IBFS / ICFS

SAT-MOD-20200603-00065

Spire Global, Inc.

Applicant requests authority to (i) amen

Filing overview

StatusCurrent
Call signS2946
Applicant FRN0022106892
ContactMichelle A. McClure
Filing typeMOD
Date filed2020-06-03
Status date2026-01-15
Grant date2025-06-23
ServiceSAT
Last actionGrant of Authority
FCC sourceView the FCC filing record

Application details

FCC form
FCC Form 312
Application type
APPLICATION FOR SPACE AND EARTH STATION: MOD - MAIN FORM
Name
Michelle A. McClure
Street Address
8000 Towers Crescent Drive Suite 1225
City
Vienna
State
VA
Zip Code/Postal Code
22182
Country
United States of America
Attention
Michelle A. McClure
Phone
+12027346883
Fax
+1
Email
michelle.mcclure@spire.com
Relationship
Legal Counsel

Application summary

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Applicant requests authority to (i) amen

Applicant Information (Q1 - 16)

FRN
0022106892
Name
Spire Global, Inc.
Street Address
8000 Towers Crescent Dr Ste 1100
City
Vienna
State
VA
Zip Code/Postal Code
22182
Country
United States of America
Same Contact
No
Attention
Mrs Francisca F Adeuyi
Phone
+14153563400
Fax
+1
Email
francisca.adeuyi@spire.com

Application Fees

17b. Will a fee be paid?
Yes

Waivers

18a. Does the Applicant request a waiver(s) of the Commission's rules?
Yes
19b. If this filing is an amendment to a pending application, enter file number of pending application:
SAT-LOA-20151123-00078

Type of Service

20. NATURE OF SERVICE: This filing is for an authorization to provide or use the following type(s) of service(s): Select all that apply.
Earth Exploration-Satellite Service, Mobile-Satellite Service, Other Satellite Service (please specify)
21. Status
Non-Common Carrier
22. Select all that apply from the drop-down below:
U.S. Licensed Satellites
23. If Applicant is providing INTERNATIONAL COMMON CARRIER service, see instructions regarding Sec. 214 filing. Are these facilities:
N/A
Frequency Band Vhf Band
No
Frequency Band Uhf Band
No
Frequency Band L Band
No
Frequency Band S Band
No
Frequency Band C Band
No
Frequency Band X Band
No
Frequency Band Ku Band
No
Frequency Band Ka Band
No
Frequency Band V Band
No
Frequency Band Other
No

Type of Station

25a. CLASS OF STATION: Select the Class of Station/Orbit Type
Non-Geostationary Space Station
25b. Estimated Operational Lifetime of Space Station(s) From Date of Launch (years)
2
25c. Space Station or Satellite Network Name
LEMUR-2
25d. Does the applicant intend to use a non-U.S. licensed satellite to provide service in the United States?
No
25e. What administration has licensed or is in the process of licensing the space station? If no license will be issued, what administration has coordinated or is in the process of coordinating the space station?
United States of America

Purpose of Modification

Mod Ammend Purpose Add New Designator
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Change Emission Designator
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Increase Eirp
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Replace Antenna
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Add Antenna
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Relocate Fixed Station
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Change Assigned Freq
No
Mod Amd Purpose Add Frequencies
Yes
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Add Points Of Comm
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Change Points Of Comm
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth For Facilities Where Report Required
No
Mod Amd Purpose Change Orbit Location
No
Mod Amd Purpose Perform Fleet Management
No
Mod Amd Purpose Extend Milestones
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Other
Yes

Environmental Policy

28a. Would a Commission grant of any proposal in this application or amendment have a significant environmental impact as defined by 47 CFR 1.1307?
No

Alien Ownership

29. Is the Applicant a foreign government or the representative of any foreign government?
No
30. Is the Applicant an alien or the representative of an alien?
N/A
31. Is the Applicant a corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government?
N/A
32. Is the applicant a corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country?
N/A
33. Is the applicant a corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation of which more than oneāˆ’fourth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country?
N/A

