Narrative Statement

0970-EX-CN-2018 Text Documents

WorldVu Satellites Limited

2018-12-11ELS_221013

                            EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE APPLICATION
                                  NARRATIVE STATEMENT

(1)    Name, address, phone number (also e-mail address and facsimile number, if
       available) of the applicant.

       If there are any questions regarding this application, please contact:

       Mariah Shuman
       Head of Regulatory Affairs, Americas
       OneWeb
       1785 Greensboro Station Place
       Tower 3, Floor 8
       McLean, VA 22102
       E-mail: mariah@oneweb.net
       Phone: (703) 731-0691


(2)    Description of why experimental authorization is needed.

       WorldVu Satellites Limited (“OneWeb”) is a U.S. market access grantee for a U.K.-
       authorized, non-geostationary fixed-satellite system (the “OneWeb FSS System”) that
       will operate in low-earth orbit (“LEO”) utilizing the Ku- and Ka-bands.1

       OneWeb will launch its first satellites in Q1 2019 and is deploying the necessary ground
       infrastructure to support the launch and operation of its LEO constellation. OneWeb
       recently filed applications with the International Bureau to license Ka-band gateway earth
       station facilities in: Talkeetna, Alaska; Southbury, Connecticut; and Clewiston, Florida.2
       OneWeb submits the instant application to obtain experimental authority for testing and
       evaluation of the operational characteristics of seventy-five (75) Ku-band earth stations
       listed below and on the associated Form 442 experimental license application.

       Grant of this application will enable OneWeb to assess the performance of the ground
       equipment that will communicate with its LEO constellation.




1
  See WorldVu Satellites Limited, Petition for a Declaratory Ruling Granting Access to the U.S.
Market for the OneWeb NGSO FSS System, Order and Declaratory Ruling, 32 FCC Rcd 5366
(2017) (“OneWeb Market Access Grant”).
2
 See IBFS File Nos. SES-LIC-20180604-01082 (Call Sign E180620), SES-LIC-20180727-
02075 (Call Sign E181293), and SES-LIC-20180727-02076 (Call Sign E181294).

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(3)   Description of the operation to be conducted and its purpose.

      OneWeb seeks blanket experimental authority to test and validate the performance
      characteristics of earth stations in the United States (described in Question 7 below).
      This testing will also allow OneWeb to ensure these earth stations operate seamlessly
      with OneWeb’s LEO constellation.

      For all operations, OneWeb will comply with the radiofrequency radiation exposure
      limits in 47 CFR § 1.1310 and all recommended measures in OET Bulletin 65. All
      proposed operations involving these earth stations will be conducted by OneWeb on a
      non-interference basis in the Ku-band. These operations will also be consistent with
      OneWeb’s existing and future coordination agreements with other satellite operators.


(4)   Time and dates of proposed operation.

      OneWeb requests a blanket license for two years, commencing on April 1, 2019 and
      ending April 1, 2021.


(5)   Class(es) of station (fixed, mobile, fixed and mobile) and call sign of station (if
      applicable).

      The earth stations will operate in fixed mode.


(6)   Description of the location(s) and, if applicable, geographical coordinates of the
      proposed operation.

      United States


(7)   Transmit equipment to be used, including name of manufacturer, model, and
      number of units.

      12 dB/K Dual Parabolic                        15 dB/K Dual Parabolic
      Intellian Technologies                        Intellian Technologies
      WE12A-OW2010                                  WE15A-OW2020
      50 units                                      25 units

      Each earth station will include two, technically identical antennas.




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(8)      Frequencies desired.

         Transmit:         14.0-14.5 GHz
         Receive:          10.7-12.7 GHz

         The OneWeb Market Access Grant authorizes the OneWeb FSS System to transmit and
         receive in these frequencies within the United States.3


(9)      Maximum effective radiated power (ERP) or equivalent isotropically radiated
         power (EIRP) and output power.

                                      Single Carrier                      Dual Carrier
                   EIRP                 35.6 dBW                           38.6 dBW
                    ERP                 2.22 kW                            4.42 kW
                12 dB/K
                                           0.58 W                           1.15 W
           Output Power
                15 dB/K
                                           0.29 W                           0.58 W
           Output Power


(10)     Emission designator (see §2.201 of this chapter) or describe emission (bandwidth,
         modulation, etc.).

         Single Carrier:         2M40G7D – 20M0G7D
         Dual Carriers:          4M80G7D – 40M0G7D

         The earth stations utilize Adaptive Code Modulation.


(11)     Overall height of antenna structure above the ground (if greater than 6 meters
         above the ground or an existing structure, see part 17 of this Chapter concerning
         notification to the FAA).

         The overall height of the antennas above ground (or above existing structures) will not
         exceed 6 meters.




3
    OneWeb Market Access Grant at ¶ 1.

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(12)     Supplemental Technical Data for Antenna Registration.

         Modulating Signal

         Adaptive Code Modulation using QPSK, 8PSK, 16QAM, 32QAM, or 64QAM
         modulations and variable coding rates.

         Directional Antenna

                                   Beam width in
             Intellian Dual                              Orientation in       Orientation in
                                 degrees at the half
               Parabolic                                Horizonal Plane       Vertical Plane
                                    power point
                12 dB/K                < 3.0                0° – 360°            30° – 90°
                15 dB/K                < 2.4                0° – 360°            30° – 90°


(13)     Response to Form 442, Question 14

         Out of an abundance of caution, OneWeb discloses that on July 30, 2018, the Office of
         Engineering & Technology dismissed (without prejudice) an application filed by
         OneWeb for experimental authority to test certain earth station types.4 OneWeb plans to
         expeditiously resubmit this application to the Commission.




4
    See OET File No. 0111-EX-CN-2018.

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