Attachment 1995TRWConsolidated

1995TRWConsolidated

OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO DENY submitted by TRW

Consolidated Opposition

1995-01-03

This document pretains to SAT-L/A-19941116-00074 for Launch Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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 In re Applications of:+                                                    FEDERAL:   GOMLINICATIONS
                                                                                         OF SECrEmAN  COMMISSION


TRW INC.                                                                      File Nos. 20—DSS—P—91(12)

For Authority to Construct, Launch,
and Operate a Low Earth Orbit
Mobile Satellite System in the
1610—1626.5 Mhz and 2483.5—2500
Mhz Bands




                       CONSOLIDATED OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO DENY
                              AND REPLY COMMENTS OF TRW INC.




                                                        Norman P.                      Leventhal
                                                        Raul R. Rodriqguez
                                                        Stephen D. Baruch
                                                        J. Breck Blalock

                                                         Leventhal,                      Senter & Lerman
                                                      2000 K Street, Suite 600
                                                      Washington, D.C.  20006
                                                                 (202) 429—8970

January 3,             1995                           Attorneys for TRW Inc.




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                                          TABLE OF CONTENTS




 Summary .

 I.                    INTRODUCTION       .   .   .   .   .   .   .   k   k   o«   k   e   o«   o+   +   +

 II.                   MCHI‘S CLAIMS THAT TRW HAS FAILED TO MEET THE
                       COMMISSION‘S FINANCIAL STANDARDS ARE
                       CONTRIVED AND CRITICALLY FLAWED.  . . . . . .

                       A.   Applicants Relying On Internal Funds To
                            Meet The Commission‘s Financial
                            Requirements Are Only Required To
                            Demonstrate That They Have The Ability
                            And Present Intention To Establish Their
                            Proposed Systems.                 .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .    .    .   .

                       B.   TRW Has Made The Required Financial
                            Showing That It Has The Present Ability
                            And Intent To Construct Its Proposed
                            System.  . . . . . . . k k k & .& >

                       C.   TRW Does Not Own An Interest In Any
                            Other Big LEO Applicant.                      .   .    .   .   .    .    .       11

III.                   THE COMMISSION SHOULD GRANT TRW‘S REQUEST
                       FOR A CONDITIONAL FEEDER LINK AUTHORIZATION
                       IN THE 20/30 GHZz BANDS . . . . . . . . . . .

IV.                    CONCLUSION     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   k   e    e   &   s




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                                            SUMMARY


                       On December 22,   1994,   Mobile Communications Holdings,

 Inc.       ("MCHI") petitioned the Commission to deny the Amended

Applications of four other "Big LEO" applicants,                  including TRW

 Inc.       ("TRW").        On the same date,    Hughes Communications Galaxy,

 Inc.       ("Hughes")       filed comments requesting that the Commission

delay authorizing TRW for the feeder link spectrum that TRW has

requested.               The Commission should deny both of these requests.

                       In its petition, MCHI contorts the Commission‘s

financial qualification rules into a self—serving, overly strict

standard by implying that companies that rely on internal funds

to demonstrate their ability to finance the space seqgment of

their systems must commit to expending those same funds on the

actual construction of the system.                  Having established its

fantastical standard, MCHI then claims that TRW has failed to

meet it.

                       MCHI‘s claims have no basis in reality.     The Commission

requires that Big LEO applicants demonstrate that they have

internal assets sufficient to cover their proposed systems‘ space

segment and associated launch and operating costs,                 and provide a

commitment that management is prepared to expend the funds

necessary to proceed with establishment of their systems ——




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nothing more.               TRW has fully complied with this Commission

 standard.              Accordingly, MCHI‘s petition must be denied.

                       To bring TRW‘s system proposal into conformity with the

Commission‘s technical service requirements, TRW altered its

system design in a way that requires an increase in the amount of

needed feeder link spectrum.                 In its comments, Hughes requests

that the Commission delay granting TRW‘s feeder link request

until Hughes‘s interests in a separate and unrelated proceeding

have been addressed by the Commission.

                       Hughes'é request,   however,   is tardy and irrelevant.

TRW‘s original application was subject to a cut—off for comments

on December 18,              1991.   Hughes did not file at that time any

comments regarding TRW‘s application.                  Further, Hughes did not

even file its conflicting and still unaccepted application until

almost two years after the cut—off date.                  The Commission should

not allow any newcomer claiming an interest in frequencies at

issue in cut—off proceedings to so delay and abuse the reqgulatory

process.               Accordingly, the Commission should reject Hughes‘s

comments.




