IBFS / ICFS
SAT-LOA-20230711-00165
Applicant seeks authority to launch and
Filing overview
| Status | Pending Review |
|---|---|
| Call sign | S3117 |
| Applicant FRN | 0033989914 |
| Contact | George V. John |
| Filing type | LOA |
| Date filed | 2023-07-11 |
| Status date | 2026-07-31 |
| Grant date | 2026-07-31 |
| Service | SAT |
| Last action | Granted in Part/ Deferred in Part |
| FCC source | View the FCC filing record |
Application details
- FCC form
- FCC Form 312
- Application type
- Application for Satellite Space Station Authorizations
- Name
- George V. John
- Street Address
- 555 Thirteenth Street NW
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Zip Code/Postal Code
- 20004
- Country
- United States of America
- Phone
- +12026376989
- Fax
- +1
- george.john@hoganlovells.com
- Relationship
- Legal Counsel
Application summary
- Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
- Applicant seeks authority to launch and
Applicant Information (Q1 - 16)
- FRN
- 0033989914
- Name
- Xona Space Systems, Inc.
- Street Address
- 828 Airport Blvd
- City
- Burlingame
- State
- CA
- Zip Code/Postal Code
- 94010-
- Country
- United States of America
- Same Contact
- No
- Attention
- Christina Youn
- Phone
- +16505476743
- Fax
- +1
- legal@xonaspace.com
Classification of Filing
- 17a. Select the appropriate classification of application from the drop-down menu below:
- b1. Application for License of New Station
Application Fees
- 17b. Will a fee be paid?
- Yes
- 17c. If yes, select the appropriate fee code for the application.
- CLW
Waivers
- 18a. Does the Applicant request a waiver(s) of the Commission's rules?
- Yes
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.
- Space Operation Service, Inter-Satellite Service, Radionavigation-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
- Yes
- 24j. Other Frequencies
- 1591.20000 MHz 1595.50000 MHz T
Type of Station
- 25a. CLASS OF STATION: Select the Class of Station/Orbit Type
- Non-Geostationary Space Station
- 25b. Estimated Operational Lifetime of Space Station(s) From Date of Launch (years)
- 5
- 25c. Space Station or Satellite Network Name
- Xona System
- 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?
- N/A
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
- Yes
- 41. Application Description
- Applicant seeks authority to launch and operate 258 non-geostationary orbit radionavigation-satellite and space operation service satellites in L, S, C, and X-band frequencies.
- A
- Yes
- B
- No
- C
- No
Signature
- Title
- CEO
- Signature
- Brian Manning
Related filings
| Relationship | Filing |
|---|---|
| related | SAT-AMD-20251119-00328 |
Sources and provenance
| Source | Source record | Retrieved | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICFS | SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 | Direct Source Record |
Selected field provenance
| Field | Displayed value | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Pending Review | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
| Description | Applicant seeks authority to launch and | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
| Applicant Name | Xona Space Systems, Inc. | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
| Applicant Frn | 0033989914 | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
| Call Sign | S3117 | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
| Date Filed | 2023-07-11 | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
| Status Date | 2026-07-31 | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
| Grant Date | 2026-07-31 | ICFS SAT-LOA-20230711-00165 | 2026-08-10 04:46:20 |
Documents
| Document | Type | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCC_GIMS_XONA_RNSS_S.mdb | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Available |
| Technical Narrative.pdf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Available |
| HTML.htm | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Invalid document |
| Ownership Exhibit.pdf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Available |
| Application.pdf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Available |
| Sched S Tech Report.pdf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Available |
| Legal Narrative.pdf | Form Attachment | 2025-06-25 | Available |