Attachment 1990Reponse of COMSA

1990Reponse of COMSA

REPLY submitted by COMSAT

Response

1990-09-21

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

IBFS_SATAO1990050400016_1059625

> prmreomr— us c—toss=~~~~*MEIDEIVEL: * SEP 2 pEA®FIVED Damests Basinae; Before the W‘dmfiquo%fip“ 1990 Federal Communications Commission®lls Rado o¥5, 2 4 Washington, D.C. 20554 Federal Communications Commission Office of the Secretary In the matter of the Application of ) ) STARSYS, INC. ) File No. 33—DSS—P—90(24) ) For Authority to Construct a ) System of Low Earth Orbit ) Communications Satellites to be ) Stationed in an Inclined ) Non—geostationary Orbit ) To: Common Carrier Bureau RESPONSE OF COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT), through its World Systems Division, hereby responds to Starsys, Inc.‘s ("STARSYS") Reply Comments filed with the Commission on September 4, 1990 in the above—captioned proceeding. COMSAT‘s position, set forth in our Comments, is that to the extent STARSYS provides international communications services, its system operations should be subject to the same policies and conditions as apply to U.S. separate systems. Separate Systems, 1 FCC Rcd 439 (1986); Separate Systems, 61 RR 20 649 (Reconsideration Order) (1986); Separate Systems, 101 FCC 20 1046 (l1985) . In reply, STARSYS states that COMSAT "overlooks the fact that STARSYS has filed a domestic satellite system application" and that "[tlo the extent COMSAT argues that even transborder services via STARSYS‘s system should be subject to the separate systems requirements, its assertions should be rejected outright." STARSYS Reply at 9.

It is our view that STARSYS‘ proposed system cannot be characterized as a domestic system. STARSYS proposes to construct, launch and operate a system of 24 satellites placed in low earth orbits and providing coverage to the entirte world. It states that its "system will be capable of providing 24—hour two—way communications and position determination service everywhere in the world." STARSYS Application at 2. Further, STARSYS states that its "[plrimary and back—up Processing, Analysis and Control Centers (PACCs) in the United States will interconmmrect with the global telecommunications network via standard interfaces (including X.25)." id. STARSYS also claims that its system is "an Inherently Global System" and "would be the world‘s first satellite system that is generally available worldwide." STARSYS Application at TC—4; IIL—9. STARSYS further claims that its "STARNET system is uniquely able to provide an integrated telecommunications link anywhere in the world ... " STARSYS Application at III—9. Thus, the STARSYS proposal cannot be presented as a domestic satellite system providing incidental transborder services, but is an international system fully subject to separate system policies. Respectfully submitted, COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION World Systems Division Linda M. Wellstein Its Attorney 950 L‘Enfant Plaza Washington, D.C. 20034 (202) 863—6018 Sseptember 21, 1990

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Deborah A. Lee, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing "Response of Communications Satellite Corporatlon" was mailed, September 21, 1990 to the following: Gilles Galerne Ralph Kock President Partner LTM Corporation of America KPMG Peat Marwick 11646 Pendleton Street 8150 Leesburg Pike Sun Valley, CA —91352—2501 Suite 800 Vienna, VA 22182 Vincent J. Cardone President Charles Porter Oceanweather, Inc. Chief Executive Officer 5 River Road Houston Data Transmission Suite 1 Company, Inc. Cos Cob, CT 06807 712 River Oaks Bank Tower 2001 Kirby Drive Kennon D. Vaudrey Houston, TX 77019 President Vaudrey & Associates, Inc. J.K. English 1540 Marsh Street English Automotive, Ltd. P.0O0. Box 725 1650 Howard Street Suite E Lincoln Park, MI 48146 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Raul R. Rodrigqguez A. George Mourad Stephen D. Baruch Manager Leventhal, Senter & Lerman Space Business Development 2000 K Street, N.W. Battelle Suite 600 507 King Avenue Washington, D.C. 20006—1809 Columbus, OH 43201 T. Stephen Cheston Peter A Castruccio Executive Vice President President Governmental Affairs Ecosystems International, Inc. Geostar Corporation Box 225 1001 22nd Street, N.W. Gambrills, MD 21054 Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20037 R. Michael Laurs, Ph.D. Fishery Oceangrapher Albert Halprin, Esq. United States Department of Stephen L. Goodman, Esq. Commerce Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, National Oceanic and McPherson & Hand, Chartered Atmospheric Administration 901 Fifteenth Street, N.W. South West Fisheries Science Suite 700 Center Washington D.C. 20005 P.0O0. Box 271 La Jolla, CA 92038—0271 /Q{,/Mz Z4 €Bborah A.


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