Attachment 1990Public Notice DA

1990Public Notice DA

PUBLIC NOTICE submitted by FCC

Public Notice DA 90-1156

1990-09-04

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-19900518-00035 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA1990051800035_1060189

                                                      Federal Communications Commission                                             DA 90—1156

                                                                                                Center                               .
                                    Before the                                                  Frequency      Bandwidth        Polarization

            Federal Communications Commission                                 user—to—
                      Washington, D.C. 20554                                  satellite         1618.25 MHz     16.5 MHz        LHCP
                                                                              satellite—to—
                               PUBLIC NOTICE                                  user              2491.75 MHz    16.5 MHz         RHCP

                               Report No. DS—999                              telemetry/
                                eport    No                                   beacon            5141.5 MHz     1.0 MHz          Horizontal
                                              Released: September 4, 1990     satellite—to—
                                                                              control
                      2s                                                      center            5183 (or       16.5 MHz         Horizontal
    COMMON CARRIER SERVICES INFORMATION                                                         5174.25) MHz
                                                                              telemetry/
  By the Chief. Common Carrier Bureau:                                        beacon            5224.5 MHz     1.0 MHz          Horizontal

            e              .                          J         222.    20.   telecommand       6526.5 MHz     3.0 MHz          Vertical
  Upon initial review, the International Facilities Divi—                                       6536.5 MHz
sion and the Satellite Radio Branch have found the fol—
lowing applications acceptable for filing. The Commission                     control center—
reserves the right to return these applications,. if, upon                    to satellite      6562.875 (or   16.5 MHz         Vertical
further examination. it is determined that they are defec—                                      6555.5) MHz
tive and not in conformance with the Commission‘s rules                       Geostar states that the proposed design will result in a
and policies.                                                                 small reduction in satellite EIRP and G/T compared to
                                                                              the values specified for the dedicated RDSS satellites as
  GEOSTAR POSITIONING                           File Nos. 46—DSS—P/LA—90      initially authorized and will not increase the potential for
  CORPORATION                                             48—DSS—P/LA—90      interference to any other user of the spectrum. Geostar
                                                                              also states that the satellites will be capable of supporting
                                                       43—DSS—MP/ML—90
                                                                              hand—held user terminals and providing position deter—
                                                          44—DSS—MP/ML—90     mination by range measurements obtained through two
                                                             51—DSS—EXT—90    satellites and altitude information obtained from a
                                                             52—DSS—EXT—90    digitized terrain map or on—board altimeter. Finally.
                                                           CSS—90—012 (ML)    Geostar requests the following amended schedules for
                                                                              completing construction of and launching Geostars 1A
                                                           CSS—90—013 (ML)
                                                                              and 1B and the following implementation schedules for
                                                           CSS—90—014 (ML)    Geostars 1B and 2B:
                                                            CSS—90—015(ML)
                                                                                                Begin          Complete
Geostar Positioning Corporation (Geostar) has applied to                                        Construction   Construction     Launch
construct       and             launch          two       new     dedicated
                                                                              Geostar     1A                   October   1993   December     1993
radiodetermination satellite service (RDSS) satellites ——                     Geostar     1B    January 1991   October   1993   December     1993
Geostars 1B and 2B. Geostar has also applied to modify                        Geostar     2A                   October   1994   December     1994
its first two dedicated RDSS satellites as authorized in                      Geostar     2B    October 1991   October   1994   December     1994
Geostar Corporation, Mimeo No. 6144 (released August 7.
1986), —— Geostars 1A and 1B. Geostar proposes to co—                           GEOSTAR POSITIONING File Nos. 45—DSS—MP/ML—90
locate Geostars 1A and 1B and Geostars 2¥A and 2B. In
                                                                                CORPORATION                     53—DSS—EXT—90
addition. each satellite pair is to be launched together on
the same payload assist module. Each of the dedicated
RDSS satellites is to carry one inbound channel and one                       Geostar proposes to modify the license for its third dedi—
outbound channel and will have a single 3.5° by 7°                            cated RDSS satellite —— Geostar 3 —— as authorized in
coverage pattern that can be repointed while the satellite                    Geostar Corporation, Mimeo No. 6144 (released August 7,
is in—orbit to serve user terminals either in the contiguous                  1986). to conform the satellite—to—control center frequen—
U.S. or in other points of the western hemisphere. The                        cies to the allocations made at the 1987 World Admin—
following frequency bands are requested:                                      istrative  Radio    Conference    for  Mobile  Services
                                                                              (MobileWARC—87). Specifically. Geostar requests a shift
                                                                              in the assigned frequencies for this link from 5117—5183
                                                                              MHz to 5150—5216 MHz. All other parameters of the 5
                                                                              GHz satellite—to—control center link are to remain the
                                                                              same as authorized. In addition, Geostar requests an ex—
                                                                              tension of Geostar 3‘s construction completion milestone
                                                                              until October 1995 and its launch milestone until Decem—
                                                                              ber 1995.
                                                                                Comments or petitions concerning.these applications
                                                                              may be filed on or before October 10, 1990. Replies may
                                                                              be filed on or before October 31, 1990. Responses may be


DA 90—1156                            Federal Communications Commission

filed on or before November 14, 1990. Interested parties
should submit an original and six copies of any document
filed in response to this notice.
   Copies of this application, as well as any pleadings filed
pursuant to this notice, will be available for inspection in
the International Facilities Division Public Reference
Room, Room 533. 1919 M Street, NW.. Washington.
D.C. and in the Domestic Facilities Public Reference
Room, Room 6218, 2025 M Street, NW., Washington.
D.C.
  For further information, contact Fern Jarmulnek at
(202) 632—1624 or John Coles at (202) 632—7265.

  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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