Attachment 1997Commission Lette

1997Commission Lette

LETTER submitted by IB,FCC

Commission letter May 13 1997

1997-05-13

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

IBFS_SATAO1990050400016_1059656

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20554 INTERNATIONAL BURZAU Tel: 202—418—0719 Fax: 202—418—0748 May 13, 1997 Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Attention: ‘Peter A. Rohrbach Karis A. Hastings Re: Starsys Global Positioning, Inc.: Commencement of Construction Dear Mr. Rohrbach and Ms. Hastings: The Order and Authorization granting Starsys‘s Little LEO license application, which was issued on November 20, 1995, declared that unless extended for good cause the license would become null and void in the event that specified implementation deadlines were not met, including one requiring construction of the first two system satellites to commence by November 1996. Starsys Global Positioning, Inc., 11 FCC Red 1237 at ©28. In a petition filed on February 12, 1997, Leo One USA Corporation alleged that a press report published on January 13, 1997 indicated that construction had not yet begun on any of the satellites for Starsys‘s system. _ The Commussion has regarded the timely execution of a non—contingent construction contract as fulfilling the construction—commencement condition in satellite licenses. See, eg., Letter from Chief, Domestic Facilities Division to GE American Communications, Inc. (June 7, 1990). In the "Opposition" that you filed for Starsys on February 26, 1997, you asserted that "Starsys has a contract with Alcatel Espace in force that will permit Starsys to meet the construction completion and launch dates specified in the ... authorization." It is not clear from this statement when the contract was signed, whether it is subject to any material

contingencies, and whether it requires Alcatel to complete construction of the first two satellites by the pertinent deadline specified in (28 of the Order and Authorization. Please furnish that information within 15 days of the date of this letter by submitting an attested copy of the contract. Sincegely yours, Thomas S. Tycz W Chief, Satellite and Radiocommunication Division International Bureau ce: Robert A. Mazer Albert Shuldiner Vinsor & Elkins LLP. 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Counsel for Leo One USA Corporation s


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