Attachment 2003MSV-surrender li

2003MSV-surrender li

SURRENDER OF AUTHORIZATION submitted by MSV

surrender

2003-06-30

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-19960301-00042 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD1996030100042_807289

MSV II" l Mobile Satellite Ventures | June 30, 2003 RECEIVE Via Hand Delivery D Ms. Marlene H. Dortch JUN 3 0 2003 Secretary Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. . Office of Secretary Washington, D.C. 20554 RECEIVEp RE: Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC JUL Voluntary Surrender of Licenses for Satellites at 15 2003 62°W and 139°W Orbital Locations MED;A ByREA U Dear Ms. Dortch: Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV*") hereby voluntarily surrenders its licenses for first—generation satellites at the 62°W and 139°W orbital locations.‘ As the Commission has acknowledged, it "has not been able to coordinate sufficient L—band spectrum for AMSC [the predecessor to MSV] to support a three satellite U.S. system."" In 1995, MSV‘s predecessor, American Mobile Satellite Corporation ("AMSC"), launched its first satellite ("AMSC—1") into orbit at 101°W in full compliance with the Commission‘s milestones. AMSC planned to use the satellites at the 62°W and 139°W orbital locations as "wing" satellites for its first—generation MSS system. MSV continues to believe that a multiple—satellite system is essential to provide the most reliable service possible in the L—band. ‘In 1989, the Commission authorized MSV‘s predecessor, American Mobile Satellite Corporation ("AMSC"), to construct, launch, and operate a first—generation Mobile Satellite Service ("MSS") system using frequencies in the L—band from three space stations located at 62°W, 101°W, and 139°W. See Memorandum Opinion, Order and Authorization, 4 FCC Red 6041 (1989), Final Decision on Remand, 7 FCC Red 266 (1992), affd sub nom., Aeronautical Radio, Inc. v. FCC, 983 F.2d 275 (D.C. Cir. 1993). The first—generation satellites at the 62°W and 139°W orbital locations were authorized to use feeder link frequencies in the 11.7—11.8 GHz and 14.0—14.1 GHz bands. See Memorandum Opinion, Order and Authorization, 4 FCC Red 6041, T 76. MSV has requests pending at the Commission for extensions of the milestones applicable to its satellites at 62°W and 139°W. The latest request was filed on March 1, 1996. See File No. SAT—AMD—19960301—00041 and —00042. These requests are now moot. *AMSC Subsidiary Corporation, Order and Authorization, 13 ECC Red 12316, 15 (March 13, 1998); see id. at | 2 (noting that AMSC "has yet to launch another satellite, and international coordination problems may preclude it from operating additional satellites on the currently authorized frequencies"). Mobile Satellite Ventures LP 10802 Parkridge Boulevard, Reston, Virginia, 20191—5416

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch June 30, 2003 Page 2 Nothing in this letter is intended to affect MSVs right to deploy a multiple—satellite next— generation replacement L—band system. Please contact the undersigned with any questions or concerns. Very truly yours, C C Cony, Lon C. Levin Vice President ce: Jennifer Gilsenan, FCC Cassandra Thomas, FCC Document #: 1334965 v.1


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