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              Federal Communications Commission‘JAN — $ 1995
                                    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554                  rEpeR. communications coumission
                                                                                 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY




    In re Applications of :

TRW INC.                                                   File Nos.   20—DSS—P—91(12)
                                                                       CSS—91—015
                                                                       17—SAT—LA—95
For Authority to Construct,                  Launch,                   18—SAT—AMEND—95
and Operate a Low Earth Orbit
Mobile Satellite System in the
1610—1626.5 MHz              and 2483 .5—2500
MHz Bands




                       CONSOLIDATED OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO DENY
                              AND REPLY COMMENTS OF TRW INC.



                       TRW Inc.   ("TRW"),   by its attorneys, hereby opposes the

petition to deny ("Petition")                  filed by Mobile Communications

Holdings, Inc.              ("MCHI") and replies to the comments filed by

Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.                     ("Hughes"), as these pleadings

relate to TRW‘s application, as amended.‘




1           TRW‘s original application and subsequent amendments will be
            collectively referred to herein as the "Amended Application."
            TRW‘s November 16, 1994 amendment brings it into compliance
            with the Commission‘s service rules established in Amendment
            of the Commission‘s Rules to Establish Rules and Policies
            Pertaining to a Mobile Satellite Service in the 1610—
            1626.5/2483.5—2500 MHz Frequency Bands, FCC 94—261 (released
            October 14, 1994) ("Report and Order").

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                       I.   INTRODUCTION


                       MCHI clearly does not have the financial wherewithal to

 construct its own proposed system or to meet the Commission‘s

 financial qualifications standard.               As a result,   it has

petitioned to deny each of the four other "Big LEO" applicants

that made or attempted a financial qualifications showing in

their most recent amendments.               MCHI is grasping at straws in its

attempt to delay or prevent the granting of licenses to qualified

Big LEO applicants.               In this way,   it might buy itself more time

to meet the Commission‘s Big LEO service rules without suffering

the competitive setback that would otherwise attend such a delay.

As explained below,              however, MCHI‘s arguments to the Commission

regarding TRW‘s Amended Application are both contrived and

critically flawed.

                       MCHI misstates the Commission‘s financial qualification

requirements by implying that companies that rely on internal

funds to demonstrate their ability to finance the costs of their

proposed systems must earmark funds for this purpose.                 MCHI also

distorts the statements that TRW made in its Amended Application

to the Commission regarding its financial qualifications in an

effort to cause the appearance of lack of candor and non—

conformity with the Commission‘s rules.




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                       Contrary to MCHI‘s claims, assignment of specific funds

 is not required.             Moreover, MCHI‘s arguments regarding TRW‘s

candor are entirely specious.              MCHI,   in its zeal to pursue a

revision of the standard that would accommodate its interests,

completely ignores the fact that TRW is in full compliance with

the applicable standard.              MCHI‘s crusade is misdirected and

mistimed.              Its arguments must be rejected.

                       In its comments, Hughes argues that the Commission

should not make even conditional feeder link assignments in the

20/30 GHz bands to Big LEO systems until the issue of sharing

between LEO and geostationary systems is resolved.               TRW and

Motorola Satellite Communications,             Inc.   (whose 20/30 GHz band

feeder link request is also attacked by Hughes)              have had

applications pending for these feeder link frequencies since 1991

and 1990, respectively.              The bands were identified as appropriafe

for Big LEO feeder links due to their relative non—congestion and

global availability.              The Commission cannot permit the fact that

Hughes,          one of the two largest domestic satellite operators,

happened along two years later, with a new request that conflicts

with the previously cut—off applications of TRW and Motorola, to

further delay the grant of TRW‘s Amended Application —— including

the conditional feeder link authorization requested therein.




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                       II.     MCHI‘S CLAIMS THAT TRW HAS FAILED TO MEET THE
                               COMMISSION‘S FINANCIAL STANDARDS ARE CONTRIVED AND
                               CRITICALLY FLAWED.

                               A.      Applicants Relying On Internal Funds To Meet
                                       The Commission‘s Financial Requirements Are
                                       Oonly Required To Demonstrate That They Have
                                       The Ability And Present Intention To
                                       Establish Their Proposed Systenms.

