Response to NTIA Request

0100-EX-PL-2012 Text Documents

Planet Labs Inc

2012-07-31ELS_128071

	
  


Response	
  to	
  NTIA	
  Request	
  
Reference	
  number	
  17632	
  
	
  
PLEASE RESUBMIT THESE RECORDS CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.) THE TYPE OF SATELLITE, GEOSTATIONARY OR NONGEOSTATIONARY, (XAL
AND/OR RAL).
	
  
NonGeostationary	
  

A.) IF ANY SATELLITES ARE GEOSTATIONARY, REPORT ITS LATITUDE AS 000000N
(XLA AND/OR RLA) AND REPORT ITS LONGITUDE (XLG AND/OR RLG).

B.) IF ANY SATELLITES ARE NONGEOSTATIONARY, REPORT ITS INCLINATION
ANGLE, APOGEE IN KILOMETERS, PERIGEE IN KILOMETERS, ORBITAL PERIOD IN
HOURS AND FRACTIONS OF HOURS IN DECIMAL, THE NUMBER OF SATELLITES IN
THE SYSTEM, THEN T01, EXAMPLE, REM04
*ORB,98.0IN00510AP00510PE001.58H01NRT01, AND FOR SPACE-TO-SPACE
COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANOTHER NONGEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE ADD AN
ADDITIONAL *ORB FOR IT ENDING IN R01, EXAMPLE, REM05
*ORB,72.9IN03209AP00655PE013.46H01NRR01

*ORB,64.9IN00290AP00575PE01.617H01NRT01

2.) THE SATELLITE TRANSMITTER ANTENNA GAIN AND BEAMWIDTH (XAD),
EXAMPLE, XAD01 16G030B

XAD01 05G090B
XAD02 05G090B

Note: XAD01 represents the X-band satellite antenna and XAD02 represents
the S-band satellite antenna. The antennas have identical gain and
beamwidth characteristics, but different center frequencies and physical
dimensions.

3.) THE SATELLITE TRANSMITTER ANTENNA AZIMUTH (XAZ), NARROWBEAM, NB,
EARTH COVERAGE, EC, EXAMPLE, XAZ01 EC OR LEAVE BLANK FOR SPACE-TO-
SPACE OPERATIONS.

XAZ01 NB
XAZ02 NB

Note: XAZ01 represents the X-band satellite antenna and XAZ02 represents
the S-band satellite antenna.

4.) THE EARTH STATION RECEIVER ANTENNA GAIN, BEAMWIDTH, AZIMUTHAL
RANGE, THE SITE ELEVATION ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IN METERS AND THE
ANTENNA HEIGHT ABOVE TERRAIN IN METERS (RAD), EXAMPLE ASSUMING
NONGEOSTATIONARY, RAD01 16G030B000-360A00357H006

RAD01 44G1.07B000-360A00144H004
RAD02 46G0.80B000-360A00144H023


	
  


Note: RAD01 represents the X-band Earth antenna and RAD02 represents
the S-band Earth antenna.

5.) THE EARTH STATION RECEIVER ANTENNA AZIMUTH (RAZ), THE MINIMUM ANGLE
OF ELEVATION, V00 TO V90, EXAMPLE, RAZ01 V00

RAZ01 V05
RAZ02 V05

Note: RAZ01 represents the X-band Earth antenna and RAZ02 represents
the S-band Earth antenna.

6.) THE S NOTE (ASSUMING NONGEOSTATIONARY, USE S871--THIS ASSIGNMENT
SUPPORTS OF THE NON-GEOSTATIONARY CUBESAT TEST BED (CSTB) SATELLITE).

S871

7.) THE TRANSMITTER ANTENNA ORIENTATION (XAP), EXAMPLE XAP01 J , AND THE
RECEIVER ANTENNA ORIENTATION (RAP), EXAMPLE RAP01 J , WHERE J
REPRESENTS LINEAR POLARIZATION. OTHER POLARIZATIONS INCLUDE H FOR
HORIZONTAL, V FOR VERTICAL, S FOR HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL, L FOR LEFT
HAND CIRCULAR, R FOR RIGHT HAND CIRCULAR, T FOR RIGHT AND LEFT HAND
CIRCULAR, E FOR ELLIPTICAL AND O FOR OBLIQUE ANGLED CROSSED.	
  
	
  
XAP01	
  R	
  
XAP02	
  R	
  
XAP03	
  R	
  
XAP04	
  R	
  
	
  
Note: XAP01 represents the X-band Earth antenna, XAP02 represents the S-
band Earth antenna, XAP03 represents the X-band space antenna, XAP04
represents the S-band space antenna.
	
  



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Document Modified: 0590-11-06 00:00:00

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