Attachment 1994TRW letter dec 1

1994TRW letter dec 1

SUPPLEMENT submitted by TRW

Letter

1994-12-13

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

IBFS_SATLA1994111600074_1081219

LAW OFFICES LEVENTHAL, SENTER 8 LERMAN peegope ah NORMAN P. LEVENTHAL 2000 K STREET, NW. TELEPHONE MEREDITH 5. SENTER, JR. (202) 429—8970 STEVEN ALMAN LERMAN WasHmictoN, D.C. 20006—1809 RAUL R. RODRIGUEZ 5 os PH *3 D4 : TELECOPIER DENNIS P. CORBETT (202) 293—7783 BARBARA K. CARDNER STEPHEN D. BARUCH SALLY A. BUCKMAN Or Counset DAVID 5. KEIR 1994& § ,‘.7‘ 54 w:— E BRIAN M. MADDEN DCCCInber 13, DEBORAH R. COLEMAN NANCY L. WOLF LINDA C. MORRISON® J. BRECK BLALOCK NANCY A. ORY** WALTER P. JAGOB* SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT *ADMITTED CA ONLY MORTON I. HAMBURC **ADMITTED MA ONLY *ADMITTED NY ONLY HAND RECEIVED Mr. William F. Caton DEC 1 3 ; Acting Secretary 1994 Federal Communications Commission FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M Street, N.W. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Room 222 @(//¢.> Washington, D.C. 20554 "}\\ \': Re: Applications of TRW Inc. I # File Nos. 20—DSS—P—91(12), CSS—91—015,— 17—SAT—LA—95, and 18—SAT—AMEND—9 Dear Mr. Caton: TRW Inc. ("TRW*"), by its attorneys and pursuant to Section 25.111(a) of the Commission‘s rules, hereby provides additional, out—year cost estimates to be associated with its above—captioned applications to construct, launch, and operate a satellite system in the new Mobile—Satellite Service Above 1 GHz ("MSS Above 1 GHz"). In supplying this supplemental information, TRW reiterates its belief that its application for Odyssey"*,*‘ as amended on November 16, 1994, contains all of the information the Commission needs to conclude that TRW is financially qualified under new Section 25.143(b)(3) of the Commission‘s rules to become an MSS Above 1 GHz system licensee. Nevertheless, in response to an informal Commission request, and in the separate interest of completeness, TRW now provides, in the Attachment hereto, a detailed statement of estimated investment and operating costs for the expected lifetime U "Odyssey" is a trademark of TRW Inc. Odyssey" is a satellite telecommunications system which is to be comprised of a constellation of twelve satellites in medium Earth orbit.

LEVENTHAL, SENTER 8 LERMAN Mr. William F. Caton December 13, 1994 Page — 2 — of its proposed Odyssey*" system. TRW‘s projections for Odyssey"" show that for each year during which the system is operational, the revenues to be generated by Odyssey"* will substantially exceed the system‘s estimated investment and operating costs. Like Motorola Satellite Communications, Inc. ("MSCI"), also an MSS Above 1 GHz applicant,*‘ TRW maintains that the information requested in the first clause of Section 25.140(c) of the Commission‘s rules, and also in Section 25.114(c)(17), has no decisional bearing whatsoever on whether TRW is financially qualified.*‘ MSS Above 1 GHz system operators are financially qualified if they demonstrate the ability to meet the costs, inter alia, of operating their proposed systems for the year following the launch of the first spacecraft in their constellations. it Please direct any questions concerning the foregoing to the undersigned. Bmz Respectfully submitted, Norman P. Leventhal Raul R. Rodriguez Stephen D. Baruch Attorneys for TRW Inc. Attachment ce (w/attachment): All Parties of Record 2‘ See Request of MSCI for Confidential Treatment, File Nos. 9—DSS—P—91(87) and CSS—91—010, at 1—2 (filed November 15, 1994). 3/ It is the second clause of Section 25.140(c), which details the "demonstration" that domestic satellite applicants are to make in order to be financially qualified, that is the apparent object of the specific reference in new Section 25.143(b)(3) of the Commission‘s rules. The applicable standard is detailed there, and there is no mention of out—year cost estimates in the text of the Commission‘s promulgatory Report and Order.

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Projected Odyssey System Costs by Year ($ Millions) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Spacecraft 77 260 231 166 162 162 U.S. Earth Stations & TT&C 23 26 35 Launch & Launch Support 81 156 187 A140 48 Pre—Launch Exp. and 1 1 2 2 Contingency Launch Insurance 10 15 14 19 Maint. & Operating Exp. 11 15 17 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Interest Expense 41 66 113 127 141 86 59 Depreciation 192 395 348 249 180 163 162 104 24 1 Notes: (1) Spacecraft includes 12 operational and two spare satellites. (2) U.S. Earth Stations and TT&C includes two U.S. earth stations and one TT&C facility. (3) Maintenance & Operating Expense include TT&C and U.S. Earth Station operating expenses plus G&A, marketing, etc. System Cost by Year 12/9/94 10:20 PM DH

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Katharine B. Squalls, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing letter was mailed, first—class postage prepaid, this 13th day of December, 1994 to the following: *Scott B. Harris, Esq. Chief International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 1919 M Street, N.W. Room 658 Washington, DC 20554 *Kathleen Wallman Chief Common Carrier Bureau Federal Communications Commission 1919 M Street, N.W. Room 500 Washington, DC 20554 *Thomas S. Tycz Deputy Chief, Domestic Facilities Division International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 2025 M Street, N.W. Room 6010 Washington, DC 20554 *Cecily C. Holiday, Esq. Chief, Satellite Radio Branch International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 2025 M Street, N.W. Room 6324 Washington, D.C. 20554 *By Hand Delivery

*Fern J. Jarmulnek, Esq. International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 2025 M Street, N.W. Room 6324 Washington, DC 20554 Philip L. Malet, Esq. Alfred M. Mamlet, Esq. Pantelis Michalopoulos, Esq. Steptoe & Johnson 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036—1795 Counsel for Motorola Satellite Communications, Inc. Robert A. Mazer, Esq. Rosenman & Colin 1300 19th Street, N.W. 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 Ellipsat Corporation 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 Cheryl Lynn Schneider, Esq. COMSAT Mobile Communications 22300 COMSAT Drive Clarksburg, MD 20871 John L. Bartlett, Esq. Wiley, Rein & Fielding 1776 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Counsel for Aeronautical Radio, Inc.

Jeffrey L. Sheldon, Esq. General Counsel Utilities Telecommunications Council 1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1140 Washington, DC 20036 J. Geoffrey Bentley , Esq. Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot 1155 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036 William K. Keane, Esq. Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Counsel for Aerospace & Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council J. Ellis McSparran, President 35 Navigation 23141 Plaza Pointe Drive Laguna Hills, CA 92653 M. Worstell Vice President, Contracts Litton Aero Products 6101 Condor Drive Moorpark, CA 93021 Katharine B. Squalls


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