Special Temporary Authority application - Applicant Name
Name of Applicant:
ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited
Special Temporary Authority application - Best Contact
First Name:
Suzanne
Last Name:
Malloy
Phone Number:
202 330 4005
Title:
Senior Regulatory Counsel
Special Temporary Authority application - Certification
Applicant certification
Neither the applicant nor any other party to the application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. The applicant hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the prvious use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests authorization in accordance with this application. (See Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) The applicant acknowledges that all statements made in this application and attached exhibits are considered material representations, and that all the exhibits part hereof and are incorporated herein as if set out in full in this application; undersigned certifies that all statements in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Applicant certifies that construction of the station would NOT be an action which is likely to have a significant environmental effect. See the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR1.1301-1.1319.
Date:
2006-12-08 00:00:00.0
Signature of Applicant (Authorized person filing form):
Suzanne Malloy
Title of Applicant (if any):
Senior Regulatory Counsel
Special Temporary Authority application - Explanation
Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited requests an experimental special temporary authorization (?STA?) to conduct in-orbit and end-to-end testing of the ICO Global Communications (together with its subsidiaries, ?ICO?) medium-earth- orbit (?MEO?) mobile satellite service (?MSS?) system for a period of five months. The experimental authorization will permit the resumption of testing using the ICO F- 2 satellite and a new experimental mobile earth terminal (?MET?), in order to facilitate future launch and operation of a larger MEO constellation for service outside the United States. The sole purpose of this application is for testing and integration of relevant components of the ICO System. The tests will complete end-to-end validation of the design and function of the ICO MEO satellite MET and space station operations. These frequencies will not be permitted to carry any kind of voice/data traffic offered to the public anywhere in the 2 GHz MSS bands. ICO does not intend to use the MET for any permanent communications link operations. MET use at the Brewster, Washington site, however, can be more rapidly provisioned for the proposed test than other potential test sites, and it is the site most readily accessible to the various personnel involved in conducting the tests. Successful completion of the testing phase would facilitate future launch and operation of the larger MEO constellation. Tests will resume and complete validation and end-to-end testing of spacecraft hardware and payload operations, and will assist ICO in developing ICO user terminals that are interoperable with its North America and global MSS systems.
Special Temporary Authority application - Information
Callsign:
WC9XWH
Class of Station:
MO
Nature of Service:
Experimental
Special Temporary Authority application - Initial values - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
ICO requests an experimental STA to resume and complete the testing of the ICO F-2 satellite begun in 2001 from the Brewster, Washington earth station site, using an experimental mobile earth terminal. Specifically, ICO seeks to re- validate in-orbit testing performed when the ICO F-2 satellite was launched, and to perform tests planned but not completed following the ICO F-2 launch. The overall purpose of the experiment is to ascertain the proper function of the forward- link (5- GHz uplink to satellite and 2-GHz downlink to earth station) and the return- link (2- GHz uplink to satellite and 7-GHz downlink to earth station) through all possible 2-GHz spot-beams. The planned in-orbit payload testing is intended to verify the performance of the satellite payload, including 2 GHz repeaters and the related antenna subsystem. End-to-end testing will allow a full assessment of the end-to-end performance of the ICO MEO system, using the requested experimental MET for the 2 GHz portion of the test and the requested SES Americom Brewster earth station experimental authority for the 5/7 GHz feeder function. In this manner, the Brewster SAN will use both 5/7 GHz and 2 GHz carriers to create a complete testing loop. This end-to- end testing will emulate the carrier of the user terminal link?s (i.e., the mobile earth station) send/receive capabilities in order to validate the complete service link and feeder link radio paths of connectivity that would normally take place between the user terminal handsets and the ICO SAN.
Special Temporary Authority application - Initial values - Requested Period of Operation
Operation End Date:
05/31/2007
Operation Start Date:
01/01/2007
Special Temporary Authority application - Manufacturer
Equipment 1 Experimental
Yes
Equipment 1 Manufacturer
Viasat
Equipment 1 Model Number
N/A
Equipment 1 No. Of Units
1
Special Temporary Authority application - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
Conducting in-orbit and end-to-end testing of the ICO Global Communications medium-earth-orbit mobile satellite service (MSS) system using the ICO F-2 satellite. ICO requests an experimental STA to resume and complete the testing of the ICO F-2 satellite begun in 2001 from the Brewster, Washington earth station site, using an experimental mobile earth terminal. Specifically, ICO seeks to re- validate in-orbit testing performed when the ICO F-2 satellite was launched, and to perform tests planned but not completed following the ICO F-2 launch. The overall purpose of the experiment is to ascertain the proper function of the forward- link (5- GHz uplink to satellite and 2-GHz downlink to earth station) and the return- link (2- GHz uplink to satellite and 7-GHz downlink to earth station) through all possible 2-GHz spot-beams. The planned in-orbit payload testing is intended to verify the performance of the satellite payload, including 2 GHz repeaters and the related antenna subsystem. End-to-end testing will allow a full assessment of the end-to-end performance of the ICO MEO system, using the requested experimental MET for the 2 GHz portion of the test and the requested SES Americom Brewster earth station experimental authority for the 5/7 GHz feeder function. In this manner, the Brewster SAN will use both 5/7 GHz and 2 GHz carriers to create a complete testing loop. This end-to- end testing will emulate the carrier of the user terminal link?s (i.e., the mobile earth station) send/receive capabilities in order to validate the complete service link and feeder link radio paths of connectivity that would normally take place between the user terminal handsets and the ICO SAN.
Special Temporary Authority application - Requested Period of Operation