Planet Labs Ex Parte

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by Planet Labs, Inc.

Planet Labs Ex Parte Notification - 012516

2016-01-25

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20150802-00053 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com January 25, 2016 VIA IBFS Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Ex Parte Letter File No. SAT-MOD-20150802-00053 Dear Ms. Dortch: On January 21, 2016, Mike Safyan, Director of Launch and Regulatory Affairs of Planet Labs, Inc. (“Planet Labs”), and Tony Lin, Counsel for Planet Labs, met with Stephen Duall, Chip Fleming, and Cindy Spiers, each of the International Bureau (“Bureau”), to discuss the above-referenced application and the Petition to Dismiss, Deny, or Hold in Abeyance (“Petition”) submitted by ORBCOMM License Corp. (“ORBCOMM”) in this application proceeding.1 Planet Labs expressed surprise by the Petition and disappointment that ORBCOMM did not first attempt to resolve its concerns operator-to-operator. Both Planet Labs and ORBCOMM are members of the Space Data Association, which is a non-profit association of satellite operators, having the primary goals of facilitating “improvements in the safety and integrity of satellite operations through wider and improved coordination among satellites operators [and] improved management of the shared resources of the space environment.”2 Planet Labs also explained its risk collision assessment and NASA’s Debris Assessment Software or DAS. Given the expected launch of a number of its satellites in the spring of 2016, Planet Labs urged the Bureau to act expeditiously. Pursuant to Section 1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules, this letter is being filed electronically in the above-referenced proceeding.3 Please direct any questions regarding this submission to the undersigned. 1 See Petition to Dismiss, Deny, or Hold in Abeyance (filed Jan. 19, 2016). 2 See SDA Overview, Space Data Association, http://www.space-data.org/sda/about/sda-overview/ (last accessed Jan. 25, 2016). 3 On January 20, 2016, the Bureau, on its own motion, changed the status of the application proceeding to “permit-but-disclose” effective January 21, 2016. See Report No. SAT-01131, DA 16- 80 (Jan. 22, 2016). Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. “Hogan Lovells” is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices in: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Brussels Caracas Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Mexico City Miami Milan Minneapolis Monterrey Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Perth Philadelphia Rio de Janeiro Rome San Francisco São Paulo Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Sydney Tokyo Ulaanbaatar Warsaw Washington DC Associated offices: Budapest Jeddah Riyadh Zagreb. For more information see www.hoganlovells.com

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch -2- January 25, 2016 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Tony Lin Tony Lin Counsel tony.lin@hoganlovells.com D 1+ 202 637 5795 cc: (via email) Stephen Duall Chip Fleming Cindy Spiers


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