                       In its Report and Order, the Commission formally

adopted as its Big LEO financial standard the requirement that

each applicant demonstrate the financial ability to build and

launch all satellites for which it has applied, and to operate

its system for one year after the launch of the first satellite

in its constellation.                     Report and Order, FCC 94—261,             slip op. at

T 38.           To meet this standard, the Commission requires an

applicant to submit an audited balance sheet that evidences that

the applicant has internal funds in the form of current assets

and operating income sufficient to cover these first—year costs.

In addition,                 an applicant that uses internal sources to

demonstrate its ability to cover its space seqgment costs must

provide a management commitment that "absent a material change in


2          Specifically,  each applicant must submit,      supported by
           affidavit, a balance sheet and documentation of any financial
           commitments reflected in the balance sheet, including loan
           agreements           and     service    contracts,        demonstrating      that        the
           applicant has sufficient current assets and operating income
           to     satisfy       the    Commission‘s        financial    standards.      See          47
           C.F.R.        §     25.140(d)(1);       Licensing      Space      Stations    in         the
           Domestic—Fixed              Satellite   Service,     50    Fed.   Reg.   36071,     «[    13
           (Sept. 5,           1985)    ("1985 Processing Order").
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circumstances,              it is prepared to expend the necessary funds" to

    construct,          launch,   and operate the system‘s space seqgment.     It is

a complete misnomer for MCHI to assert that such an applicant is

only "relying" on internal funds to satisfy its financial

requirements.               The applicant merely must demonstrate the

availability of such funds and provide evidence of management‘s

preparedness to expend those funds on the system proposal.                     Id.

at [ 35; 47 C.F.R. § 25.140(d)(1) .}

                       In its Petition, MCHI characterizes this financial

showing as a two—part test in which the applicant for Big LEO

service must "demonstrate the factual availability of the

necessary funds," and "demonstrate that those funds are committed

to the satellite project."                 Petition at 4   (emphasis added).   By

purposefully distorting the Commission‘s requirements in this

way,       MCHI attempts to apply to TRW a financial standard that the

Commission has expressly and repeatedly rejected as unnecessary

and overly burdensonme.

                           The purpose of the financial demonstration is to

avoid the warehousing of orbit spectrum and ensure prompt service




3          If an applicant cannot demonstrate           that it has the required
           level of internal funds, it may             satisfy the Commission‘s
           requirements by submitting detailed         evidence of "irrevocably"
           committed debt or equity financing.          Report and Order, FCC 94—
           261, slip op. at CC 30, 32; 47 C.F.R. § 25.140(d)(2).
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 to the public.              1985 Processing Order at ({ 5, 8.*   The

    Commission wants to satisfy itself that an applicant has the

    "ability" and "present intent" to construct,           launch, and operate

the system; it does not require that an applicant ultimately

 finance its system in the same manner in which it satisfies the

Commission‘s financial qualification criteria.                Report and Order,

FCC 94—261, slip op. at C 31.               Specifically, the Commission

stated in its Report and Order that:


                       [ajpplicants relying on internal financing need not set
                       aside specific funds for their systems.  Rather . . .
                       we require only a demonstration of current assets or
                       operating income sufficient to cover system costs.   The
                       availability of internal funds sufficient to cover a
                       system‘s costs provides adequate assurance at the time
                       the Commission acts on the application that the system
                       can be built and launched.

I@.      (emphasis added).}          Indeed, the Commission went on to


4          In adopting its Domsat financial standard, the Commission
           stated that applying a financial "standard less than requiring
           the  demonstrated   ability   to   proceed  immediately   with
           construction and launch would allow some permittees to tie up
           orbital locations for several years while attempting to bring
           their financing plans to fruition, and would prevent qualified
           applicants from implementing their plans to provide service to
           the public."  1985 Processing Order at { 8.

5          Similarly, in its 1985 Processing Order, the Commission stated
           that its financial qualifications are designed to be objective
           criteria to be used only to identify applicants that are
           capable of financing their proposed systems:

                       [ojur intention was to set objective criteria that
                       could  easily and    consistently be applied     to
                       identify applicants who are financially capable of
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    recognize that well—capitalized companies such as TRW that use

    internal funds to make their demonstrations will not necessarily

    spend their own money on the project.               It noted that "[hlighly

 capitalized companies possess more collateral, and thus, are in a

 better position to borrow money than thinly capitalized

 companies."              Id.

