SpaceX Mod Permit-bu

LETTER submitted by Planet Labs Inc.

Permit-but-disclose request letter

2019-02-27

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20181108-00083 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2018110800083_1630892

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 February 27, 2019 VIA IBFS Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Space Exploration Holdings, IBFS File No. SAT-MOD-20181108-00083 Dear Ms. Dortch: Planet Labs Inc. (“Planet Labs”) respectfully requests that the International Bureau (“Bureau”) change the ex parte status of the above-captioned proceeding from “restricted” to “permit- but-disclose.”1 Designating the proceeding as permit-but-disclose will serve the public interest by facilitating communications, allowing the Bureau to develop a more complete record and reach a more informed decision. Additionally, designating the SpaceX proceeding as permit-but-disclose would be consistent with the Bureau’s treatment of other applications and market access requests for the same frequencies.2 Planet Labs through its counsel has contacted the parties to this proceeding or counsel to the parties and received no objection to the request. Please direct any questions regarding this letter to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Tony Lin Tony Lin Counsel for Planet Labs Inc. cc: (via email) Stephen Duall 1 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200(a) (“Where the public interest so requires in a particular proceeding, the Commission and its staff retain the discretion to modify the applicable ex parte rules by order, letter, or public notice.”); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1206 and 1.1208 note 2. 2 See, e.g., Applications Accepted for Filing: Cut-off Established for Additional NGSO-like Satellite Applications or Petitions for Operations in the 12.75-13.25 GHz, 13.85-14.0 GHz, 18.6-18.8 GHz, 19.3-20.2 GHz, and 29.1-29.5 GHz Bands, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd 4180, 4183 (IB 2017) (designating the ex parte status of all of the applications and market access requests in the processing round as permit-but-disclose will “provide for uniformity of treatment”). 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 Birmingham Boston Brussels 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 Warsaw Washington DC Associated offices: Budapest Jakarta Shanghai FTZ Ulaanbaatar Zagreb. Business Service Centers: Johannesburg Louisville. For more information see www.hoganlovells.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, J. Ryan Thompson, hereby certify that on February 27, 2019, a true and correct copy of this letter was sent by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, to the following: William M. Wiltshire Tim Hughes Paul Caritj Senior Vice President, Global Business and Harris, Wiltshire, & Grannis LLP Government Affairs 1919 M Street, NW, Suite 800 Patricia Cooper Washington, DC 20036 Vice President of Satellite Government Affairs Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Counsel for Space Exploration Technologies 1155 F Street, NW, Suite 475 Corp. Washington, DC 20004 Nick G. Spina Jan King Director, Launch & Regulatory Affairs Chief Technology Officer Kepler Communications, Inc. Astro Digital U.S., Inc. 675 King Street West, Suite 204 3171 Jay St Toronto, Ontario M5V 1M9 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Canada George John Brian Weimer Lead Legal & Regulatory Counsel Douglas Svor Spire Global, Inc. Samuel Swoyer 575 Florida Street, Suite 150 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP San Francisco, CA 94110 2099 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006 Counsel for WorldVu Satellites Limited Mariah Dodson Shuman Karis A. Hastings Head of Regulatory Affairs, Americas SatCom Law LLC WorldVu Satellites Limited 1317 F Street, NW, Suite 400 1785 Greensboro Station Place, Tower 3 Washington, DC 20004 McLean, VA 22102 Counsel for SES Americom, Inc. and O3b Limited Petra A. Vorwig Suzanne Malloy Senior Legal and Regulatory Counsel Vice President, Regulatory Affairs SES Americom, Inc. Noah Cherry 1129 20th Street, NW, Suite 1000 Legal and Regulatory Counsel Washington, DC 20036 O3b Limited 1129 20th Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 /s/ Ryan Thompson J. Ryan Thompson


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