2016 Annual Report 0

OTHER submitted by Spire Global, Inc.

Annual Report

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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June 29, 2016 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Spire Global, Inc. Annual Report for Call Sign S2946 Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire”) is the licensee of the authorized remote sensing satellite system operating under Call Sign S2946 and hereby submits this report on the operation of the satellite system for the 2016 annual period from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. This report is being filed pursuant to Section 25.170 of the Commission’s rules. I. Status of Satellite System On March 18, 2016, the Commission granted in part Spire’s application for authority to construct, deploy, and operate a constellation of up to 175 technically identical non-geostationary satellites.1 The grant authorized nine satellites to be deployed either from the International Space Station (“ISS”) or from the Cygnus cargo capsule. On May 18, 2016, four of these satellites were successfully deployed from the ISS into their target orbit of 400 km at 51.6 degrees inclination.2 We have established a communications link with each of the four satellites, and the satellites, which are still in their post-deployment checkout phase, appear to be operational. II. Contact Person for Resolution of Interference Problems and For Emergency Response Purposes For interference problems and emergency response purposes: Katherine Monson Head of Ground Operations Spire Global, Inc. 33 Norfolk Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Katherine.Monson@spire.com (415) 356-3400 ext. 307 Long-term engineering and technical design issues: 1 Spire Global, Inc., Stamp Grant, File No. SAT-LOA-20151123-00078 (released March 18, 2016; corrected March 24, 2016). 2 Four of the remaining five satellites were successfully deployed into orbit from the Cygnus cargo capsule on June 21, 2016, which is outside of this reporting period. See Letter from Tony Lin, Counsel for Spire, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (June 29, 2016). 33 Norfolk St · San Francisco, CA 94103

Jonathan Rosenblatt General Counsel & Regulatory Affairs Spire Global, Inc. 33 Norfolk Street San Francisco, CA 94103 jonathan.rosenblatt@spire.com (628) 221-5324 III. Construction Progress and Anticipated Launch Date Below is a chart listing previously launched Lemur-2 satellites, pursuant to Call Sign S2946, and upcoming booked launches: Inclination Anticipated Launch # of Sats Altitude (km) (deg) Date Launch Site Status 3/22/2016 (launched) checkout 4 400 51.6 5/18/2016 (deployed) Cape Canaveral, FL phase 3/22/2016 (launched) checkout 43 409 x 3954 51.7 6/21/2016 (deployed) Cape Canaveral, FL phase launch 4 500 51.6 8/15/2016 Wallops, VA pending launch 8 600 98.0 9/30/2016 Baikonur, Kazakhstan pending launch 8 450x720 98.0 10/15/2016 Vandenberg, CA pending Sincerely, Jonathan Rosenblatt General Counsel jonathan.rosenblatt@spire.com (516)-209-1575 3 See supra note 2. 4 The satellites were deployed in a slight elliptical orbit below the ISS. 33 Norfolk St · San Francisco, CA 94103


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