Attachment 1991ARINC Reply Comm

This document pretains to SAT-A/O-19901107-00066 for Authority to Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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RECEIVEN Before the JUL"319W FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 FEDERAL COMMUNICAuu:~ OFFICE OF THE SECRET»® In re Application of N N Nh N N N N N N N N N N N N N Y MOTOROLA SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. File Nos. 9—DSS—P—1(87) CcSBS—~91—O010 For Authority to Construct, Launch, and Operate a Low Earth Orbit Satellite System in the 1610—1626.5 MHz Band. ELLIPSAT CORPORATION File No. 11—DSS—P—91(6) e« y For Authority to Construct Ellipso I, an Elliptical Orbit Communication Satellite System in the 1610—1626.5 MHz and 2483.5—2500 MHz Bands ‘; |iks 'Et“:;»} ‘ D REPLY COMMENTS OF AERONAUTICAL RADIO, INC. Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC), by its attorneys hereby submits this reply to Comments submitted on the Iridium and Ellipsat applications. ARINC is the communications company of the air transport industry and provides civil aviation with communications and information services on a not—for—profit basis. ARINC also sponsors a number of air transport industry forums that address communications and electronics issues for aviation. One of these fidustry committees is the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC), which establishes characteristics and specifications for aircraft electronic systenms.

ARINC and the air transport industry is concerned with the possible impact on GLONASS of Motorola‘s and Ellipsat's proposed use of the band 1610—1626.5 MHz for low—earth orbit (LEO) mobile satellite systems (MSS). AEEC is currently completing work on a draft Characteristic 743A for Global Positioning System (GPS)/GLONASS avionics. The Soviet Union has provided the AEEC and the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) technical information concerning the GLONASS system that specifies the following 24 discrete frequencies in the band 1602.5625—1615.5 MHz to be used by GLOoNaAss:! 1602.5625 MHz 1609.3125 MHz 1603 . 1250 1609 .8750 1603 . 6875 1610 .4375 1604.2500 1611.0000 1604.8125 1611.5625 1605. 3750 1612 . 1250 1605.9375 1612 . 6875 1606.5000 1613 .2500 1607 .0625 1613 .8125 1607 . 6250 1614 .3750 1608 .1875 1614 .9375 1608 .7500 1615.5000 Because the proposed LEO systems and the GLONASS aeronautical radionavigation system will be global in coverage and propose use of the same frequencies, careful design and frequency coordination will be necessary to 1 See U.S.S.R. Research and Production Association of Applied Mechanics, Glavkosmos U.S.S.R., and U.S.S.R. Institute of Space Device Engineering, Global Satellite Navigation System GLONASS Interface Control Document (2d wording) at 12 (1991).

protect GLONASS. GLONASS will probably become an important part of the worldwide aeronautical radionavigation system and be used by aircraft of all nations. For example, Northwest Airlines has begun tests using GLONASS, and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is also considering the roles that GPS and GLONASS will play in the future air navigation systenms. Accordingly, ARINC requests that the United States consider the requirements of the aeronautical radionavigation services of GLONASS prior to authorizing use of the band 1610—1626.5 MHz for LEO MSS. Respectfully submitted, AERONAUTICAL RADIO, INC. By : A~4’/ Jo L. Bartlett of WIZEY, REIN & FIELDING 76 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 429—7000 Its Attorneys July 3, 1991

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Phyllis C. Hall, a legal secretary at the law offices of WILEY, REIN & FIELDING, hereby certify that on this 3ra day of July 1991, copies of the attached "Reply Comments of Aeronautical Radio, Inc." were caused to be served by first— class mail, postage prepaid, on the parties listed on the attached service list. Mflm 2. %U /' Phyllis C. Hall

SERVICE LIST Norman P. Leventhal Raul R. Rodrigqguez Stephen D. Baruch Leventhal, Senter & Lerman 2000 K Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20006—1809 Counsel for TRW Inc. Cheryl Lynn Schneider Communications Satellite Corporation 950 L‘Enfant Plaza, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024 Mr. Robert G. Perry President & Chief Operating Officer Ellipsat Corporation 2420 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 Jill Abeshouse Stern Miller & Holbrooke 1225 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Veronica Haggart Motorola, Inc. 1350 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Philip L. Malet Alfred M. Mamlet Steptoe & Johnson 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036


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