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SAT-LOA-20151123-00078

Spire Global, Inc.

Applicant seeks authority to deploy a sa

Filing overview

StatusClosed
Call signS2946
Applicant FRN0022106892
Contact|HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP|555 THIRTEENTH STREET, NW|COLUMBIA SQUARE|WASHINGTON, DC 20004 USA |
Filing typeLOA
Date filed2015-11-23
Status date2026-01-15
Grant date2017-05-18
Expiration date2031-05-23
ServiceSAT
Last actionGrant of Authority
FCC sourceView the FCC filing record

Application details

FCC form
FCC Form 312
Application type
Application for Satellite Space Station Authorizations
Street Address
555 THIRTEENTH STREET, NW COLUMBIA SQUAR
City
WASHINGTON
State
DC
Zip Code/Postal Code
20004
Country
United States of America
Phone
+12026375534
Fax
+1
Email
trey.hanbury@hoganlovells.com
Relationship
Legal Counsel

Application summary

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Applicant seeks authority to deploy a sa

Applicant Information (Q1 - 16)

FRN
0022106892
Name
Spire Global, Inc.
Street Address
8000 Towers Crescent Dr Ste 1100
City
Vienna
State
VA
Zip Code/Postal Code
22182
Country
United States of America
Same Contact
No
Attention
Joel Spark
Phone
+14158759219
Fax
+1
Email
joel@spire.com

Application Fees

17b. Will a fee be paid?
Yes
17c. If yes, select the appropriate fee code for the application.
CLW

Waivers

18a. Does the Applicant request a waiver(s) of the Commission's rules?
Yes

Type of Service

20. NATURE OF SERVICE: This filing is for an authorization to provide or use the following type(s) of service(s): Select all that apply.
Earth Exploration-Satellite Service, Other Satellite Service (please specify)
21. Status
Non-Common Carrier
23. If Applicant is providing INTERNATIONAL COMMON CARRIER service, see instructions regarding Sec. 214 filing. Are these facilities:
N/A
Frequency Band Vhf Band
No
Frequency Band Uhf Band
No
Frequency Band L Band
No
Frequency Band S Band
No
Frequency Band C Band
No
Frequency Band X Band
No
Frequency Band Ku Band
No
Frequency Band Ka Band
No
Frequency Band V Band
No
Frequency Band Other
Yes
24j. Other Frequencies
1227.60000 MHz 1227.60000 MHz R

Type of Station

25a. CLASS OF STATION: Select the Class of Station/Orbit Type
Non-Geostationary Space Station
25c. Space Station or Satellite Network Name
LEMUR Phases I & II
25d. Does the applicant intend to use a non-U.S. licensed satellite to provide service in the United States?
No
25e. What administration has licensed or is in the process of licensing the space station? If no license will be issued, what administration has coordinated or is in the process of coordinating the space station?
United States of America

Purpose of Modification

Mod Ammend Purpose Add New Designator
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Change Emission Designator
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Increase Eirp
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Replace Antenna
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Add Antenna
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Relocate Fixed Station
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Change Assigned Freq
No
Mod Amd Purpose Add Frequencies
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Add Points Of Comm
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Change Points Of Comm
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth For Facilities Where Report Required
No
Mod Amd Purpose Change Orbit Location
No
Mod Amd Purpose Perform Fleet Management
No
Mod Amd Purpose Extend Milestones
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Other
No

Environmental Policy

28a. Would a Commission grant of any proposal in this application or amendment have a significant environmental impact as defined by 47 CFR 1.1307?
No

Alien Ownership

29. Is the Applicant a foreign government or the representative of any foreign government?
No
30. Is the Applicant an alien or the representative of an alien?
N/A
31. Is the Applicant a corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government?
N/A
32. Is the applicant a corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country?
N/A
33. Is the applicant a corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation of which more than oneāˆ’fourth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country?
N/A

Basic Qualifications

35. Has the applicant or any party to this application or amendment had any FCC station authorization or license revoked or had any application for an initial, modification or renewal of FCC station authorization, license, or construction permit denied by the Commission?
No
36. Has the Applicant, or any party to this Application or amendment, or any party directly or indirectly controlling the Applicant ever been convicted of a felony by any state or federal court?
No
37. Has any court finally adjudged the applicant, or any person directly or indirectly controlling the applicant, guilty of unlawfully monopolizing or attempting unlawfully to monopolize radio communication, directly or indirectly, through control of manufacture or sale of radio apparatus, exclusive traffic arrangement or any other means or unfair methods of competition?
No
38. Is the Applicant, or any person directly or indirectly controlling the Applicant, currently a party in any pending matter referred to in the preceding two items?
No
Anti Drug Checkbox
Yes
41. Application Description
Applicant seeks authority to deploy a satellite system, providing maritime monitoring, meteorological monitoring, and earth imaging services.
A
Yes
B
No
C
No

