File number S-2716-EX-96

5608-EX-ML-1996 Post Grant Documents

COMSAT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

2000-04-07ELS_34693

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       Mr. William F. Caton, Acting Secretary
       Federal Comunications 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 Authority
                                         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           _1        (number of units) land—based
        INMARSAT ship earth station(s) from temporary—fixed locations in
        the United States.  In support of this rGQUEStEQMSELJmuulakamumuuuuons
      * (Name of the applicant) submits the following information:


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

       2.         Name and Address of the Person Eor 1nqu1r1es regarding this
                ‘ ‘request:
                      Edward C. Tanzer
                      22300 COMSAT Drive, Clarksburg, MD            20871    (301)})428—2530
       3            Particulars of Operation°

                ‘Frequency               _   Power              —   Modulating             Necessary
                ‘          |                                          Signal               Bandwidth
                     1626.5—1646.5           14 DBw                  BPSK
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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                          Type                       Number
         Trimble                                 Galaxy      j                    2
              Trane&Trane                    3022A                                      2



COMSAT Mobile Communications..         (Name        of      the       applicant)        a     U.S.
corporation organized under the laws of the state of
affirmatively       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, licenge , 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 authorization
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.                                          f

     This temporary licensge is sought byCOMSAT Mobile Communications
(Name    of   the   applicant),       a INM SycProvider(type             of    business),         to
operate       A      (number     of    units)        INMARSAT—C_             (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 Commission grant the instant
request for temporary authority.

     The requisite filing fee of $45 is enclosed.

                                 Respectfully submitted


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




co: Sylvia Lam
   Carl Huie


          T                                                                                            Sepala Weliwitigoda
                                                                                                                        Manager
Intematlonal Communications                                                                              Law & Regulatory Affairs

                                                                                                          6560 Rock Spring Orive
                                                                                                       Bethesaa, Marylana 20817
                                            November 6,         1996                                    Telephone 301 214 3571
                                                                                                              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              EM

      B                       16KOG7W/G1D      15DBW              20     KHz                0—QPSK

      C                       2K40GIW          14DBW              2 .4 KHz                  BPSK

      M                       8KOG7W/G1D       2 7DBW             12      KHz               0—QPSK


     COMSAT will be submitting an STA request to the
International Bureau today for authority to provide space seqgment
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,



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                                                                                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION                                    Approved by OMB
                                                                                                                                                            3060—0589
                                                                            FCC REMITRMNCE ADVICE _ Expires 228/97
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              COMSAT MOBILE COMMUNICAT IONS

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_             6550 Rock Spring Drive
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                                                        See public burden estimate on reverse.                                                            FCC FORM 159
                                                                                                                                                          Anril 1094



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Document Modified: 2001-07-31 23:58:46

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