Attachment LeoSat MA Grant Exte

LeoSat MA Grant Exte

DECISION submitted by IB, FCC

Grant

2017-04-10

This document pretains to SAT-PDR-20161115-00112 for Petition for Declaratory Ruling on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATPDR2016111500112_1205012

WILKINSON)BARKER) KNAUER) LLP YK88 a $Freet aw Suite 800 N Wasiinaton, DC 20036 TéEL 202.783.4141 Fax 202.783.5851 WWW. WB KLAW. C 0 M KKEYXTEDSLas) of TrME To Re fLY *# cct=s File# SAT— LOT—zolé i\|s— oojlz. April 7, 2017 Call Sign $2779 Grant Date L Li U! y Mr. Jose Albuquerque, Chief (or other identificr) ‘Term Dates Satellite Division, International Bureau From _ 7 To: 5“‘\3 LLZ Federal Communications Commission cn 445 12"" Street SW J Washington, DC 20554 inniantarinier.sd Re: LeoSat MA, Inc., IBFS File No. SAT—LOL—20161115—00112 (Call Sign $2979) Dear Mr. Albuquerque: LeoSat MA, Inc. ("LeoSat") submits this letter in response to the Commission‘s March 15, 2017 letter ("FCC Letter") requesting additional information regarding LeoSat‘s petition for declaratory ruling ("Petition"). LeoSat‘s pending Petition seeks access to the U.S. market for a Ka—band low—Earth orbit ("LEO") non—geostationary satellite orbit ("NGSO") system to provide new broadband fixed satellite services ("FSS"). The FCC Letter asks LeoSat to respond to a series of questions, including a question about LeoSat‘s EPFD analysis and several questions addressing its orbital debris mitigation plans, by April 14, 2017. LeoSat respectfully requests that the Commission extend the deadline for LeoSat‘s reply for thirty days, to May 15, 2017. This brief extension will provide LeoSat with critical time needed to conduct the necessary analyses so that it may provide a comprehensive response to the Commission‘s questions. Although the Commission does not routinely grant extensions of time,‘ the circumstances justify an extension in this case. LeoSatis further developing its orbital debris mitigation plan with Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the manufacturer of LeoSat‘s constellation. A grantof the requested additional time to respond to the FCC Letter will enable LeoSat and TAS to develop and provide comprehensive answers to the FCC‘s orbital debris inquiries and to further advance LeoSat‘s orbital debris mitigation plan. Further, the EPFD analysis that LeoSat provided in its Petition was run on TAS‘ proprietary software. In order to answer the Commission‘s questions about LeoSat‘s EPFD results in the FCC Letter, LeoSat will submit supplemental EPFD analysis derived from the ITU EPFD software. It can take a significant amount of time to run the EPFD analysis on the ITU‘s software and LeoSat is unable to complete this analysis by April 14. Thus, ! See 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a). $2079 SAT—O1—20161115—00112 182016002475 LeoSat MA, Inc. LEOSAT (MCSAT—2 LEO—

WILKINSON ) BARKER) KNAUER) LLP Mr. Jose Albuquerque, Chief April 7, 2017 Page 2 an extension of time is warranted to enable LeoSat to provide the EPFD information requested by the FCC. For the foregoing reasons, LeoSat requests the Commission to extend LeoSat‘s deadline for filing its response to the FCC Letter to May 15, 2017. Sincerely, WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER, LLP /s/ Phillip R. Marchesiello _ Phillip R. Marchesiello Lynne M. Montgomery Attorneys for LeoSat MA, Inc. ce: Karl Kensinger Stephen Duall Kathyrn Medley


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