Notice of Deployment

NOTICE submitted by Spire Global, Inc.

Notice of Deployment and Satisfaction of Milestone

2016-06-29

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-20151123-00078 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com June 29, 2016 VIA IBFS Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Notice of Deployment and Satisfaction of Milestone Requirements IBFS File No. SAT-LOA-20151123-00078 (Call Sign S2946) Dear Ms. Dortch: By this letter, Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire”), through its counsel, provides notification to the Commission that on June 21, 2016 four of five LEMUR-2 satellites were deployed into a 409 km x 395 km orbital altitude from the Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft, which was launched on an Atlas V vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 22, 2016. One LEMUR-2 satellite remained onboard the Cygnus OA-6 and was not deployed because of a failure in the deployment door. The satellite was destroyed upon reentry of the Cygnus OA-6 into the Earth’s atmosphere. Spire has deployed eight of its nine authorized LEMUR-2 satellites, and those satellites are operating consistent with Spire’s license authorization.1 The one authorized satellite that was not deployed successfully into orbit was nonetheless timely constructed and launched into space, and the deployment failure was beyond Spire’s control. Accordingly, Spire respectfully requests that the International Bureau issue a public notice concluding that Spire has satisfied its license milestone requirements2 and is not required to post a satellite bond.3 1 Spire Global, Inc. Stamp Grant, File No. SAT-LOA-20151123-00078 (released March 18, 2016; corrected March 24, 2016). 2 See Public Notice, DA No. 15-623 (May 22, 2015) (determining that licensee met bring-into- operation requirement despite failure to successfully deploy six of thirty-nine satellites). To the extent necessary, Spire requests waiver of the bring-into-operation milestone requirement with respect to the one satellite that was not successfully deployed. 3 In light of the imminent launch of the authorized LEMUR-2 satellites, the International Bureau extended the date for posting the satellite license bond until July 18, 2016. See Public Notice, DA 16-688 (June 17, 2016); see also Public Notice, DA 16-409 (April 15, 2016). Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. “Hogan Lovells” is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices in: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Brussels Caracas Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Mexico City Miami Milan Minneapolis Monterrey Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Perth Philadelphia Rio de Janeiro Rome San Francisco São Paulo Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Sydney Tokyo Ulaanbaatar Warsaw Washington DC Associated offices: Budapest Jeddah Riyadh Zagreb. For more information see www.hoganlovells.com

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch -2- June 29, 2016 Please direct any questions regarding this filing to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Tony Lin Tony Lin Counsel tony.lin@hoganlovells.com D +1 202 637 5795


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