Attachment annual report

annual report

REPORT submitted by ICO

annual report

2005-10-03

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20050927-00186 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2005092700186_458993

Received s q 6 1005 $2 Brench ICO Polilnargurest RECEIVED ‘""*""" October 3, 2005 OCT ~ 3 2005 By Hand Delivery Fateel ConmunestinsConnostn Ms. Marlene H. Dortch * of Secay Sccretary Federal Communications Commission The Portals 445 12" Street,S.W., Room TW—A325 2005 ANNUAL REPORT Washington, D.C. 20554 Re:— 1C0 Satellite Services G.P. Annual Section 25.143(e) Report File Nos. 188—SAT—LOI—97; IBFS Nos. SAT—LOI—19970026—00163, SAT—MOD—200501 10—00004, SAT—MOD—20050926—00182 and SAT—AMD—20050027—00186 Dear Ms. Dortch Pursuantto section 25.143(e)of the Commission‘s rules, ICO Satellite Services G.P. (ICO) submits the enclosed annual report on the status of ts 2 GHz mobile satellite service (MSS) system. Please direct any questions regarding this submission to the undersigned. Sincerely, irga MatikyUhatloy Suzanne Hutchings Malloy Senior Regulatory Counsel cc:— Karl Kensinger Williem Bell Columbia Operations Center (Columbia, MD) 2000 Pesinraia Ave, 0t Gum sn iniiagen, oc 20006 200 a00anns ptone 2e 2004000 t« wt. innucocon

ANNUAL SECTION 25.143(e) REPORT 1CO Satellite Services G.P. ("1CO®) submits the following information, current as of September 30, 2005, pursuant to Section 25.143(e) of the Commission‘s rules. 1. Status of satellte construction and anticipated launch dates, including any major problems or delays encountered. On May24, 2005, the International Bureau granted ICO‘s application to modify its letter of intent authorization to provide 2 GHz mobile satellite service (°MSS") to the United States through a geostationary satellte orbit (°GSO") system instead of a non— geostationary satellite orbit system.". The Bureau found that ICO already had entered into a non—contingent satellte manufacturing contract with Space Systems/Loral and completed critical desin review for its GSO system* Since grant ofits modification application, ICO has met the applicable FCC—prescribed milestones on a timely basis and continues to make rapid progress in construction ofts GSO system. Specifically, ICO has commenced physical construction ofits satellite and has met the first two milestones prescribed in the ICO Modification Order. in addition, ICO has raised $650 million in an August 2005 deboffering, the proceeds of which willfund a substantial portion of its costs to develop the 1CO 2 GHz GSO MSS system. 1CO expects to launch its 2 GHz GSO satellite July 1, 2007 and to begin satellite operations by July 17, 2007, consistent with the milestones set forth in the ICO Modification Order. 2. Listing of any non—scheduled space station outages for more than 30 minutes and the cause or causes ofthe outage. Not applicable. 3. Detailed description of the utlization made ofthe in—orbit satelltesystem (including percentage of time that the system is actually used for U.S. domestic or transborder transmission, the amount of capacity (ifany) sold but not in service within U.S.territorial geographic areas, the amount of unused system capacity and, if applicable, te actual number ofsubscriber minutes originating or terminating in unserved areas within the unserved areas expansion spectrum as a percentage of the actual U.8.system use). Not applicable. } Ste 1O Satlite Services G P, 20 FCC Red 9797 (InI Bur, 2005 (*10O Modication Order"). uy 2225.

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


Document Created: 2005-10-06 16:11:39
Document Modified: 2005-10-06 16:11:39
© 2024 FCC.report
This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FCC