JD_Boeing Oral Ex Pa

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by The Boeing Company

Ex Parte Notice 3 13 2017

2017-03-13

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-20170301-00028 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA2017030100028_1200820

51 LOUISIANA AVENUE, N.W. • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001.2113 TELEPHONE: +1.202.879.3939 • FACSIMILE: +1.202.626.1700 Direct Number: (202) 879-3630 bolcott@jonesday.com March 13, 2017 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street S.W. Washington D.C. 20554 Re: Oral Ex Parte Notice IBFS File Nos. SAT-LOA-20170301-00028 Dear Ms. Dortch: On March 9, 2017, representatives of The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) met with staff of the Satellite Division of the FCC’s International Bureau to present and discuss Boeing’s recently filed application for authority to launch and operate a non-geostationary satellite orbit (“NGSO”) satellite system operating in the fixed-satellite service (“FSS”) in portions of the V-band. Participating in the meeting on behalf of the Satellite Division were Jose Albuquerque, Karl Kensinger, Kerry Murray, Stephen Duall, Diane Garfield, Merissa Velez, Jennifer Balatan and Chip Fleming. Participating on behalf of Boeing were Bruce Chelsey, Audrey Allison, Kim Kolb, and the undersigned. The discussion tracked closely with the attached presentation materials, which were distributed during the meeting. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Bruce A. Olcott Counsel to The Boeing Company Attachment ALKHOBAR • AMSTERDA M • ATL ANTA • BEIJING • BOSTON • BRUSSEL S • CHICAGO • CLEV EL AND • COLUMBUS • DALL AS DUBAI • DÜSSELDORF • FRANK FUR T • HONG KONG • HOUSTON • IRV INE • JEDDAH • LONDON • LOS ANGELES • MAD RID MEXICO CIT Y • MIAMI • MI L AN • MOSCOW • MUNICH • NEW YORK • PARI S • PITTSBURGH • RIYADH • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SÃO PAULO • SHANGHAI • SILICON VALLEY • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TAIP EI • TOKYO • WASHING TON

Boeing V-band Constellation Overview FCC Application Summary 09 March 2017 COPYRIGHT © 2017 The Boeing Company Unpublished Work All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2017 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work.

Broadband NGSO System Application Overview • V-band Constellation System Description • Inclined NGSO Constellation Summary • LEO Constellation Summary • Frequency Plan, Channels and Connectivity • EIRP, EIRP Density and PFD Capabilities • LEO to NGSO/GSO Crosslink Service Description • Requested Waivers Summary Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work 2

Boeing V-band Constellation Inclined NGSO (63.4°) Satellites • Two-way broadband service and streaming media distribution to users • 15 inclined NGSO (63.4o) satellites at GSO-like altitudes (27,200 – 44,000km) • Global coverage via 3 nodes (Americas, Europe-Africa, Asia) CONUS coverage >45 degrees elevation (25 degrees for AK, HI) • High frequency re-use with satellite diversity • Overlay on other terrestrial or other satellite broadband services LEO Satellites Frequency Plan (all satellites) Downlink (4.5 GHz total) • Low-latency broadband service to smaller terminals via LEO Satellites 37.5 40.0 42.0 Each Beam uses up to 4.5 GHz Feeder Feeder downlink bandwidth (dual-pol) • 132 satellites at 1056 km User User (54-deg inclination) 3 GHz uplink utilized for user service links (dual-pol) • Flexible beamforming antennas enable very 2.5 GHz 2.0 GHz narrow/low side-lobe beams (~10km cells) 4 GHz uplink bandwidth utilized for Uplink (4 GHz total) Feeder Links – dual pol • Coverage of CONUS latitude regions 47.2 48.2 49.2 50.2 50.4 51.4 above 25-deg elevation angles Gateways and user terminals share Feeder Feeder uplink and downlink bands Peak data rates for ALL satellites User exceed FCC’s Broadband Goals (>25 Mbps Compliant with FCC PFD regulations Down / >3 Mbps Up) 3.0 GHz 1.0 GHz in each band (clear air and rain fade) ~10 km cells Integrated V-band Constellation with Broadband speeds and content/data distribution to fixed and mobile users

V-band Constellation 63.4o Inclined NGSO Orbit and Deployment Plan Figure III-2 Inclined NGSO Satellite Tracks 15 total inclined near-GEO altitude NGSO satellites Americas coverage with 5 satellites (Initial Deployment) Worldwide coverage Initial via 10 additional satellites Deployment Orbital Parameters: Inclination: 63.4-deg Period: 86170.5 secs (geo-synchronous) Americas and Asia Regions Eccentricity: 0.2 Altitude: 27,354 to 44,221 km Europe/Africa/Mideast Region: Eccentricity: 0.1 Altitude: 31,571 to 40,004 km Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work

V-band Constellation – 63.4° Inclined NGSO Americas coverage (Initial Deployment) - 45° elevation angle 45-deg elevation angle coverage 5

V-band Constellation 63.4-deg inclined NGSO Coverage Footprint and Beams Figure III-7 Inclined NGSO Coverage Area Snapshot Figure III-6. Inclined NGSO Sample Cell Pattern ~250 km cells Nominal operations at 25-degree minimum elevation angle CONUS and Americas FOV supports >45 degree elevation angles Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work 6

V-band Constellation LEO Satellites Orbit, Coverage and Deployment Low-latency broadband service via 132 LEO satellites 100% 25-deg coverage 10-20-deg elevation coverage 100% satellite coverage @ >25° elevation angle 100% satellite coverage @ >19° elevation angle 100% satellite coverage @ >12° elevation angle Orbital Parameters: 100% service to CONUS Inclination: 54 degrees at >25 deg elevation All LEO satellites fielded Altitude: 1,056 km angles (22.5 to 60N latitudes) Number of planes: 11 by Final Deployment Hawaii coverage at 19° elevation Satellites per plane: 12 Alaska coverage at 12° elevation Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work

