Attachment DA-12-486A1[1].pdf

DA-12-486A1[1].pdf

DECISION submitted by IB,FCC

DA 12-486

2012-03-28

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20120210-00016 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2012021000016_946814

                                 Federal Communications Commission
                                       Washington, D.C. 20554




                                                                                                             DA 12-486


                                                    March 28, 2012

John P. Janka
Counsel to GeoEye Licensee Corp.
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1304


Re:        GeoEye Licensee Corp., IBFS File No. SAT−MOD−20120210−00016 (Call Sign: S2348)


Dear Mr. Janka:

This letter dismisses, as unacceptable for filing, the above-referenced application of GeoEye Licensee
Corp. to modify its license to operate a constellation of non-geostationary-orbit Earth Exploration
Satellite Service space stations to add authority to operate a new satellite.

Section 25.112(a) of the Commission’s rules states that an application will be returned as unacceptable for
filing if it is not substantially complete and consistent with the Commission’s rules.1 GeoEye’s
application fails to provide the predicted gain contours required by Section 25.114(d)(3) of the rules.2 We
therefore dismiss the application without prejudice to re-filing.3



                                                                  Sincerely,



                                                                  Robert G. Nelson
                                                                  Chief, Satellite Division
                                                                  International Bureau


1
    47 C.F.R. § 25.112(a).
2
    47 C.F.R. § 25.114(d)(3).
3
  If GeoEye re-files an application identical to the one dismissed, with the exception of supplying the missing
information, it will not have to pay an application fee. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1111(d). To satisfy the requirement of
Section 25.114(d)(3), it will suffice to provide plots of the predicted gain contours for when the satellite is in the
nadir position relative to the associated U.S. earth station(s).



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