                       It cannot be overemphasized that, under the

Commission‘s procedures, there is no requirement that applicants

that use their internal funds to demonstrate their ability to

satisfy the financial qualifications standards must actually

finance their projects with internal funds.                     As noted above, the

Commission contemplates that highly capitalized companies, which

possess large amounts of collateral, will borrow against those

assets —— not sell them off.°


i(...continued)
                       proceeding with the construction and launch of
                       their proposed satellites immediately upon grant of
                       their applications.

                       1985 Processing Order at € 10        (emphasis added).

6            Current       assets   provide   a   general    measure   of   a   company‘s
            ability to raise funds on the basis of its ongoing operations
            and as an indication of a company‘s ability to finance its
            system promptly upon grant.     It is the identification of
            which applicants have this ability —— and thus will be
            disinclined to squander or sit on spectrum resources while
            searching for funding —— that is the objective of the
            threshold financial qualifications standards. Implementation
            milestones will ensure that a qualified applicant that is
            reticent to spend its funds does not sit too long atop the
            fence.

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                            B.   TRW Has Made The Required Financial Showing
                                 That It Has The Present Ability And Intent To
                                 Construct Its Proposed Systenm.

                       TRW‘s submissions in its Amended Application more than

satisfy the Commission‘s financial qualification requirements.

As noted in the Amended Application, the total anticipated costs

for its proposed system are approximately $1.8 billion.                 Amended

Application, Attachment B at 1.                 TRW has submitted an audited

balance sheet demonstrating that it has current assets of $1.994

billion and operating income of $359 million, well in excess of

the amounts necessary to meet the Commission‘s financial

qualification standards.

                       Wisely declining to challenge the facial sufficiency of

TRW‘s showing, MCHI instead questions whether TRW "will rely upon

internal funding as it claims in the amendment."                 Petition at 6.

This question, however, has nothing to do with the applicable

standard,              and as such,   need not be answered.

                       TRW is not required to commit or state with absolute

certainty that it will sell or spend $1.5 billion of its own

current assets and the total of its 1993 operating income to

finance its proposed system, and TRW has made no such claim in

its Amended Application.                TRW has demonstrated its ability to

finance its proposed system under the applicable standard and has




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made the requisite commitment as called for by the new Commission

rule.          As such,      it is financially qualified, and whether TRW

spends its own money, uses financing from joint venturers or

strategic partners, or borrows from financial institutions, is

irrelevant to this standard.

                       As a result, there is absolutely no merit to MCHI‘s

argument that because TRW may not actually spend internal funds

on its system, but may instead seek external debt and equity

funding, TRW was required to submit evidence of fully—negotiated,

non—contingent commitments for the estimated systems costs.                  See

Petition at 8.               The Commission‘s rules require only those

applicants that do not have sufficient current assets and

operating income to meet the Commission‘s financial standards to

submit evidence of external debt and equity funding,              if any, on

which they will rely to demonstrate that they have the financial

wherewithal to construct their proposed systems.               47 C.F.R. §

25.140(4) (2) .

                       Finally, there is no merit whatsoever to MCHI‘s

assertion that the absence of disclosures regarding the financing

of TRW‘s proposed system by TRW in formal Securities and Exchange

Commission ("SEC")              filings is evidence of TRW‘s lack of candor

with the Commission and/or absence of commitment.               MCHI attempts




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to twist both the Commission‘s financial qualifications standard

 and SEC reqgulations by asserting that TRW‘s management commitment

to the project is tantamount to a "contingent liability" that

    "must materially affect [TRW‘s) liquidity and profitability" and,

hence,          should have been disclosed in its past SEC reports.

Petition at 31. MCHI continues by alleging that in the absence of

such disclosures,              "there is no bona fide TRW commitment fully to

fund Odyssey from internal funds."                    Id.

                       TRW, one of the largest publicly—held corporations in

the country, is intimately familiar with all of the applicable

SEC reqgulations and reporting requirements, and is confident that

it has been and remains in full compliance with those

requirements.               To the extent that MCHI is asserting otherwise ——

relying on nothing more than supposition and a

mischaracterization of the applicable FCC standard —— it is

grasping at straws.

