Attachment OrbView 3

OrbView 3

NOTICE submitted by ORBIMAGE

OrbView 3

2007-05-08

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20051118-00234 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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21700 Atlantic Blvd Dulles VA 20166 703.480.7500 703.480.4659 fax May 7. 2007 Robert Nelson Chief, Engineering Branch Satellite Division International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Notification of the Status of OrbView—3, Call Sign $2348 File Nos. SAT—MOD—20050511—00097 and SAT—AMD—20051118—00234 Dear Mr. Nelson: ORBIMAGE License Corp, Inc. (collectively with its corporate parent, GeoEye, Inc., "GeoEye"), licensee of OrbView—3, provides this courtesy notification to the Commission that the remote—sensing camera on board OrbView—3 has permanently ceased to produce usable imagery. GeoEye has filed a Form 8—K with the Securities and Exchange Commission to notify its shareholders of this failure and has also informed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA"), as required by the terms of its NOAA license. The OrbView—3 satellite otherwise remains fully functional and capable of meeting the requirements of its FCC—issued NGSO EESS system license. GeoEye plans to keep the satellite in orbit for training use for the duration of its operating life, which GeoEye expects will be approximately five to seven years. GeoEye will continue to communicate with the satellite on a periodic basis (at least daily for the foreseeable future) using all the FCC—authorized frequencies that it had been using prior to the camera failure. The only change in operations will be that the X—band downlink channel will no longer be transmitting usable imagery data. GeoEye expects to launch a second satellite, GeoEye—1 (originally called OrbView—5)‘ as part of the above—referenced system license later this year—which is well See Letter from William L. Warren, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, ORBIMAGE License Corp., to Robert Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, Federal Communications Commission (Nov. 27, 2006) (File Nos. SAT—MOD—20050511— 00097; SAT—AMD—20051118—00234).

21700 Atlantic Blvd Dulles VA 20166 * .lBig., 703.480.7500 703.480.4659 fax in advance of the 2010 launch milestone for that satellite." GeoEye—1 is licensed to use all the frequencies used by OrbView—3. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like more information regarding this matter. Very truly yours, William Warren Sr. Vice President and General Counsel ce: Fern Jarmulnek, Kathyrn Medley, Cassandra Thomas, Sankar Persaud, Sylvia Lam See Grant of Modification, File Nos. SAT—MOD—20050511—00097; SAT—AMD— 20051118—00234 (Jan. 9, 2006).


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