Attachment DG Consents Sub - Gr

DG Consents Sub - Gr

DECISION submitted by IB, FCC

Grant

2019-07-25

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20190717-00062 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2019071700062_1817824

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                                                   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:
        Request for 30−day STA Extension to Relocate WV−4 (S2348)
        I. Applicant

                   Nanie:        DG Consents Sub. Inc.           Phone Number:                                   303—682—1390
                   DBA Name:                                     Fax Number:                                     303—684—1390
                   Street:       1300 W. 120th Avenue            E—Mail:                                         lihby.smith~Jdigitalglobe.com


                   City:         Westminster                     State:                                          CO
                   Country:       USA                            Zipcode:                                        80234
                   Attention:    Ms Libby Smith


                                       ATTACHMENT TO GRANT
                                           DG Consents Sub, Inc.
                                  IBFS File No. SAT-STA-20190717-00062

IBFS File No(s):       SAT-STA-20190717-00062                                              GRANTED           —


Licensee/Grantee:      DG Consents Sub, Inc.                                               With Conditions
Call Sign:             S2348
Satellite Name:        WorldView-4
Orbital Location:      Non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) (see Scope of Grant
(required station-     below)
keeping tolerance)
Administration:        United States of America
Nature of Service:     Earth Exploration Satellite Service (EESS); Telemetry,           International Bureau
                       tracking, and command (T~&C)                                       Satellite Division
Scope of Grant:        Special temporary authority for a period of 30 days to continue to conduct TT&C and
                       EESS operations with the WorldView-4 space station (formerly known as GeoEye-2) at an
                       altitude between 450 kilometers and 550 kilometers.

Service Area(s):       Global
                       See IBFS File Nos. SAT-MOD-20160408-00033, SAT-MOD-20160408-00033, Exhibit 43
                       at 4; SAT-MOD-20120427-00079, Technical Annex at TA-15.

Frequencies:           8025-8400 MHz (data downlinks)

                       Telemetry and Tracking: 120 kHz channel centered on 8386 MHz
                       Receive command: 64 kHz channel centered in 2052 MHz.

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. This
grant is also subject to the following conditions:

   1. The power flux-density from operation of the WorldView-4 space station in the 8025-8400 MHz band
      must not exceed the limits in No. 22.5 or Table 21-4 of the International Telecommunication Union’s
      Radio Regulations or the limits in ITU-R Recommendation SA-1 157.
   2. Upon receipt of a conjunction warning from the JSpOC or other source, DG Consents must review the
      warning and take all possible steps to assess and, if necessary, to mitigate collision risk, including, but not
      limited to: contacting the operator of any active spacecraft involved in such warning; sharing ephemeris
      data and other appropriate operational information with any such operator; modifying spacecraft attitude
      and/or operations.
   3. Because DG Consents must comply with the technical requirements in Part 2 of the Commission’s rules
      and the above-referenced power flux-density limits, which should prevent harmful interference to other
      operators in the band, we grant its request for a waiver of the default service rules in 47 CFR § 25.217(b).
      See DigitalGiobe, Inc., supra at para. 15.
   4. Transmissions of remote-sensing and telemetry data in the 8025-8400 MHz frequency band may only be
      made to earth stations coordinated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). DG
      Consents shall provide the FCC the list of coordinated earth stations.
   5.   Operations pursuant to this authorization must not cause harmful interference to stations operating in the
        2025-21 10 MHz band in accordance with the U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations. See 47 CFR § 2.106,
        Footnote US347.
   6. Nothing in this authorization extends the license term for WorldView-4 (Call Sign S2348), which expires
      on Sept. 5, 2023. See IBFS File No. SAT-MOD-2005051 1-00097.

                                                   Page 1 of 2


                                       ATTACHMENT TO GRANT
                                           DG Consents Sub, Inc.
                                  IBFS File No. SAT-STA-20190717-00062

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 CFR § 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(h).

Action         July 25, 2019
Date:
Term Dates     From: July 24, 2019                To: period of 30 days

Approved:



               Stephe   . Duall
               Chief, Satellite Policy Branch




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2. Contact

             Name:         Henry R. Gola                        Phone Number:                        202−719&#8722:756l


             Company:      Wiley Rein LLP                       Fax Number:
             Street:       1776 K Street NW                     E—Mail:                              hgoIa~.wi1eyrein.com


             City:         Washington                           State:                                DC
             Country:      USA                                  Zipcode:                             20006
             Attention:                                         Relationship:                        Legal Counsel


  (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the lB 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’?
• If Yes. complete and attach FCC Form 159.         If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114).
0   Governmental Entity     ~ Noncommercial educational I icensee
o Other(please explain):
4b. Fee Classification    CXW   —   Space Station (Non—Geostationary)
5. Type Request


o Change Station Location                           Q   Extend Expiration Date                          Other


6. Temporary Orbit Location                                                7. Requested Extended Expiration Date


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.)
     DG Consents Sub, Inc. requests special temporary authority for an additional 30 days,
     beginning July 24, 2019, to relocate and operate WorldView−4 (S2348) at orbital
     altitudes between 450 and 550 km. Pursuant to Section 1.62 of the FCC’s rules,
     DigitaiGlobe will continue to operate under the terms and conditions of its existing STA




9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject     ,   Yes         0   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(h) for the meaning of "party to the application&quotz for these purposes.


10. Name of Person Signing                                                  II. Title of Person Signing
Libby Smith                                                                 Senior Manager and Technology Control Officer
12. Please supply any need attachments.
 Attachment I: Narrative Attachment                 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 OFANY STATION AUTHORIZATION
                   (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(I)).AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47. Section 503).


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8. Description

DG Consents Sub, Inc. requests special temporary authority for an additional 30 days, beginning
July 24, 2019, to relocate and operate WorldView−4 (S2348) at orbital altitudes between 450
and 550 km. Pursuant to Section 1.62 of the FCC’s rules, DigitalGiobe will continue to operate
under the terms and conditions of its existing STA pending action on this timely filed renewal
request.


DG Consents Sub, Inc.
Request for 30-day STA Extension

                                       Narrative Attachment

       DG Consents Sub, Inc. (“DigitalGiobe”) requests an additional 30 days, beginning July
24, 2019, of special temporary authority (“STA”) previously granted for DigitalGiobe to relocate
and operate World View-4, authorized under Call Sign S2348, at orbital altitudes between 450
and 550 km.’ Pursuant to Section 1 .62 of the Commissions rules, DigitalGiobe will continue to
operate under the terms and conditions of its existing STA pending action on this timely filed
renewal request.2

         Grant of this STA extension request will serve the public interest by allowing
DigitalGiobe to complete relocation of World View-4 to 450-550 km and, upon arrival, use the
satellite for training purposes. It will also ensure complete dc-orbit of the satellite in the unlikely
event that WorldView-4 were to experience further anomalies.




        See DG Consents Sub, Inc., Stamp Grant, IBFS File No. SAT-STA-20 1 90503-00035.
Call Sign S2348 (granted May 22, 2019); DG Consents Sub, Inc., Stamp Grant, IBFS File No.
SAT-STA-20190612-00046, Call Sign S2348 (granted July 10, 2019).
2       47C.F.R. § 1.62.



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Document Modified: 2019-07-26 12:15:18

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