                       In short,   TRW has made the management commitment that

is required by new Section 25.143(b) (3)                    of the Commission‘s

rules,         and continues to stand behind that commitment.‘             MCHI‘s



7         As for the MCHI view that Teleglobe Inc.‘s investment in TRW‘s
          proposed system is to be viewed with suspicion, the Commission
          itself recognized that such global partnering was to be
           expected:

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lack of candor argument does nothing more than obfuscate the

    intent of two disparate reqgulatory requirements in the hope of

persuading this Commission to adopt an overly stringent financial

    commitment standard that has repeatedly been rejected by the

agency.                MCHI‘s Petition must be denied.

                             C.     TRW Does Not Own An Interest In Any Other Big
                                    LEO Applicant.

                        In footnote 51 of its Petition, MCHI suggests that

TRW‘s one—time ownership of an inconsequential,                        indirect minority

stock interest in Defense Systems,                        Inc., which itself was an

original minority investor in Big LEO applicant Constellation

Communications, Inc.                 ("Constellation"), raises questions

regarding TRW‘s legal qualifications to be a Commission licensee.

This is nonsense —— and old nonsense at that.‘

                       TRW does not now own,        nor has it ever owned,       a direct




           ?(...continued)
                        [T])hese   systems   are    inherently   global,   and   extremely
                       expensive....   As such, it is reasonable to expect that
                       investors will want to be involved with system operation,
                       particularly if the system will be accessed from the
                       investor‘s jurisdiction.    We concur that this foreign
                       participation is likely to improve the likelihood of
                       receiving a grant of space station access by foreign
                       administrations. (Report and Order, FCC 94—261, slip op.
                       at { 181.)

8         TRW responded to this assertion once before.                 See Consolidated
          Opposition to Petitions To Deny And/Or Dismiss And Reply
          Comments Of TRW Inc. at 34—35 filed January 31, 1992. And DSI
           is no longer a Constellation shareholder.

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 interest in DSI,             a 10.1% investor in Constellation in 1991.              At

the time of TRW‘s initial application in June 1991, TRW owned

 19.9% of the common stock of DSI‘s parent company, Engineering

Technologies,              Inc.    ("ETI").   TRW did not then,      and has not ever,

exercised control over ETI, and it had little,                       if any, role in

DSI‘s decision to invest in Constellation.                        On July 2,   1992, TRW

sold its remaining interests in ETI to CTA, Inc.

                       TRW‘s maximum,    indirect economic interest in

Constellation amounted to an insubstantial two percent.                           There is

no known bar to such an interest.                        Indeed, TRW observes that its

interest in Constellation would not even have been cognizable for

regqulatory purposes in the broadcast services.                       47 C.F.R.

§ 73.3555, Note 2(a).                 MCHI‘s assertion is irrelevant to the

licensing of Odyssey.


                            III.    THE COMMISSION SHOULD GRANT TRW‘S REQUEST
                                    FOR A CONDITIONAL FEEDER LINK AUTHORIZATION
                                    IN THE 20/30 GHz BANDS.


                       To bring its system proposal into conformity with the

Commission‘s technical service requirements, TRW altered its

system design to include the use of smaller subbands and more

beams per satellite.                 This alteration in turn affected TRW‘s

feeder link spectrum requirements.                       Specifically,   feeder links

for the 19 beams contemplated in the system as originally

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‘proposed could have been accommodated in just over 100 MHz of

 spectrum in each direction in the 29.5—30.0 MHz and 19.7—20.2 CHZz

bands.            However,       TRW‘s current 37—beam proposal,           coupled with

full frequency reuse capability in each beam, will require

approximately 300 MHz of 20/30 GHz—band spectrum in each

direction once adequate quardbands and TT&C capabilities are

factored in.                  Amended Application at 5, n.7.           TRW identified this

increase in feeder link spectrum requirements as the inevitable

byproduct of the changes TRW made in the beam pattern to bring

its system into conformance with both the rules and policies

adopted in the Report and Order.‘                         As a result,    it demonstrated

that its increase in required feeder link spectrum should not be

considered a major amendment affecting TRW‘s status as a member

of the first—round processing group.                         See Amended Application at

5, n.7; Report and Order, FCC 94—261, slip op. at € 59."

°          Odyssey""‘s medium Earth orbit altitude also contributes to the
           increased number of beams and feeder link spectrum.     But the
           fewer number of satellites using this spectrum (as compared to
           other applicants) makes Odyssey more spectrum efficient and
           eases the difficulty of coordination as well.