Signature

Title
General Counsel
Signature
Jonathan Rosenblatt

Frequencies

Lower MHzUpper MHzEmissionLocation
162.000000162.000000
402.000000403.000000
1228.0000001228.000000
1575.0000001575.000000
2020.0000002025.000000

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Public notices

DateReportTypeServiceStatus
2018-12-07SAT01363 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2017-05-19SAT01239 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2017-04-14SAT01231 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-10-21SAT01195 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-07-01SAT01171 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-06-17SAT01168 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-04-15SAT01151 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-03-25SAT01145 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-01-22SAT01130 Accepted for Filing Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0

Sources and provenance

SourceSource recordRetrievedMatch
ICFSSAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54Source Primary
Selected field provenance
FieldDisplayed valueSourceObserved
StatusClosedICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
DescriptionApplicant seeks authority to deploy a saICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
Applicant NameSpire Global, Inc.ICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
Applicant Frn0022106892ICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
Call SignS2946ICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
Date Filed2015-11-23ICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
Status Date2026-01-15ICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
Grant Date2017-05-18ICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54
Expiration Date2031-05-23ICFS SAT-LOA-20151123-000782026-07-30 08:54:54

Documents

DocumentTypeDateStatus
Spire - Commission A.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Spire - Grant in par.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Spire - Grant Octobe.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Spire Global - Grant.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit E.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Application.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Sched S Tech Report..pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit C.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Spire - Grant in par.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit B.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Spire Global - grant.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit A.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Spire Global - grant.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Spire Global - corre.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit D.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Completed Schedule S.mdbForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
HTML.htmForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 1.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 2.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 4.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 3.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 5.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Hiber comments in reCOMMENT2018-07-30Available
Spire - FCC 2018 AnnNOTICE2018-06-28Available
Spire - FCC 2017 AnnLETTER2017-06-21Available
Spire - FCC Notice oNOTICE2017-03-07Available
Spire - OA7 Above-StLETTER2017-02-22Available
Spire - Notice of DeNOTICE2017-02-22Available
Spire - Notice of DeNOTICE2016-12-04Available
FINAL Spire flight rEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-09-30Available
Spire Ex Parte FilinEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-09-19Available
Spire Global-ORBCOMMAGREEMENT2016-09-15Available
Pld-Withdrawal of ORWITHDRAWAL2016-09-15Available
Ex Parte Notice_31AuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-09-02Available
Ex Parte Notice_25AuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-29Available
Spire Ex Parte FilinEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-26Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-24Available
Spire Response to ORLETTER2016-08-24Available
Ex Parte Notice(19AuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-23Available
FINAL Spire OA-5 LetEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-19Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-18Available
Pld-ORBCOMM ResponseLETTER2016-08-09Available
Pld-ORBCOMM ResponseLETTER2016-08-09Available
Ex Parte Notice_3AugEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-05Available
Spire Letter.pdfLETTER2016-07-26Available
Planet Labs Letter.pLETTER2016-07-26Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-07-01Available
Notice of DeploymentNOTICE2016-06-29Available
2016 Annual Report 0OTHER2016-06-29Available
Ex Parte Notice_23JuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-06-27Available
Ex Parte Notice-1JunEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-06-03Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-05-23Available
Notice of DeploymentNOTICE2016-05-23Available
Ex Parte Notice-FileEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-05-17Available
PLD-AppSTA-SpacefligCOMMENT2016-05-13Available
Bond Extension RequeREQUEST2016-04-12Available
Spire Bond Waiver ReREQUEST2016-04-04Available
Spire Ex Parte NotifEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-03-24Available
Pld-ORBC Reply ToSpiREPLY2016-03-18Available
Spire Opposition toOPPOSITION2016-03-08Available
Pld-ORBCOMM PetitionPETITION2016-02-22Available
SpirePart25ApplicatiEXHIBIT2015-11-24Available
Attachment Spire - Grant in par Available
Attachment Schedule S DOC 5 Invalid document
Attachment Schedule S DOC 4 Invalid document
Attachment Schedule S DOC 3 Invalid document
Attachment Schedule S DOC 2 Invalid document
Attachment Schedule S DOC 1 Invalid document
Attachment Exhibit B Available
Attachment Exhibit C Available
Attachment Exhibit E Available
Attachment Exhibit D Available
Attachment Exhibit A Available
Attachment Application Available
Attachment HTML Invalid document
Attachment Completed Schedule S Available
Attachment Sched S Tech Report. Available
Attachment Spire Global - corre Available
Attachment Spire Global - Grant Available
Attachment Spire Global - grant Available
Attachment Spire Global - grant Available
Attachment Spire - Grant Octobe Available
Attachment Spire - Grant in par Available
Attachment Spire - Commission A Available