IBFS / ICFS
SAT-LOA-20220329-00037
Albedo aims to provide the highest quali
Filing overview
| Status | Closed |
|---|---|
| Call sign | S3141 |
| Applicant FRN | 0031996408 |
| Contact | Mark Opfell |
| Filing type | LOA |
| Date filed | 2022-03-29 |
| Status date | 2022-04-15 |
| Service | SAT |
| Last action | Returned No Action |
| FCC source | View the FCC filing record |
Application details
- FCC form
- FCC Form 312
- Application type
- Application for Satellite Space Station Authorizations
- Name
- Mark Opfell
- Street Address
- 2927 E 14th Street B
- City
- Austin
- State
- TX
- Zip Code/Postal Code
- 78702
- Country
- United States of America
- Attention
- Mr Mark Opfell
- Phone
- +15308488212
- Fax
- +1
- mark.opfell@albedo.com
- Relationship
- Engineer
Application summary
- Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
- Albedo aims to provide the highest quali
Applicant Information (Q1 - 16)
- FRN
- 0031996408
- Name
- Albedo Space Corp.
- Street Address
- 2927 E 14th Street
- Street Address 2
- B
- City
- Austin
- State
- TX
- Zip Code/Postal Code
- 78702
- Country
- United States of America
- Same Contact
- No
- Attention
- Mr Mark Opfell
- Phone
- +15308488212
- Fax
- +1
- mark.opfell@albedo.com
Application Fees
- 17b. Will a fee be paid?
- Yes
- 17c. If yes, select the appropriate fee code for the application.
- FAE
Waivers
- 18a. Does the Applicant request a waiver(s) of the Commission's rules?
- No
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
- 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
- No
Type of Station
- 25a. CLASS OF STATION: Select the Class of Station/Orbit Type
- Non-Geostationary Space Station
- 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?
- Federal Communications Commission
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?
- No
- 31. Is the Applicant a corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government?
- No
- 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?
- No
- 33. Is the applicant a corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation of which more than oneāfourth 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?
- No
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
- No
- 41. Application Description
- Albedo aims to provide the highest quality panchromatic earth imagery at 10 cm accurate GSD at nadir. As well as 4.0 m co-collected thermal imagery. Images are downlinked to various groundstation-as-a-service providers that also provide the space-to-ground interface to task the satellite from a web-based portal. Imagery can be purchased without a human in the loop via credit card through the web based portal with a transparent pricing structure primarily based on tasked area. In addition to tasked imagery, general mapping and a catalog of images will be available in archive. Granted NOAA license to sell 10 cm/pixel resolution imagery in 2021
- A
- Yes
- B
- No
- C
- No
Signature
- Title
- Lead Communication Systems Engineer
- Signature
- Mark Opfell
Documents
| Document | Type | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibit B.rtf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Pending archive |
| Exhibit A.rtf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Pending archive |
| HTML.htm | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Pending archive |
| Application.pdf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Pending archive |
| Attachment Application | Unavailable | ||
| Attachment HTML | Unavailable |