Attachment petition

petition

PETITION submitted by Mobile Satellite Ventures

petition

2005-06-22

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-19980702-00066 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA1998070200066_441527

ORiGlNAL Before the RECEIVED Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 JUN 2 2 2005 In the Matter of Federal Communicatlons Commlssion M i c e of S e c r W Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ) File No. SAT-LOA-19980702-00066 ) File No. SAT-AMD-20001214-00171 Application for Authority to Launch and ) File No. SAT-AMD-200 10302-00019 Operate an L-band Mobile Satellite Service ) File No. SAT-AMD-2003 1118-00335 Satellite at 101” W.L. ) File No. SAT-AMD-20040209- 014 ) File No. SAT-AMD-20040928- 8m@ived Petition for Clarification or Partial Reconsideration JUN 2 8 2005 Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC (“MSV”) hereby files this Petitimkr O b ‘ Brmch ~ A a h a 1D U ~ ~ Clarification or Partial Reconsideration of the International Bureau’s (“Bureau”) decision granting MSV a license for a next-generation L-band Mobile Satellite Service (“MSS”) satellite at 101”W (“MSV-l”).’ The Bureau’s grant is an important step in MSV’s development of a next-generation MSS system that will offer new and innovative services and that will far exceed the capabilities of current-generation MSS systems.2 To ensure that MSV has the regulatory certainty and flexibility needed to fulfill this vision, the Bureau should clarify that the rule ~~ 1 See Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Order and Authorization, DA 05-1492 (May 23, 2005) (“Decision”). In its application as originally filed in 1998, MSV applied to operate MSV- 1 using up to 14 MHz (x2) of U.S.-coordinated L-band spectrum, consistent with the license for AMSC-1 at the time. See MSV, Application, File No. SAT-LOA-19980702-00066 (July 2, 1998), at 9. Subsequently, in February 2002, the Commission modified the license for AMSC- 1 by limiting it to 10 MHz (x2) of U.S.-coordinated L-band spectrum. See Upper and Lower L- band, Order, IB Docket No. 96-132 (2002). In September 2002, MSV filed a Petition for Reconsideration of this decision, which is pending. See MSV, Petition for Clarification and Partial Reconsideration, IB Docket No. 96-132 (September 6,2002). In its decision granting the MSV-1 license, the Bureau limited MSV-1 to operate using up to 10 MHz (x2) of U.S- coordinated L-band spectrum and failed to mention MSV’s pending petition for reconsideration of the February 2002 decision. Decision at 7 14. MSV assumes that this was an oversight and that MSV-1, as a replacement for AMSC-1, will be permitted to operate on the full amount of spectrum for which AMSC-1 is permitted to operate. On June 17,2005, MSV posted a $3 million bond for this satellite as required by the Commission’s rules. See Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, Vice President, MSV, to Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SAT-LOA-19980702-00066 et a1 (June 17,2005). 1

