Public Notice SAT01354

Action Taken Public Notice

Satellite Space Station

2018-10-19

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                       PUBLIC NOTICE
                       FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                       445 12th STREET S.W.
                       WASHINGTON D.C. 20554

                       News media information 202-418-0500
                       Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov)
                       TTY (202) 418-2555
                                                                                                                 DA No.            18-1074
 Report No. SAT-01354                                                                                      Friday October 19, 2018

                                                 Satellite Policy Branch Information
                                                               Actions Taken

The Commission, by its International Bureau, took the following actions pursuant to delegated authority. The effective
date of these actions is the release date of this Notice, except where an effective date is specified.




SAT-STA-20180523-00042                E                 Spaceflight, Inc.
Special Temporary Authority
Grant of Authority                                                                                               Effective Date:     10/12/2018



On October 12, 2018, the Satellite Division granted, with conditions, special temporary authority to Spaceflight, Inc. to operate two
non-geostationary spacecraft to be known as the Upper Free Flyer (UFF) and Lower Free Flyer (LFF), designed to deploy small spacecraft in low
Earth orbit. Spaceflight was granted authority to transmit from the UFF for a period of one hour, 34 minutes for space operations as follows: a
downlink centered at 401.375 MHz or 401.5 MHz with a bandwidth of 22 kHz (space-to-Earth), and a transmission centered at 1616.25 MHz
with a bandwidth of 2.5 MHz (space-to-space) to communicate with the Globalstar, Inc. satellite system. Spaceflight was also granted authority
to transmit from the LFF for a period of three hours, 31 minutes for space operations with a downlink centered at 401.375 MHz or 401.5 MHz,
with a 22 kHz bandwidth (space-to-Earth). The grant is limited to the UFF and LFF spacecraft and does not extend to individual licenses for the
small spacecraft on board either the UFF or LFF.




For more information concerning this Notice, contact the Satellite Division at 202-418-0719; TTY 1-888-835-5322.




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