DBSD MSS Annual Repo

OTHER submitted by New DBSD Satellite Services G.P.

New DBSD MSS 2012 Report

2012-10-15

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20001103-00155 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2000110300155_971109

Stephanie A. Roy
202 429 6278
sroy@steptoe.com

1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1795
202 429 3000 main
www.steptoe.com




October 15, 2012


Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554

         Re:       New DBSD Satellite Services G.P. Annual Report
                   Call Sign: S2651

Dear Ms. Dortch:

       Pursuant to Section 25.143(e)1 of the Commission’s rules, New DBSD Satellite Services
G.P. (“DBSD”) submits the enclosed annual report on the status of its 2 GHz mobile satellite
system. In accordance with Section 25.143(e), a copy of this filing is being submitted to the
Commission’s Columbia Operations Center in Columbia, Maryland.

         Please contact me if you have any questions about this submission.

                                              Respectfully submitted,



                                              Stephanie A. Roy
                                              Counsel for New DBSD Satellite Services G.P.

cc:      Robert Nelson
         Karl Kensinger
         Columbia Operations Center, Columbia, Maryland




1
    47 C.F.R. § 25.143(e).


                          ANNUAL SECTION 25.143(e) REPORT

Pursuant to Section 25.143(e) of the Commission’s rules, New DBSD Satellite Services G.P.
(“DBSD”) submits the following information, current as of October 5, 2012.

   1. Status of satellite construction and anticipated launch dates, including any major
      problems or delays encountered.

DBSD successfully launched its G1 satellite on April 14, 2008.

   2. Listing of any non-scheduled space station outages for more than 30 minutes and the
      cause or causes of the outage.

None.

   3. Detailed description of the utilization made of the in-orbit satellite system (including
      percentage of time that the system is actually used for U.S. domestic or transborder
      transmission, the amount of capacity (if any) sold but not in service within U.S. territorial
      geographic areas, the amount of unused system capacity and, if applicable, the actual
      number of subscriber minutes originating or terminating in unserved areas within the
      unserved areas expansion spectrum as a percentage of the actual U.S. system use).

DBSD conducted trials of its hybrid MSS/ATC system and dual-mode devices primarily using
the GMR1 air interface, the Digital Video Broadcast-Satellite Handheld (“DVB-SH”) standard,
and the Qualcomm Enhanced Geostationary Air Link (“EGAL”) for satellite communications to
test and demonstrate the capabilities of these systems.

   4. Identification of any space stations not available for service or otherwise not performing
      to specifications, the cause or causes of these difficulties and the date any space station
      was taken out of service or the malfunction identified.

Not applicable.



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