
                                                             ITEM #1 INFORMATION
(11A) NAME OF APPLICANT, LICENSEE, REGULATEE, OR DEBTOR                                                                      FCC USE ONLY

              COMSAT MOBILE COMMUNICAT10NS

(12A) FCC CALL SIGN/OTHER ID                  (13A) ZIP CODE                 (14A) PAYMENT TYPE CODE                         (15A) QUANTITY             (16A) FEE DUE FOR

                                                   20817                             E         A            E                                           $ 45.00
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CC A) ADDRESS LINE NO. 1                      (20A) ADDRESS LINE NO. 2)                             —               (21A) CITY/STATE OR COUNTRY CODE
        6560 Rock Spring Drive

                                                             ITEM #2 INFORMATION
(11B) NAME OF APPLICANT, LICENSEE, REGULATEE, OR DEBTOR                                                                      FCC USE ONLY



(12B) FCC CALL SIGN/OTHER ID                  (13B) ZIP CODE                 (14B) PAYMENT TYPECODE                          |(15B)QUANTITY             |(16B) FEE DUE FOR
                                                                                                                                                        PAYMENT TYPE CODE
                                                                                                                                                        IN BLOCK 14
                                                                                                                                                        $
(17B) FCC CODE 1                                                             (18B) FCC CODE 2



(19B) ADDRESS LINE NO. 1                      (20B) ADDRESS LINE NO. 2                                              (21B) CITY/STATE OR COUNTRY CODE



                                              CREDIT CARD PAYMENT inFormaronP
(22)                     MASTERCARD/VISA ACCOUNT NUMBER:

[ Mastercard                                                                             EXPIRATION DATE:
D      Visa                                                                                                               Month           Year
                                                                                              AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE                                       DATE
(23) I hereby authorize the FCC to charge my VISA or Mastercard              m                                                                                     .
     for the service(s)/authorization(s) herein describe.

                                                        See public burden estimate on reverse.                                                                   FCC FORM 159
                                                                                                                                                                 Anril 1904



Document Created: 2001-08-01 09:07:50
Document Modified: 2001-08-01 09:07:50

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