Attachment 2003Wildblue Jan 31

2003Wildblue Jan 31

LETTER submitted by Wildblue

Surrenders authorization

2003-01-31

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-19950712-00085 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA1995071200085_1017480

* $2211 SAT—LOA—19950712—00085 WB HOLDINGS 1, LLC OR 1®~ lGini XL $2165 wi c 6 d T WirpBLUE January 31, 2003 2CEIVED JAN 3 1 2003 i Comm ission Federal Communications BY HAND DELIVERY Office of Secretary Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary a Federal Communications Commission Recelved 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Fks U 3 2003 . 2 Policy Branch _ Re: Wildblue Communications, Inc. . %zcense at 73 °W.L. Call Sign $2165, IBFS File No. SAF—LOA~L9970742.00085. Dear Ms. Dortch: In May 1997, the Commission authorized Wildblue Communications, Inc. to launch and operate a geostationary satellite system using Ka—band spectrum at two orbital locations, 109.2° W.L. and 73° W.L.‘ In January 2001, the Commission further authorized Wildblue‘s use of inter—satellite link ("ISL") spectrum, and established a construction milestone requirement for each orbital location." Last year, the Commission found th%t Wildblue had met its first milestone with respect to the 109.2° W.L. orbital location. The softening of the economy generally and the satellite broadband sector in particular over the past few years have led Wildblue to re—evaluate the business prospects for its licensed satellite system and, as a consequence, Wildblue has decided not to proceed with the build—out of its satellite at the 73° W.L. orbital location. Accordingly, Wildblue hereby surrenders its license, Call Sign $2165, for a Ka—band satellite at that slot. In addition, because there will no longer be a need for communications directly between two authorized orbital locations, Wildblue also hereby surrenders its authorization to use ISL spectrum. ! See KaStar Satellite Communications Corp., 13 FCC Red. 1366 (Int‘l Bur. 1997). The Ka—band authorizations are now held by WB Holdings 1, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wildblue. For the sake of simplicity, all of these predecessor and subsidiary entities will be referred to herein as Wildblue. 2 See WB Holdings 1 LLC, 16 FCC Red. 2513 (Int‘i Bur. 2001). Public Notice, Rep. No. SPB—179, DA 02—1432 (rei. June 18, 2002). WildBlue Business Proprietary

Wildblue remains committed to developing its remaining Ka—band orbital location at 109.2° W.L. (Call Sign S2211) consistent with the milestones established in its authorization, and to bring advanced satellite broadband services to underserved and unserved areas of the United States. Hopefully the surrender of the 73° W.L. orbital location and ISL spectrum will enable the Commission to satisfy the needs of some other Ka—band system proponent. {@ Thavid M. Brown _ Vice President and General Counsel co: Tom Tycz Jennifer Gilsenan WildBlue Business Proprietary


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