10         See         also   Report   and   Order,   FCC    94—261,     slip   op.   at   «C   164
           (Commission recognizes that four of the Big LEO applicants ——
           including TRW —— have indicated that their feeder link
           spectrum requirements have "increased significantly" since the
           original applications were filed).    In any event, TRW notes
           that its proposal to increase from 100 to 300 MHz of feeder
          link spectrum in each direction will not create any conflict
          with any other current Big LEO applicant‘s proposal, or with
          any other applicant that has secured cut—off protection for
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                        In its comments, Hughes asserts that action on TRW‘s

 feeder link request could prejudice the Commission‘s proceedings

 in the 28 GHz Rulemaking,                     CC Docket No.   92—297.     Comments at 3.

While Hughes offers no support for this assertion,                             it correctly

notes that TRW actively participated as a member of the 28 GHz

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee ("28 GHz NRMC").                              I@. at 3, n.4.

However,               Hughes‘s assertion that TRW‘s current MSS feeder link

plan might somehow be affected by the outcome of the 28 GHz

Rulemaking is patently incorrect;"‘ TRW‘s Amended Application

specifies different frequencies for its feeder links than those

involved in CC Docket No. 92—297.

                       Hughes,     one of the two largest domsat operators, merely

seeks to preserve spectrum access for itself at the expense of

TRW and others;              as such,      its position is legally untenable.

TRW‘s original application                      —— in which it requested feeder link




           ®(...continued)
           proposals         to    use   the    frequencies    requested      by   TRW   for   its
           feeder         links.      Amended Application        at   5,   n.4.      For these
           reasons, TRW‘s feeder link proposal does not raise the same
           concerns as the proposals of other LEO applicants.     See,
           Consolidated Comments and Petition to Defer And/Or Deny of
          Motorola Satellite Communications,                   Inc.   at 6.

M         The proceeding in CC Docket No. 92—297 may well affect Hughes,
          however, which has a geostationary FSS proposal (not yet even
          accepted for filing) that overlaps the upper 500 MHz of the
          27.5—29.5 GHz band. TRW‘s proposed use of the FSS allocation
          at  20/30   GHz  is  fully  consistent with    domestic   and
          international allocations.
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 frequencies in bands identical to the bands specified in its

Amended Application —— was subject to a cut—off for comments on

December 18,              1991.   See Public Notice,   Report No.   DS—1134

 (released October 24,              1991).   Hughes, which had earlier filed

comments on other Big LEO applicants‘ proposals, did not at that

time file any comments regarding TRW‘s application.                    Furthermore,

Hughes did not even file its materially inconsistent application

—— which has not been accepted for filing by the Commission ——

until almost two years after the cut—off date for comments

relating to TRW‘s original application.                  Comments at 2, n. 2.

                       The Commission should not allow Hughes, a johnny—come—

lately to the feeder links bands specified in 1991 by TRW, to

assert that its belatedly—expressed concerns must be mollified

before TRW‘s application can even be conditionally granted."

Odyssey‘s much needed service must not be delayed merely to serve

the parochial interests of Hughes.                  Hughes was aware of the

interests expressed by TRW and Motorola in 20/30 GHz band feeder

links, and sat on its hands.                 It must be held to its election.




12         If Hughes‘s position were to be accepted, the Commission would
          be faced with a never—ending parade of newcomers, each asking
          that its predecessors not be licensed until the latecomer is
          given access to the frequencies at issue.         This is a
          prescription for continuous delay and reqgulatory abuse.
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                                 IV.   CONCLUSION


                       MCHI‘s Petition misstates the Commission‘s financial

qualification rules and distorts TRW‘s submissions regarding its

financial and legal qualifications for the provision of Big LEO

service.               Hughes‘s Comments are wholly inappropriate at this

stage of this proceeding and,              if adopted, would greatly disserve

the public.              Accordingly, and for all of the reasons expressed

herein, the Commission should deny MCHI‘s Petition and reject

Hughes‘s Comments.

                                           Respectfully submitted,

                                           TRW Inc.




