Application for Mobile Satellite Service by Iridium Satellite LLC [SES-AMD-20170726-00812]

Application for Mobile Satellite Service by Iridium Satellite LLC

SES-AMD-20170726-00812 / SESAMD2017072600812

Filed By JOSEPH A. GODLES, RYAN N. TERRY

Applicant seeks to amend the modification filed for its blanket license to add the Iridium Certus earth station and associated emission designators for terrestrial, maritime, and aeronautical operations.

Filing: SES	Satellite Earth Station
Filing: AMD	Amended Filing
Nature of Service	Mobile Satellite Service
Last Action	Grant of Authority
Last Action Date	2018-03-06
Status	Action Complete
Status Date	2018-03-06
Date Filed	2017-07-26
Date Granted	2018-03-06
Adopted Date	2017-08-08
Released Date	2017-08-08
Term Begin Date	2018-03-03
Filing Accepted Public Notice	2017-08-09
Red Light	N
Paper/Electronic	E
Environmental Impact	N

Applicant

Iridium Satellite LLC
1750 Tysons Boulevard
Suite 1400
McLean, VA 22102 USA

Contact

JOSEPH A. GODLES, RYAN N. TERRY
GOLDBERG GODLES WIENER & WRIGHT LLP
1025 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW
STE 1000
WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA

1750 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA 22102 USA

1025 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA

Frequency Summary

Lower	Upper
1619	1619
1619	1627

Files

Description	Commentor	Type / Date
DA 18-214 Iridium Satellite LL	IB, FCC	ORDER & AUTHORIZATION 2018-03-06
Iridium Ex Parte Iridium Certus Ex Pa	Iridium Satellite, LLC	Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER 2018-01-16
Iridium reponse to Ligado ex parte Response to Ligado e	Iridium Satellite LLC	Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER 2018-01-09
Hexagon Comment SES-MOD-20170413-00389 Hexagon Response to	Hexagon Positioning Intelligence / NovAtel	COMMENT 2018-01-08
Ligado Ex Parte Letter (12-18-17) Ex Parte for Iridium	Ligado Networks Subsidiary LLC	Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER 2017-12-18
Iridium ex parte Ex parteIB 112217.pd	Iridium Satellite LLC	Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER 2017-11-22
Iridium Response to Ligado Response to Ligado e	Iridium Satellite LLC	Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER 2017-11-13
Ligado Ex Parte Notice (10-3-17) Ligado Ex Parte for	Ligado Networks Subsidiary LLC	Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER 2017-10-03
Consolidated Response of Iridium Iridium response 091	Iridium Satellite LLC	REPLY 2017-09-18
Comments of Inmarsat Comment on IRD appli	Inmarsat Inc.	COMMENT 2017-09-08
Comments of Globalstar, Inc. Globalstar Certus Co	Globalstar, Inc.	COMMENT 2017-09-08
Comments of GPS Innovation Alliance GPSIA Comments on Ir	GPS Innovation Alliance	COMMENT 2017-09-08
Ligado Comments on Iridium Certus Applications Ligado Comments on I	Ligado Networks Subsidiary LLC	COMMENT 2017-09-08
Ligado Request Ligado Request for P	Ligado Networks Subsidiary LLC	LETTER 2017-08-28

Attachments

Attachment	Type	Date
Attachment Responses to IB Q
Attachment Rad Haz Study
Attachment Application
Attachment HTML
Attachment Iridium Satellite LL

Public Notices

Service	Type	Report No	Date
Satellite Earth Station	Accepted for Filing Public Notice	SES01980	2017-08-09

Ground Station Site Info

Site: Iridium Certus

Location: 1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 14000.312M. 10000 units McLean Fairfax VA 22102
Coordinates: ,
Elevation:

Ground Site Antennas

Site ID: Iridium Certus	Antenna ID: Aero 1-C
Manufacturer: Cobham	Diameter (meters): 0.312
Model: General Aviation	Diameter Minor (m):
Building Height AGL (m):	Diameter Major (m):
Max Antenna Height AGL (m):	Quantity: 10000
Max Antenna Height AMSL (m):	Total Power (Watts): 57.5
Max Antenna Height Above Rooftop (m):	Total EIRP (dBW): 27.7

Antenna Gain (dBi)	@ (Ghz)
11.8	1.621

Polarization	Max EIRP/Carrier (dBW)	Max EIRP Density/Carrier (dBW)	Emission Designator	Frequency Lower (MHz)	Frequency Upper (MHz)	T/R Mode
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.3	-3.8	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	21.2	3.1	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	11.7	2.7	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	14.3	5.2	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.5	2.4	83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T

Azimuth Angle Eastern Limit	Azimuth Angle Western Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Eastern Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Western Limit	Lower Fre- quency Limit	Upper Fre- quency Limit	Max EIRP Density (dBW/ 4KHz)	Satellite Arc Eastern Limit	Satellite Arc Western Limit	Satellite Orbit Type
		8.2	8.2	1618.7250	1626.5000	1.7			N

