Attachment 1990PN DA 90-918.pdf

1990PN DA 90-918.pdf

PUBLIC NOTICE submitted by FCC

Letter

1990-07-16

This document pretains to SAT-A/O-19900504-00016 for Authority to Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAO1990050400016_1059616

Federal Communications Commission DA 90—918 public switched telephone network. Starsys states that all Before the twenty—four satellites will be launched within four years Federal Communications Commission after Commission authorization. Washington, D.C. 20554 Comments or petitions regarding Starsys‘s application may be filed on or before August 17, 1990. Replies and oppositions may be filed on or before September 3, 1990. Responses may be filed on or before September 21, 1990. PUBLIC NOTICE Interested parties wishing to file applications for low earth orbit satellite systems to operate in the 148.0—149.0 Report No. DS—982 Released: July 16, 1990 MHz and 137.0—138.0 MHz bands to be considered con— currently with Starsys‘s and Orbital Communications Cor— poration‘s (see Public Notice DS—953, April 11, 1990) may LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE APPLICATION do so on or before September 21, 1990. Each applicant ACCEPTABLE FOR FILING; must file a concrete, comprehensive proposal for its pro— CUT — OFF ESTABLISHED FOR posed low earth orbit satellite system, describing in detail ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS all pertinent technical and operational aspects of the sys— tem. the proposed services (e.g., fixed, mobile, data. The Commission has found. upon initial review, that voice). and its ability to proceed expeditiously with con— the following application filed by Starsys. Inc. (Starsys) for struction and launch. In particular, applicants shall pro— authority to construct a low earth orbit satellite system is vide all information specified in Appendix B of Space acceptable for filing. The Commission reserves the right Station Application Filing Procedures, 48 Fed. Reg. 40256 to return this application, however,. if, upon further re— (September 6. 1983), as appropriate. Applications that fail view, it is determined that it is defective or not in confor— to comport with these requirements as;of the cut—off date mance with the Commission‘s rules, regulations and will be dismissed as unacceptable for filing. Applicants policies. filing by the cut—off date will be afforded an opportunity to amend their applications, if necessary. to conform with STARSYS, INC. File No. 33—DSS—P—90(24) any requirements and policies that may be adopted for a low—earth orbit satellite service in either the frequency Application for authority to construct 24 small satellites allocation or licensing portions of this proceeding. that are intended to operate in inclined (between 50 and For further information, contact Fern Jarmulnek or 60 degrees). non—geostationary, low earth orbits approxi— Kathleen Campbell at (202) 634—1624. mately 1300 kilometers above the earth. The system is intended to provide two—way data communications and FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION position determination services to mobile and fixed users throughout the United States. To operate its system. Starsys proposes to use spread spectrum techniques in the following VHF band frequencies: Earth—to—space: 148.0 to 149.0 MHz Space—to—Earth: 137.0 to 138.0 MHz In the event that a non—spread spectrum basis is selected by the Commission,. Starsys proposes to use the 148—148.411 MHz band for uplink transmissions and the 137—137.509 MHz—band for downlink transmissions. [Starsys filed a petition for Rule Making to allocate these frequencies to its proposed services on a "modified pri— mary basis." See Public Notice Report No. 1817 (June 18. 1990), RM—7399.] Communications are to consist of mes— sages up to thirty—two characters in either the send or receive directions. Longer messages of up to 100 char— acters may be sent in separate packets and are to be assembled into an integrated whole message in the user terminal logic circuitry. Position location information may also be sent via the "voice locator" service, which translates position information into human language. Starsys proposes to sell its services on a non—common carrier basis in bulk to providers of related products who will, in turn, make the services available to individual customers. Service is to be provided through low—cost. portable transceivers. Services proposed to be offered in— — clude emergency services, monitoring services, tracking services, messaging services, and interconnection with the


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