Basic Qualifications

35. Has the applicant or any party to this application or amendment had any FCC station authorization or license revoked or had any application for an initial, modification or renewal of FCC station authorization, license, or construction permit denied by the Commission?
No
36. Has the Applicant, or any party to this Application or amendment, or any party directly or indirectly controlling the Applicant ever been convicted of a felony by any state or federal court?
No
37. Has any court finally adjudged the applicant, or any person directly or indirectly controlling the applicant, guilty of unlawfully monopolizing or attempting unlawfully to monopolize radio communication, directly or indirectly, through control of manufacture or sale of radio apparatus, exclusive traffic arrangement or any other means or unfair methods of competition?
No
38. Is the Applicant, or any person directly or indirectly controlling the Applicant, currently a party in any pending matter referred to in the preceding two items?
No
Anti Drug Checkbox
Yes
41. Application Description
Applicant requests authority to (i) amend market access grant condition 4 and the license for 2020-2025 MHz use among all satellites; (ii) amend license condition 15 and the market access grant to allow 402-403 MHz use until Nov. 22, 2029; (iii) grant authority to employ inter-satellite links in 2025-2110 MHz and 2200-2290 MHz; (iv) approve the passive measurement of foreign GNSS signals for meteorological monitoring; (v) permit 6 kg (and not 4.5 kg) satellites; and (vi) license a hosted payload operating in the 8025-8325 MHz (space-to-Earth) and 9200-10550 MHz (Earth-to-space) bands.
A
Yes
B
No
C
No

Signature

Title
General Counsel
Signature
Ananda Martin

Related filings

RelationshipFiling
relatedSAT-LOA-20151123-00078
relatedSAT-AMD-20210309-00030

Public notices

DateReportTypeServiceStatus
2022-02-04SAT01608 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2021-05-21SAT01555 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2020-11-06SAT01510 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2020-09-04SAT01496 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2020-08-21SAT01492 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2020-08-21SAT01491 Accepted for Filing Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2020-08-14SAT01489 Accepted for Filing Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2020-06-19SAT01474 Accepted for Filing Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0

Sources and provenance

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StatusCurrentICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
DescriptionApplicant requests authority to (i) amenICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
Applicant NameSpire Global, Inc.ICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
Applicant Frn0022106892ICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
Call SignS2946ICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
Date Filed2020-06-03ICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
Status Date2026-01-15ICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
Grant Date2025-06-23ICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58
Expiration Date0000-00-00ICFS SAT-MOD-20200603-000652026-07-30 08:54:58

Documents

DocumentTypeDateStatus
Spire Global Inc - G.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-25Available
Receiving Beam 3 _ U.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 7 _ A.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 12 _.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 5 _ U.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Transmitting Beam_XD.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam_XU1H.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Application.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 15 _.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 4 _ U.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Transmitting Beam 6.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 13 _.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Transmitting Beam 4.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Exhibit A.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 9 _ A.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Transmitting Beam 2.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 8 _ A.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
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Receiving Beam 11 _.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Transmitting Beam 5.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 16 _.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam_XU1V.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Spire Global - Modif.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Spire Global - Grant.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Receiving Beam 2 _ U.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
HTML.htmForm Attachment2025-06-24Invalid document
Transmitting Beam 7.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Available
Deployment Notice.pdNOTICE2022-06-22Invalid document
Spire_Supplement_ISLSUPPLEMENT2022-06-21Invalid document
FCC correction 5.6.2NOTICE2022-05-06Invalid document
Notice of Intent toNOTICE2022-05-02Invalid document
Notice of DeploymentNOTICE2022-02-07Invalid document
Spire Global - GrantDECISION2022-02-01Invalid document
Notice of Intent toNOTICE2021-12-07Invalid document
Notice of Intent toNOTICE2021-12-07Invalid document
2021 FCC Annual RepoLETTER2021-08-26Invalid document
2021.07.20 Notice ofNOTICE2021-07-20Invalid document
Spire - Notice of InNOTICE2021-05-26Invalid document
Notice of DeploymentNOTICE2021-05-12Available
Part 25 Mod Launch CLETTER2021-03-10Available
2021.01.24 Notice ofNOTICE2021-02-09Available
2020.11.07 Notice ofNOTICE2020-11-17Available
Part 25 Mod Launch ILETTER2020-10-30Available
Part 25 Mod ClarificLETTER2020-10-15Available
Part 25 Mod ExpediteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2020-10-08Available
FCC letter re KeyW gLETTER2020-09-03Available
KeyW Payload InterfeSection 1.65 Notification2020-08-13Available
Exhibit B - Spire -SUPPLEMENT2020-07-22Available
Exhibit C - Phase IISUPPLEMENT2020-07-22Available
Supplement 7.22.2020SUPPLEMENT2020-07-22Available
2020 FCC Annual RepoOTHER2020-06-25Available
Attachment Spire Global Inc - G Available
Attachment Spire Global - Modif Available
Attachment Spire Global - Grant Available
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Attachment Application Available
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