Site ID: Iridium Certus	Antenna ID: Aero 1-T
Manufacturer: Thales	Diameter (meters): 0.312
Model: General Aviation	Diameter Minor (m):
Building Height AGL (m):	Diameter Major (m):
Max Antenna Height AGL (m):	Quantity: 10000
Max Antenna Height AMSL (m):	Total Power (Watts): 57.5
Max Antenna Height Above Rooftop (m):	Total EIRP (dBW): 27.7

Antenna Gain (dBi)	@ (Ghz)
11.8	1.621

Polarization	Max EIRP/Carrier (dBW)	Max EIRP Density/Carrier (dBW)	Emission Designator	Frequency Lower (MHz)	Frequency Upper (MHz)	T/R Mode
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.3	-3.8	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	21.2	21.2	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	11.7	2.7	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	14.3	5.2	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.5	2.4	83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T

Azimuth Angle Eastern Limit	Azimuth Angle Western Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Eastern Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Western Limit	Lower Fre- quency Limit	Upper Fre- quency Limit	Max EIRP Density (dBW/ 4KHz)	Satellite Arc Eastern Limit	Satellite Arc Western Limit	Satellite Orbit Type
		8.2	8.2	1618.7250	1626.5000	1.7			N

Site ID: Iridium Certus	Antenna ID: Aero 2-T
Manufacturer: Thales	Diameter (meters): 0.312
Model: AMS(R)S	Diameter Minor (m):
Building Height AGL (m):	Diameter Major (m):
Max Antenna Height AGL (m):	Quantity: 10000
Max Antenna Height AMSL (m):	Total Power (Watts): 57.5
Max Antenna Height Above Rooftop (m):	Total EIRP (dBW): 27.7

Antenna Gain (dBi)	@ (Ghz)
11.8	1.621

Polarization	Max EIRP/Carrier (dBW)	Max EIRP Density/Carrier (dBW)	Emission Designator	Frequency Lower (MHz)	Frequency Upper (MHz)	T/R Mode
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.3	-3.8	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	21.2	3.1	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	11.7	2.7	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	14.3	5.2	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.5	2.4	83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T

Azimuth Angle Eastern Limit	Azimuth Angle Western Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Eastern Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Western Limit	Lower Fre- quency Limit	Upper Fre- quency Limit	Max EIRP Density (dBW/ 4KHz)	Satellite Arc Eastern Limit	Satellite Arc Western Limit	Satellite Orbit Type
		8.2	8.2	1618.7250	1626.5000	1.7			N

Site ID: Iridium Certus	Antenna ID: LandMobile
Manufacturer: Various	Diameter (meters): 0.312
Model: Various	Diameter Minor (m):
Building Height AGL (m):	Diameter Major (m):
Max Antenna Height AGL (m):	Quantity: 10000
Max Antenna Height AMSL (m):	Total Power (Watts): 57.5
Max Antenna Height Above Rooftop (m):	Total EIRP (dBW): 27.7

Antenna Gain (dBi)	@ (Ghz)
11.8	1.621

Polarization	Max EIRP/Carrier (dBW)	Max EIRP Density/Carrier (dBW)	Emission Designator	Frequency Lower (MHz)	Frequency Upper (MHz)	T/R Mode
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.3	-3.8	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	21.2	3.1	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	11.7	2.7	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	14.3	5.2	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.5	2.4	83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T

Azimuth Angle Eastern Limit	Azimuth Angle Western Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Eastern Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Western Limit	Lower Fre- quency Limit	Upper Fre- quency Limit	Max EIRP Density (dBW/ 4KHz)	Satellite Arc Eastern Limit	Satellite Arc Western Limit	Satellite Orbit Type
		8.2	8.2	1618.7250	1626.5000	1.7			N

Site ID: Iridium Certus	Antenna ID: Maritime
Manufacturer: Various	Diameter (meters): 0.312
Model: Various	Diameter Minor (m):
Building Height AGL (m):	Diameter Major (m):
Max Antenna Height AGL (m):	Quantity: 10000
Max Antenna Height AMSL (m):	Total Power (Watts): 57.5
Max Antenna Height Above Rooftop (m):	Total EIRP (dBW): 27.7

Antenna Gain (dBi)	@ (Ghz)
11.8	1.621

Polarization	Max EIRP/Carrier (dBW)	Max EIRP Density/Carrier (dBW)	Emission Designator	Frequency Lower (MHz)	Frequency Upper (MHz)	T/R Mode
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R			333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.3	-3.8	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	21.2	3.1	333KQ7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	11.7	2.7	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R	14.3	5.2	41K7Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T
R			83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	R
R	14.5	2.4	83K3Q7W	1618.7250	1626.5000	T

Azimuth Angle Eastern Limit	Azimuth Angle Western Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Eastern Limit	Antenna Elevation Angle Western Limit	Lower Fre- quency Limit	Upper Fre- quency Limit	Max EIRP Density (dBW/ 4KHz)	Satellite Arc Eastern Limit	Satellite Arc Western Limit	Satellite Orbit Type
		8.2	8.2	1618.7250	1626.5000	1.7			N

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