Spire - FCC 2018 Ann

NOTICE submitted by Spire Global, Inc.

Spire - FCC 2018 Annual Report

2018-06-28

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

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Spire Global, Inc. 575 Florida Street, Suite #150 San Francisco, CA 94110, United States (415) 356-3400 | spire.com June 28, 2018 VIA IBFS Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Spire Global, Inc. 2018 Annual Report for IBFS Call Sign S2946 Dear Ms. Dortch, Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire”), licensee of the authorized LEMUR-2 satellite system operating under Call Sign S2946, hereby submits its 2018 Annual Report (“Report”), which contains details on the operation of its satellite system from June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018 and anticipated launch dates for future satellites to be added to the system. This Report is being filed pursuant to Section 25.170 of the Commission’s rules.1 I. Status of the Satellite System Spire has launched and deployed twenty-eight (28) of its authorized twenty-eight (28) Phase IA2 LEMUR-2 satellites, twenty-eight (28) of its authorized twenty-eight (28) Phase IB3 LEMUR-2 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.170. 2 See Stamp Grant, Spire Global, Inc., File No. SAT-LOA-20151123-00078 (granted in part and deferred in part Mar. 18, 2016, as corrected Mar. 24, 2016); Stamp Grant, Spire Global, Inc., File No. SAT-LOA- 20151123- 00078 (granted in part and deferred in part June 16, 2016); Stamp Grant, Spire Global, Inc., File No. SAT-LOA- 20151123-00078 (granted in part and deferred in part Oct. 14, 2016). 3 See Stamp Grant, Spire Global, Inc., IBFS File No. SAT-AMD-20161114-00107 (granted in part and deferred in part Apr. 7, 2017); Stamp Grant, Spire Global, Inc., IBFS File No. SAT-AMD-20161114-00107 (granted in part and deferred in part May 18, 2017).

satellites, and eight (8)4 of its authorized Phase IC seventy-two LEMUR-2 satellites.5 The italicized text in Table 1 below contains the satellites that were deployed during the June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018 period. LEMUR-2 # of Satellites Launch Orbit Deployment Deployment Operational Satellite Vehicle Date Status Status Phase IA 4 PSLV 650 09/28/2015 Successful 4 satellites operational Phase IA 4 Atlas V 400/ISS 05/18/2016 Successful 4 satellites deorbited Phase IA 4 Atlas V ~385 06/21/2016 Partially 4 satellites Successful6 deorbited Phase IA 4 Antares 500 11/25/2016 Successful 4 satellites operational Phase IA 4 H-IIB 400/ISS 03/06/2017 Successful 3 satellites operational and 1 satellite deorbited Phase IA 8 PSLV 500 02/14/2017 Successful 8 satellites operational Phase IB 4 Atlas V 480 06/08/2017 Successful 4 satellites operational Phase IB 8 PSLV 500 06/23/2017 Successful 8 satellites operational Phase IB 8 Soyuz 600 07/14/2017 Successful 8 satellites operational Phase IB 8 Antares 445 11/11/2017 Successful 8 satellites operational 10 Soyuz 11/28/2017 Launch -- -- -- Failure 4 There are four (4) Phase IC satellites that were launched on May 20, 2018; however, they have not been deployed above the ISS yet. They are included in this Report for completeness. 5 See Stamp Grant, Spire Global, Inc., IBFS File No. SAT-AMD-20161114-00107 (granted in part and deferred in part July 13, 2017). 6 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. See Letter from Tony Lin, Counsel, Spire, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, IBFS File No. SAT-LOA-20151123-00078 (filed June 29, 2016). 2

Phase IC 4 PSLV 505 01/12/2018 Successful 4 satellites operational Phase IC 4 Soyuz 585 02/01/2018 Successful 4 satellites operational Phase IC 47 Antares 445 TBD TBD TBD Table 1. LEMUR-2 satellites operating under the IBFS Call Sign S2946 II. Contact Persons Responsible for emergency purposes and for resolution of interference problems Jerry Jason Mission Operations Director 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 402 Boulder, CO 80302 USA jerry.jason@spire.com +1-303-570-5787 Responsible for long-term engineering and technical design issues George John Legal & Regulatory Counsel 575 Florida Street, Suite 150 San Francisco, CA 94110 USA george.john@spire.com +1-202-747-2619 III. Construction Progress and Anticipated Launch Dates for Authorized Replacement Satellites Table 2 below contains anticipated launch dates for Spire’s upcoming launches for its Phase IC8 LEMUR-2 constellation. 7 These Phase IC satellites were launched on May 20, 2018; however, they have not been deployed above the ISS yet. They are included in this Report for completeness. 8 See Stamp Grant, Spire, IBFS File No. SAT-AMD-20161114-00107 (granted July 13, 2017). 3

LEMUR-2 # of Satellites Launch Date Satellite Phase IC 2 2018Q3 Phase IC 8 2018Q4 Phase IC 8 2018Q4 Phase IC 8 2018Q4 Phase IC 4 2018Q4 Table 2. Anticipated launch dates for future LEMUR-2 satellites operating under the IBFS Call Sign S2946 Please direct any questions regarding this filing to the undersigned. Sincerely, /s/ George John George John Legal & Regulatory Counsel 575 Florida Street, Suite 150 San Francisco, CA 94110 USA george.john@spire.com +1-202-747-2619 4


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