Attachment Exhibit E

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20170112-00003 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2017011200003_1164735

Exhibit E Petition for Reinstatement Ligado requests that the Commission reinstate Ligado’s license to operate MSAT-2 pursuant to Section 25.163 of the Commission’s rules. 47 C.F.R. § 25.163. In each of the last five years, Ligado has diligently filed requests to modify the license for MSAT-2 to extend its term for an additional year (most recently, until December 31, 2016). See IBFS File Nos. SAT-MOD-20111128-00028; SAT-MOD 20121128-00203; SAT-MOD- 20131204-00143; SAT-MOD-20141212-00128; SAT-MOD-20151218-00083. The Commission has granted each such extension request, implicitly recognizing that the public interest is served by allowing MSAT-2 to serve customers and provide critical back-up capability for SkyTerra 1 (the replacement satellite for MSAT-2). Ligado had every intention of submitting a request to extend the license term for MSAT- 2 for another year, and to do so in advance of December 31, 2016. However, Ligado inadvertently failed to file that request due to an administrative oversight. Ligado is committed to full compliance with the Commission’s rules and requirements. Immediately upon identifying the oversight in this isolated case, Ligado addressed it by filing the instant Application and reinstatement request, as well as a related request for special temporary authority (“STA”). In addition, Ligado and its counsel are taking steps to ensure that this does not occur again (including, but not limited to, the institution of a deadline management system). Grant of the requested license reinstatement would serve the public interest for the same reasons that justified the Commission’s prior extensions of the MSAT-2 license term. For similar reasons, good cause exists to waive the Commission’s rules to the extent such waiver is necessary to facilitate the continued operation of MSAT-2. See generally 47 C.F.R. § 1.3.


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