                                           o. DOfi sfftp
                                                   Norman P.    Leventhal
                                                   Raul R. Rodriqguez
                                                   Stephen D. Baruch
                                                   J. Breck Blalock

                                                   Leventhal,    Senter & Lerman
                                                   2000 K Street, Suite 600
                                                   Washington, D.C.  20006
                                                    (202)   429—8970


January 3,             1995                        Its Attorneys




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                            CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE


      I, Cristina M. Lirag, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the

foregoing "Consolidated Opposition to Petition to Deny and Reply Comments of TRW

Inc." was mailed, first—class postage prepaid, this 3rd day of January, 1995, to the

following:


                  *Chairman Reed Hundt
                   Federal Communications Commission
                    1919 M Street, N.W., Room 814
                    Washington, D.C. 20554

                  *Commissioner James H. Quello
                   Federal Communications Commission
                    1919 M Street, N.W.
                    Room 802
                    Washington, D.C. 20554

                  *Commissioner Andrew C. Barrett
                   Federal Communications Commission
                   1919 M Street, N.W.
                   Room 826
                    Washington, D.C. 20554

                  *Commissioner Susan Ness
                   Federal Communications Commission
                    1919 M Street, N.W.
                   Room 832
                   Washington, D.C. 20554

                  *Commissioner Rachelle B. Chong
                   Federal Communications Commission
                   1919 M Street, N.W.
                   Room 844
                   Washington, D.C. 20554



                                                                    *By Hand Delivery


                         —2_

*William E. Kennard, Esq.
 General Counsel
 Federal Communications Commission
 1919 M Street, N.W.
 Room 614
 Washington, D.C. 20554

*Scott B. Harris, Esq.
_ Chief, International Bureau
 Federal Communications Commission
 1919 M Street, N.W.
 Room 658
 Washington, D.C. 20554

*James L. Ball
 Associate Bureau Chief for Policy
 International Bureau
 Federal Communications Commussion
 1919 M Street, N.W.
 Room 658
 Washington, D.C. 20554

*Thomas S. Tycz
 Chief, Satellite & Radiocommunication Division
 International Bureau
 Federal Communications Commission
 2025 M Street, N.W.
 Room 6010
 Washington, D.C. 20554

*Cecily C. Holiday, Esq.
 Deputy Chief, Satellite &
    Radiocommunication Division
 International Bureau
 Federal Communications Commission
 2025 M Street, N.W.
 Room 6324
 Washington, D.C. 20554




                                              *By Hand Delivery


                      o3 _
*Fern J. Jarmulnek, Esq.
 Chief, Satellite Policy Branch
 International Bureau
 Federal Communications Commussion
 2025 M Street, N.W.
 Room 6324
 Washington, D.C. 20554

 Philip L. Malet, Esq.
 Alfred M. Mamlet, Esq.
 Steptoe & Johnson
 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
 Washington, D.C. 20036—1795
        Counsel for Motorola Satellite
         Communications, Inc.

 Barry Lambergman, Esq.
 Manager, Satellite Regulatory Affairs
 Motorola Inc.
 1350 I Street, N.W., Suite 400
 Washington, D.C. 20005

 Robert A. Mazer, Esq.
 Rosenman & Colin
 1300 — 19th Street, NW
 Suite 200
 Washington, DC 20036
       Counsel for Constellation
        Communications

Jill Abeshouse Stern, Esq.
Jane M. Sullivan, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge
2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
        Counsel for Mobile Communications
         Holdings, Inc.




                                            *By Hand Delivery


                       —4—

Robert Halperin, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Crowell & Moring
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004—2505
      Counsel for Loral Qualcomm Satellite
          Services, Inc.

Leslie Taylor, Esq.
Leslie Taylor Associates
6800 Carlynn Court
Bethesda, MD 20817—4302

Bruce D. Jacobs, Esq.
Glenn S. Richards, Esq.
Fisher, Wayland, Cooper, Leader & Zaragoza
2001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006—1851
      Counsel for AMSC

Lon C. Levin, Esq.
Vice President and Regulatory Counsel
AMSC Subsidiary Corporation
10802 Parkridge Boulevard
Reston, VA 22091

Dale Gallimore, Esq.
Counsel
Loral Qualcomm
7375 Executive Place, Suite 101
Seabrook, MD 20706




                                             *By Hand Delivery


Gerald Hellman
Vice President
Policy and International Programs
Mobile Communications Holdings, Inc.
1120 — 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036

John P. Janka, Esq.
Latham & Watkins
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1300
Washington, D.C. 20004
      Counsel for Hughes Communications
       Galaxy, Inc.



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                           Cristina M. Lirag    //




                                          *By Hand Delivery



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