Attachment extension of STA.pdf

This document pretains to SAT-STA-19960701-00090 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS commIsston ORrIGINAL is FCC REMITIANCE ADVICE race vo. _L or _! seecaveD) Received ssecuar tes FCCIMELLON JUL 0 1 1996 JUL 1 0 1996 PCC USE ONLY [3m~ j ”'-rfe‘\f@{j Sptellite Policy Braich Raad instructions carefully BEFORE proceeding.) miernational Burect L FCC ACCOUNT NUMBER Did you have a number prior to this? Enter it. (2) TOTAL AMOUNT PAID (doilars and cei B3E NO4UR JS 19 04® f 48 f f fo po [ [ f O fo pof sc Sstoffite Policy®BGing:00 (3) PAYOR NAME (If paying by credit card. enter name exactly as it appears on your card) ameseufe COMSAT General Corporation (4) STREET ADDRESS LINE NO. 1 c/o Phillip G. Avruch 5) STREET ADDRESS LINE NO. 2 22300 COMSAT Drive 6 CITY (7) STATE (8) ZIP CODE Clarksbure °m 20871 (9) DAYTIME TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (10) COUNTRY CODE (if ace U.S.A.) 301—428—4000 #1 ‘1A) NAME OF APPLICANT, LICENSEE, REGULATEE, OR DEBTOR FCC USE ONLY COMSAT General Corporation (12A) FCC CALL SIGN/OTHER ID (13A) ZIP CODE (144) PAYMENT TYPE CODE (18A) QUANTITY (léa) rax ouZ rot KS—29 %:II.DCK 14 Cc 20871 C R Y 1 §575.00 (17A) PCC CODE 1 = (18A) PCC CODE 3 (19A) ADDRESS LINE NO. 1 (20A) ADDRESS LINE NO. 2) (21A) CITY/ITATE OR COUNTRY CODE c/o Phillip G. Avruch 22300 COMSAT Drive Clarksburg, MD 20871 ITEM #3 INFORMATION L18) NAME OF APPLICANT, LICENSEE, REGULATEE, OR DEBTOR FCC USB ONLY T SICNOTHEE 12B) FCC CALL SIGN/OTHER ID CobE (13B) ZIP CODE 7 14B) PAYMENT TYPE CODE 7 |(15B) QUANTITY cgl FEE%L;E!F& ;'A, DN BLOCK 14 (17B) FCC CODE 1 (18B) PCC CODE 2 (19B) ADDRESS LINE NO. 1 (20B) ADDRESS LINE NO. 2 (218) CITYSTATE oR coUNTRY coDE CREDIT CARD PAYMENT INFORMATION am MASTERCARDMISA ACCOUNT NUMBER: [C] Mastercard EXPIRATION DATE: Month Year Q viss RUTHORIZED sIGNATURE ~ Sife 77\ Ihasshe anthasica tha PCM to nhasn mw VTGA as Mastarcard

§comMSAT ORIGINAL 6560 Rock Spring Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 Telephone 801 214 3000 Fax 801 214 7100 Telex 197800 June 28, 1996 Mr. William F. Caton Acting Secretary Federal Communications Commission Satellite and Radiocommunication Division P.O. Box 358160 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15251—5160 Re: COMSAT General Corporation Extension of Special Temporary Authorization Call Sign Ks—29 Attna: Ms. Fern J. Jarmulnek, Chief Satellite Policy Branch Satellite & Radiocommunication Division Dear Mr. Caton: COMSAT General Corporation ("COMGEN"), pursuant to Section 25.119 of the Commission‘s Rules, hereby requests extension of the special temporary authorization ("STA") for the COMSTAR D—4 satellite (KS—29) granted orally on July 8, 1994, for a period of sixty—days and subsequently extended orally. The current STA permits COMGEN to use the COMSTAR D—4 satellite to send and receive transmissions to and from ships in U.S. coastal waters and in the Caribbean region. Because the pending December 28, 1995 STA request is due to expire on July 2, 1996, we hereby seek extension of the STA for an additional six—month period until January 2, 1997. Particulars in support of this request are set forth in the COMGEN STA request of December 28, 1995, pertaining to the COMSTAR D—4 satellite (KS—29), as well as in previous filings regarding this experiment. In addition, attached to this request is a copy of a technical report describing the results of the experimental operations over the past six months. As demonstrated in the report, the COMSTAR D—4 is functioning better than expected and has shown no signs of degradation. Moreover, there have been no reports of interference to other radio communications facilities due to the operation of this experiment. Continuation of these operations will serve the public interest by demonstrating the utility of inclined orbits and stabilized VSAT antennas in the provision of C—band service

Letter to Wiliam F. Caton June 28, 1996 Page 2 for maritime users. To date, COMSAT Mobile Communications ("CMC"), a customer of COMGEN, has successfully installed four C—band stabilized antennas on foreign registry cruise ships located in the Caribbean and U.S. coastal waters. A fifth installation is expected to be completed shortly. Should the Commission decline to extend the STA, COMGEN‘s customers will suffer from interruption of their ongoing communications operations and investments. Such a result would not be in the public interest Accordingly, COMGEN respectfully submits that the public interest would be served by extension of the requested experimental authorization. COMGEN certifies that neither the applicant nor any other party to this application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 853a. An original and two copies of this application are enclosed, and a check in the amount of $575.00, to cover the requisite FCC filing fee, is attached. Please date—stamp the enclosed copy marked "Duplicate" and return it to the undersigned in the enclosed stamped, self—addressed envelope. Respectfully submitted, LTI[LZa? Phillip’éfi Avruch Assistant Secretary Attachments S:\USERS\LEGAFF\CMCLEGAL\CMGNSTA. EXT

Test Report for COMSTAR D4 C—Band Experiment June 28, 1996

1.0 General COMSAT General Corporation, COMGEN, has received Special Temporary Authority (STA) to operate the COMSTAR D—4 satellite, call sign KS—29, now in included orbit, in a maritime mobile environment as part of an experiment to determine the viability of providing communications using "C" Band to ships in the Caribbean Sea and US coastal waters. COMSAT Mobile Communications, CMC, a division of COMSAT and a customer of COMGEN, has been conducting an experiment under STA granted January 6, 1996 (File No. S—2297—EX—96), and the continuing technical results are most promising. System performance and communications availability has been very high and meets customer expectations. The following provides a summary of D4 spacecraft performance, shipboard earth station (SES) configuration and interference potential. 2.0 Spacecraft Performance COMSTAR D4 is performing to specification and has shown no sign of degradation since beginning the experiment. The spacecraft is in an inclined orbit with a north/south inclination of 8.9°. A satellite life of a least four more years is expected. 3.0 Interference Potential There have been no reports of interference to other radio communications facilities due to the operation of this C—Band experiment. Interference from other C—Band radio communications facilities has not affected the performance of this C—Band experiment. s:\users\legaff\testrep. 628


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