Attachment Planet Labs - Grant

Planet Labs - Grant

DECISION submitted by IB, FCC

Grant with conditions

2017-04-27

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20170407-00059 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2017040700059_1211408

11. 4 sm—20170407— 0 053 $2912 SAT—STA—20170407—00059 182017000943 Planet Labs Inc. F n §2B1Z GrantDate o+/27/17 Flock — CC oF other identificr) > Term Dates Peflcd Approved by OMB mo. o4/isft 30 days 3060—0678 Date & Time Filed: Apr 72017 10:44:51:536AM Aiermationit MtnU I File Number: SAT—STA—20170407—00059 ‘*with conditions P C A Callsign: A J Bene FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR SPACE STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPLICANT INFORMATION Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: STA Extension Application (Troll/Punta Arenas) 1. Applicant Name: Planet Labs Inc. Phone Number: 415—829—3313 DBA Name: Fax Number: 415—534—8992 Street: 346 9th St. E—Mail: mike@planet.com City: San Francisco State: CA Country: USA Zipcode: 94103 = Attention: Michael Safyan

ATTACHMENT TO GRANT Planet Labs Inc. IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20170407—00059 IBFS File No(s): SAT—STA—20170407—00059 GRA NTE D — Licensee/Grantee: Planet Labs Inc. With Conditions Call Sign: $2912 Satellite Name: Flock Orbital Location: NGSO at altitudes between 350 km and 660 km (required station— keeping tolerance) Administration: United States of America Nature of Service: Earth Exploration Satellite Service International Bureau Satellite Division Scope of Grant: Special temporary authority for a period of 30 days to allow all satellites in the Planet Labs constellation to continue to operate in the 8025—8400 MHz frequency band with the Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) ground station in Troll, Antarctica and the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) ground station in Punta Arenas, Chile.! Service Area(s): See Scope of Grant Frequencies: 8025—8400 (space—to—Earth) (remote sensing data) Unless otherwise specified herein, operations under this grant must comport with the legal and technical specifications set forth by the applicant or petitioner and with Federal Communication Commission‘s rules not waived herein. 1. Planet Labs shall avoid interfering with existing space agency missions using the same ground stations by yielding priority to said missions when scheduling conflicts arise. Licensee/grantee is afforded thirty (30) days from the date of release of this action to decline the grant as conditioned. Failure to respond within this period will constitute formal acceptance of the grant as conditioned. This action is taken pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission‘s rules on delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective upon release. Station licenses are subject to the conditions specified in Section 309(h) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 309(b). Action April 27, 2017 Date: Term Dates From: April 15, 2017 | To: period of 30 days Approved: Stgf Uall Stepl{on J. Duall Chief, Satellite Policy Branch ‘ Condition 8 of the space station authorization for the Planet Labs constellation lists specific earth station locations to which the satellites are authorized to transmit in the 8025—8400 MHz frequency band. See File No. SAT—MOD—20150802—00053. The Troll and Punta Arenas earth stations are not included in the list of Condition 8. This grant of STA authorizes transmissions to the Troll and Punta Arenas earth stations on a temporary basis, but does not otherwise change the terms and limitations of Condition 8. Page 1 of 1

2. Contact Name: Tony Lin Phone Number: 202—637—5795 Company: Hogan Lovells US LLP Fax Number: Street: 555 Thirteenth Street, NW E—Mail: tony.lin@hoganlovells.com City: Washington ' State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20004 — Attention: Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? y IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). C3 Governmental Entity g43 Noncommercial educational licensee «3 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CXW — Space Station (Non—Geostationary) 5. Type Request «y Change Station Location ) Extend Expiration Date . £4 Other 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date 2017—05—15 00:00:00.0

8. Description (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.) Planet Labs Inc. (Planet) requests a 30—day extension of the special temporary authority (STA) granted in File No. SAT—STA—20170225—00022, incorporated herein by reference, to communicate in the §025—8400 MHz band with ground stations in Troll, Antarctica and Punta Arenas, Chile. Planet has completed coordination with the relevant U.S. federal agencies. 9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject @ Yes 4 No to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes. 10. Name of Person Signin 11. Title of Person Signing Michael Safyan ' f . Director of Launch and Regulatory Affairs 12. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Attachment 2: Attachment 3: WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1}}, AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.$. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

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8. Description Planet Labs Inc. (Planet) requests a 30—day extension of the special temporary authority (STA) granted in File No. SAT—STA—20170225—00022, incorporated herein by reference, to communicate in the 8025—8400 MHz band with ground stations in Troll, Antarctica and Punta Arenas, Chile. Planet has completed coordination with the relevant U.S. federal agencies. Grant of this extension request will provide Planet with the additional downlink capacity needed to support the transmission of imaging data from its satellite constellation pending the filing of its permanent application for an earth station in Inuvik, Canada, and accordingly serves the public interest.


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