Attachment Attachment A

This document pretains to SES-LIC-20150121-00022 for License on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLIC2015012100022_1073723

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Planet Labs Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Earth Station Application
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         January 2015
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Page 1 of 3


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Description of Request


                 Planet Labs Inc. (“Planet Labs”) hereby requests authority to operate an earth
         station located at 188 Hanalani St., Makawao, Hawaii. The proposed earth station will
         transmit at 450.0 MHz, and receive at 401.3 MHz. The earth station will be in
         communications with the authorized Planet Labs Constellation of Non-Geostationary
         Orbit (“NGSO”) Earth Exploration Satellite Service (“EESS”) satellites. 1 The
         frequencies in this application have already been authorized for transmission and
         reception to and from the authorized Planet Labs Constellation for early-phase and
         emergency-backup telemetry, tracking and command operation (“TT&C”). 2

                 The 401-402 MHz band, which is authorized for Space Operations on a
         secondary basis for non-federal users, is used as a secondary TT&C space-to-Earth link.3
         The 449.75-450.25 MHz band, which is authorized for space telecommand, subject to
         agreement obtained under No. 9.21, is used as a secondary TT&C Earth-to-space link.4
         This site is a TT&C-only site and thus will not utilize any of the other authorized
         frequencies granted under Call Sign S2912.


       Planet Labs transmissions will not cause harmful interference to Federal and non-
Federal stations operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations. Planet
Labs also accepts any interference to it that is caused by those allocated services.




	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
   	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
1
  See File No. SAT-LOA-20130626-00087 (approved 12/03/13), File No. SAT-MOD-20140321-00032
(approved 06/18/14), and File No. SAT-MOD-20140912-00100 (approved 10/23/14), Call Sign S2912.
2
  Ibid	
  
3
  See 47 C.F.R. § 2.106; In the Matter of Orbital Imaging Corporation, DA 99-353, at ¶¶ 3,8 (1999).
4
  See 47 C.F.R. § 2.106, footnote 5.286 and US87.


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Planet Labs Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Earth Station Application
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  January 2015
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Page 2 of 3

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Additional Antenna Information
	
  
       This Planet Labs earth station is comprised of two Yagi-Uda antennas mounted on
a single cross-boom controlled by an Az/El rotator. Details are as follows:

Table 1 Antenna Characteristics

        Antenna                                                                                                       Manufacturer                                                                                                                   # of          Antenna     Peak       3dB             Polarization
                                                                                                                      & Model                                                                                                                        elements      Length      Gain       Beamwidth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (m)         (dBi)      (deg)
        Uplink                                                                                                        M2 Inc.                                                                                                                        17            2.7         16.5       30              RHCP
        Yagi                                                                                                          450CP34
        Downlink                                                                                                      M2 Inc.                                                                                                                        15            2.7         16.5       30              RHCP
        Yagi                                                                                                          400CP30

Table 2 Antenna Rotator Characteristics

        Manufacturer                                                                                                                                           Type                                                                                 Mast
        & Model                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Height
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (m)
        Yaesu                                                                                                                                                  Az/El                                                                                2.5
        G5500

Table 3 Site Characteristics

Site Address5                                                                                                                                                     Latitude                                                                                Longitude           Site Elevation       Max Antenna
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (m)                  Height (m)
188 Hanalani St.                                                                                                                                                  20° 50' 5.87" N                                                                         156° 20' 39.73" W   413.6 AMSL           7.45 AGL/
Makawao, HI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        421.0 AMSL
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5
         Site will be remotely operated from Planet Labs, 346 9th st., San Francisco, CA 94103


                                               Attachment A

                                             Planet Labs Inc.
                                    Earth Station Application
                                                January 2015
                                                  Page 3 of 3
Diagram of the Earth Station




   Figure 1 earth station diagram



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