Attachment letter

letter

LETTER submitted by R/L DBS

letter

2003-03-28

This document pretains to SAT-ASG-19960322-00048 for Assignment on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATASG1996032200048_715397

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Benjamin J. Griffin RECEIVED® 44 7300 202 434 7400fax Direct dial 202 661 8720 MAR 2 8 2003 bgriffin@mintz.com Gs) reperaL communications commission eaul orricmormmesserermn® Pour March 28, 2003 HAND DELIVERY ror nnuowy cX | i on RECEIVED Donald Abelson, Chief International Bureau APR 0 1 2003 Federal Communications Commission Policy Division 445 12th Street, SW international Bureau Washington, D.C. 20554 SAT— mOD— 1995baD$ —»60014 Re: R/L DBS Company, LLC Direct Broadcast Satellite Construction Permit, File Nos. DBS 8$7—01, 94—SAT—AL—96, 94—SAT—TC—96, 49—SAT—TC—95, 130—SAT—EXT—95 J\ ~ Dear Mr. Abelson: 1 OV I~" R/L DBS Company, LLC ("Rainbow DBS") is pleased to report to the International Bureau that Rainbow DBS and its spacecraft manufacturer have jn 1— "\’QU’ ! 1 |WV JC ~a IUI timely and successfully completed the following milestones related to the construction of the Rainbow DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite Service ("DBS") satellite that were required to be completed by March 29, 2003 in accordance with the Commission‘s Memorandum Opinion and Order, 16 FCC Red 9 (2000) ("‘Extension Order‘).\/ Specifically, the following milestones have been achieved: e Complete Thermal Vacuum Test; U On June 22, 2001, the International Bureau granted the request of Rainbow DBS to substitute, for the milestones referenced in the Extension Order, alternative milestones that more accurately reflect the manufacturing processes and sequences of Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems ("Lockheed Martin"), the entity that Rainbow DBS selected to construct the satellite (See File No. SAT—MOD—20010611—00051). Therefore, Rainbow DBS is using the Lockheed Martin milestones for purposes of this report. Washington Boston New York Reston New Haven

MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C. Donald Abelson, Chief March 28, 2003 Page 2 e Complete Dynamics; and e Complete Range Testing. Rainbow DBS has applied for an extension on the final three milestones (Complete Final Test, Ship to Launch Site, and Launch Satellite) until August 31, 2003.2 This extension was requested due to unavoidable delays in the launch schedule encountered on the Atlas V launch vehicle program. Construction of the Rainbow—1 satellite is now complete. Lockheed Martin will maintain the satellite in temporary storage in an environmentally—controlled area at its manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale, California. Rainbow—1 will remain in Sunnyvale until it is time to ship the satellite to the launch site, approximately five to six weeks before the launch date. If the need for any additional testing should arise before that time, Lockheed Martin will be able to conduct the appropriate tests. Should you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please communicate with the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, uty P By— Benjamin J. Griffin Christopher R. Bjornson Counsel for Rainbow DBS al R/L DBS Company, LLC, Minor Amendment to Application for Minor Modification to Direct Broadcast Satellite Authorization, for Extension of Launch Milestone for Rainbow 1 (USABSS—17), File No. SAT—MOD—20030110—00009 (filed March 14, 2003). A copy of the Extension Request and the amendment are attached.

MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C. Donald Abelson, Chief March 28, 2003 Page 3 ce: Anna Gomez Tom Tyez Selina Khan Jennifer Gilsenan John Martin Sasha Field Doug Webbink Mark Young Terrence Reideler Marlene Dortch WDC 329130v1


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