requiring Fixed Satellite Service ("FSS") satellites to operate with a zt0.05" East-West station- keeping box does not apply to MSS satellites such as MSV-1 and, accordingly, MSV is permitted to operate MSV- 1 with a %O. 1" East-West station-keeping box subject to coordination with other operators at 101"W.' To the extent that the Bureau deems this request to be for reconsideration rather than clarification, MSV asks that the Bureau treat it as such and reconsider its decision consistent with the views expressed herein. Discussion I. The Bureau Should Clarify that MSV May Operate Its Satellite With a Wider Station-Keeping Box In MSV's application, as amended in February 2004, MSV stated that it would operate MSV- 1 with a zt0. 1" East-West station-keeping At the time this application was filed, the Commission was considering a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to apply to MSS satellites the rule requiring FSS satellites to operate with a h0.05" East-West station-keeping MSV accordingly requested a waiver of this rule only to the extent that the Commission were to amend the rule to apply to MSS satellites. See MSVFebruary 2004 Amendment at 6, Technical Appendix at 16-17.5 In June 2004, the Commission adopted a decision in which it See MSV, Amendment, File No. SAT-AMD-20040209-00014 (filed February 9,2004), at 16 ("MS V February 2004 Amendment"). 4 See Mitigation of Orbital Debris, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, IB Docket No. 02-54, FCC 02-80 (March 18,2002). MSV's application was opposed by DIRECTV, Inc. and a group of FSS operators that claimed that operation of MSV-1 with a wider station-keepingbox than other satellites at 101"W would make it more difficult to collocate satellites at this orbital location. See Comments of DIRECTV, Inc., File No. SAT-AMD-20040928-00192 (November 8,2004); Opposition of PanAmSat Corporation, Intelsat LLC, SES Americom, Inc., File No. SAT-AMD-20040928- 00192 (November 8,2004). In response, MSV noted that it did not require a waiver of any Commission rule to operate its MSS satellite with a ztO.1" East-West station-keeping box and that, in any case, the unique mass of its satellite and the significant solar pressure on the satellite necessitated a wider station keeping box than other satellites. See MSV, Response, File No. 2

refrained from imposing a zt0.05" East-West station-keeping box on MSS satellites.6 As such, there is no rule requiring MSS satellites to operate with a h0.05" East-West station-keeping box. In its decision granting a license for MSV- 1, however, the Bureau held incorrectly that MSV requires a waiver of Section 25.210(j) of the Commission's rules (which mandates a *0.05" East- West station-keeping box only for FSS satellites) in order to operate MSV- 1 with a *O. l o East- West station-keeping box. Decision at 7 2 1. The Bureau should clarify that MSV does not require a waiver of any Commission rule in order to operate MSV-1 with a kO.1O East-West station-keeping box and that MSV can operate MSV-1 with this wider station-keeping box subject to coordination with other operators at 101OW. Conclusion MSV requests that the Bureau act consistently with the views expressed herein. Respectfully submitted, L Bruce D. Jacobs Jennifer A. Manner David S. Konczal Vice President, Regulatory PILLSBURY WINTHROP MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES SHAW PITTMAN LLP SUBSIDIARY LLC 2300 N Street, NW 10802 Parkridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20037-1 128 Reston, Virginia 20 191 (202) 663-8000 (703) 390-2700 Dated: June 22,2005 SAT-AMD-20040928-00192 (January 10,2005)' at 3-4 and Technical Appendix ("MSY Response to DIRECTV et al"). 6 See Mitigation of Orbital Debris, Second Report and Order, IB Docket No. 02-54, FCC 04- 130 (June 21,2004), at 7 44. MSV notes that all MSS satellites include an FSS payload for feeder link operations. The fact that the Commission specifically refrained from imposing a h0.05" East-West station-keeping box on MSS satellites must necessarily include both the MSS and FSS payloads. 3

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Sylvia A. Davis, a secretary with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, hereby certify that on this 22nd day of June 2005, served a true copy of the foregoing by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, upon the following: Thomas Tycz* Cassandra Thomas* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12'~Street, S.W. 445 12* Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Fern Jarmulnek* Robert Nelson* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Steve Spaeth* William M. Wiltshire International Bureau Michael D. Nilsson Federal Communications C o d ssion Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 1200 Eighteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, D.C. 20036 James Buttenvorth Kalpak Gude Senior Vice President Vice President & Associate General Counsel DIRECTV, Inc. PanAmSat Corporation 2230 E. Imperial Highway 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 440 El Segundo, CA 90245 Washington, DC 20006 Humberto Henriques Nancy J. Eskenazi Director, Telecomm Policy and Regulations Vice President & Associate General Counsel INTELSAT LLC SES Americom, Inc. 3400 International Drive, N.W. Four Research Way Washington, DC 20008 Princeton, NJ 08540 Pantelis Michalopoulos Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Counsel for EchoStar Satellite LLC *By hand delivery 1


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