V-band Constellation LEO Satellite Coverage Footprint and Beams Figure III-3 LEO Spacecraft Coverage Area Snapshot Figure III-4. LEO Spacecraft Sample Cell Pattern Up to +/- 51° Field of View 25-degree elevation angle 3100 km footprint radius Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work ~10 km cells 8

Frequency Plan, Channels, and Connectivity Uplink Bands Figure III-10. Downlink Communications Frequency Plan Figure III-8. Uplink Communications Frequency Plan • All satellites operate using up to 4.5 GHz of downlink spectrum • All satellites operate using up to 4 GHz of uplink spectrum - 37.5-40.0 GHz band (dual CP) – 2.5 GHz - 3 GHz of User Service Spectrum (dual CP) - 40.0-42.0 GHz band (dual CP) – 2.0 GHz - 4 GHz of Feeder link Spectrum (dual CP) • Feeder link and User Service share entire 4.5 GHz of spectrum • Feeder link and User Service share lower 3 GHz spectrum • High frequency re-use factor for all satellites using narrow spot • High frequency re-use factor for all satellites using narrow spot beam coverages beam coverages • EIRP of each beam controlled based on assigned bandwidth • Satellites flexibly sub-channelize uplink spectrum and route and propagation characteristics (slant range, rain fade) using sub-bands to downlink channels and beams downlink power control • Routes uplink gateway spectrum from multiple GWs to downlink user beams and vice-versa for return link service(s) Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work 9

EIRP, EIRP Density and PFD Capabilities -100 FCC PFD l i mits, FCC PFD l i mits, 40.0-42.0 GHz (25.208(s )(t)) • V-band Constellation inclined NGSO and LEO -105 37.5--40.0 GHz satellite operation is fully compliant 25.208(r)(2)+Note (ra i n fade) with current FCC regulations (no waiver requested) PFD (dBW/m2/MHz) -110 • In 40.0-42.5 GHz band, satellites operate -115 FCC PFD l i mits, 37.5-40.0 GHz (25.208(r)(1) - clear) up to -105 dBW/m2/MHz in any conditions -120 • In 37.5-40.0 GHz band, satellites operate -125 below -117 dBW/m2/MHz in clear air conditions -130 • Satellites will raise their EIRP and EIRP density in rain fade only and operate below the -135 -105 dBW/m2/MHz maximum limit 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 Angles of Arrival (deg) • V-band Constellation will comply with outcome of Spectrum Frontiers FNPRM regarding Inclined NGSO LEO additional clarifications of rain fade PFD Altitude: 44,221 km 1,056 km operations (e.g. potential EPFD regulations) Slant range to 25-deg elevation: 47,572 km 1,979 km Spot Beam Peak EIRP (in 2.5 GHz): 92.2 dBWi 65.9 dBWi Spot Beam Peak EIRP density (in 2.5 GHz): -1.8 dBWi/Hz -28.1 dBWi/Hz Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work 10

LEO to GSO/NGSO Crosslink Service • V-band Constellation LEO satellites designed to utilize Other GSOs inter-satellite links (ISL) to higher-altitude NGSO or GSO satellites Inclined NGSO (e.g. Ka) • Provides direct data connectivity to home region data processing (V-band Constellation) centers for LEO satellites not in direct view of a system Gateway • Improves constellation command/control robustness • Includes V-band ISLs (LEO to inclined NGSO) and Ka-band ISLs (e.g. LEO to GSO Ka-band satellites) • ISLs to other systems operate as a “user” of the targeted system on a non-interfering basis Other NGSOs Ka ISL Characteristics (Ka or V) Ka-band ISL Rx: 17.8 – 19.3 GHz (dual CP) Tx: 27.5 - 29.1 GHz (dual CP) Frequency Bands 19.7 - 20.2 GHz (dual CP) 29.5 – 30.0 GHz (dual CP) Maximum G/T 14.0 dB/K (1.7-deg beam) Maximum Transmit EIRP 61.0 dBWi (1.2-deg beam) V-band ISL Characteristics V-band ISL Rx: 37.5 - 40.0 GHz (dual CP) Tx: 47.2 – 50.2 GHz (dual CP) Frequency Bands 40.0 - 42.0 GHz (dual CP) 50.4 – 51.4 GHz (dual CP) Maximum G/T 18.5 dB/K (0.9-deg beam) Maximum Transmit EIRP 66.5 dBWi (0.7-deg beam) ISL Channels and FOV (both) Channel Bandwidths Variable (125, 250, 500 or 1000 MHz) Field-of-View Inclined NGSOs, Visible GSO arc, or other NGSO (MEOs) (from Tables III-3 and III-4 – Ka-band and V-band ISL Key Parameters) Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work 11

Copyright © 2017 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work.

V-band Constellation – 63.4° Inclined NGSO Americas coverage (Initial Deployment) – 25° elevation angle Hawaii coverage 25-deg elevation angle coverage 13

V-band Constellation – 63.4° Inclined NGSO Final Deployment Coverage (3 regions, 15 satellites) 45-deg elevation angle coverage Hawaii coverage 25-deg elevation angle coverage 14

Satellite Beam Patterns V-band Constellation supports cellular coverage and high frequency re-use from both Inclined NGSO and LEO satellites LEO satellite beam pattern 63.4-deg Inclined NGSO beam pattern (e.g. Schedule S LxL0,LxR0 .gxt files) (e.g. GxL0, GxR0 .gxt files) Copyright © 2016 Boeing. All rights reserved – Unpublished Work 15


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