Attachment 1990PN DA 90 1156 se

1990PN DA 90 1156 se

PUBLIC NOTICE submitted by CCB, FCC

DA 90-1156

1990-09-04

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-19900518-00031 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD1990051800031_1059904

                                                  Federal Communications Commission                                          DA 90—1156

                                                                                            Center                .            20.
                                   Before the                                               Frequency      Bandwidth      Polarization
             Federal Communications Commission                            user—to—
                       Washington, D.C. 20554                             satellite         1618.25 MHz     16.5 MHz      LHCP

                                                                          satellite—to—
                            PUBLIC NOTICE                                 user              2491.75 MHz    16.5 MHz       RHCP

                            R           .    _                            telemetry/
                                eport No. DS—999                          beacon            5141.5 MHz     1.0 MHz        Horizontal
                                        Released: September 4, 1990       satellite—to—
                                                                          control
                                                                          center            5183 (or       16.5 MHz       Horizontal
    COMMON CARRIER SERVICES INFORMATION                                                     5174.25) MHz
                                                                          telemetry/
  Bv the Chief. Common Carrier Bureau:                                    beacon            5224.5 MHz     1.0 MHz        Horizontal

            2l          .                         .         wl      20.   telecommand       6526.5 MHz     3.0 MHz        Vertical
  Upon initial review, the International Facilities Divi—                                   6536.5 MHz
sion and the Satellite Radio Branch have found the fol—
lowing applications acceptable for filing. The Commission                 control center—
reserves the right to return these applications. if, upon                 to satellite      6562.875 (or   16.5 MHz       Vertical
further examination. it is determined that they are defec—                                  6555.5) MHz
tive and not in conformance with the Commission‘s rules                   Geostar states that the proposed design will result in a
and policies.                                                             small reduction in satellite EIRP and G/T compared to
                                                                          the values specified for the dedicated RDSS satellites as
  GEOSTAR POSITIONING                       File Nos. 46—DSS—P/LA—90      initially authorized and will not increase the potential for
  CORPORATION                                         48—DSS—P/LA—90      interference to any other user of the spectrum. Geostar
                                                                          also states that the satellites will be capable of supporting
                                                      43—DSS—MP/ML—90
                                                                          hand—held user terminals and providing position deter—
                                                      44—DSS—MP/ML—90     mination by range measurements obtained through two
                                                        51—DSS—EXT—90     satellites and altitude information obtained from a
                                                        52—DSS—EXT—90     digitized terrain map or on—board altimeter. Finally,
                                                                          Geostar requests the following amended schedules for
                                                       CSS—90—012 (ML)
                                                                          completing construction of and launching Geostars 1A
                                                       CSS—90—013 (ML)    and 1B and the following implementation schedules for
                                                       CSS—90—014 (ML)    Geostars 1B and 2B:
                                                       CSS—90—015(ML)
                                                                                            Begin          Complete
Geostar Positioning Corporation (Geostar) has applied to                                    Construction   Construction   Launch
construct        and        launch          two       new     dedicated
                                                                          Geostar IA        22.            October 1993   December 1993
radiodetermination satellite service (RDSS) satellites ——                 Geostar 1B        January 1991   October 1993   December 1993
Geostars 1B and 2B. Geostar has also applied to modify                    Geostar 2A        22.            October 1994   December 1994
its first two dedicated RDSS satellites as authorized in                  Geostar 2B        October 1991   October 1994   December 1994
Geostar Corporation, Mimeo No. 6144 (released August 7.
1986), —— Geostars 1A¥ and 1B. Geostar proposes to co—                      GEOSTAR POSITIONING File Nos. 45—DSS—MP/ML—90
locate Geostars 1A and 1B and Geostars 2A and 2B. In
                                                                            CORPORATION                     53—DSS—EXT—90
addition. each satellite pair is to be launched together on
the same payload assist module. Each of the dedicated
RDSS satellites is to carry one inbound channel and one                   Geostar proposes to modify the license for its third dedi—
outbound channel and will have a single 3.5° by 7°                        cated RDSS satellite —— Geostar 3 —— as authorized in
coverage pattern that can be repointed while the satellite                Geostar Corporation, Mimeo No. 6144 (released August 7,
is in—orbit to serve user terminals either in the contiguous              1986). to conform the satellite—to—control center frequen—
U.S. or in other points of the western hemisphere. The                    cies to the allocations made at the 1987 World Admin—
following frequency bands are requested:                                  istrative  Radio     Conference   for     Mobile   Services
                                                                          (MobileWARC—87). Specifically. Geostar requests a shift
                                                                          in the assigned frequencies for this link from 5117—5183
                                                                          MHz to 5150—5216 MHz. All other parameters of the 5
                                                                          GHz satellite—to—control center link are to remain the
                                                                          same as authorized. In addition. Geostar requests an ex—
                                                                          tension of Geostar 3‘s construction completion milestone
                                                                          until October 1995 and its launch milestone until Decem—
                                                                          ber 1995.
                                                                            Comments or petitions concerning.these applications
                                                                          may be filed on or before October 10, 1990. Replies may
                                                                          be filed on or before October 31, 1990. Responses may be


DA 90—1156                            Federal Communications Commission

filed on or before November 14, 1990. Interested parties
should submit an original and six copies of any document
filed in response to this notice.
  Copies of this application, as well as any pleadings filed
pursuant to this notice, will be available for inspection in
the International Facilities    Division Public Reference
Room, Room 533. 1919 M           Street, NW.. Washington.
D.C. and in the Domestic        Facilities Public Reference
Room, Room 6218, 2025 M          Street, NW., Washington.
D.C.
  For further information, contact Fern Jarmulnek at
(202) 632—1624 or John Coles at (202) 632—7265.

  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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