ViaSat Request to De

REQUEST submitted by ViaSat, Inc.

Request to Derestrict

2017-09-11

This document pretains to SES-LIC-20170401-00357 for License on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLIC2017040100357_1274209

555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004-1304 Tel: +1.202.637.2200 Fax: +1.202.637.2201 www.lw.com FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES Barcelona Moscow Beijing Munich Boston New York Brussels Orange County Century City Paris September 11, 2017 Chicago Riyadh Dubai Rome Düsseldorf San Diego VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Frankfurt San Francisco Hamburg Seoul Hong Kong Shanghai Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Houston Silicon Valley London Singapore Secretary Los Angeles Tokyo Federal Communications Commission Madrid Washington, D.C. 445 12th Street, SW Milan Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request to Designate Proceeding as "Permit But Disclose" EXPEDITED PROCESSING REQUESTED ViaSat, Inc. File No. SES-LIC-20170401-00357, Call Sign E170088 Dear Ms. Dortch: Pursuant to Section 1.1206 of the Commission’s rules, ViaSat, Inc. (“ViaSat”) respectfully requests that the Commission designate as “permit but disclose” the ex parte status of the above-referenced application proceeding involving ViaSat’s request for authority to operate earth stations in the Ka band, including the 18.6-19.1 GHz and 28.6-29.1 GHz band segments (“Application”). The Commission has discretion to modify the ex parte status of any particular proceeding where, as here, the public interest warrants doing so. 1 On June 2, 2017, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (“SpaceX”) and O3b Limited (“O3b”) each filed comments to the Application. ViaSat filed its opposition and response on June 15, 2017, and SpaceX and O3b filed their replies on June 26, 2017 and June 27, 2017, respectively. Designating the Application proceeding as “permit-but-disclose” under Section 1.1206 of the Commission’s rules, rather than “restricted” under Section 1.1208 of the rules, 2 will permit the parties to discuss the issues presented in the Application and the associated pleadings. Such informal ex parte discussions will simplify and expedite processing of the Application. The parties would of course be subject to the disclosure requirements of any ex parte presentations. Moreover, the free exchange of views made possible by “permit but disclose” status would allow for a more complete record. Grant of this request would be consistent with the Commission’s precedent involving similar application proceedings in which the Commission 1 47 C.F.R. § 1.1200(a). 2 See id. at §§ 1.1206 and 1.1208.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch September 11, 2017 Page 2 concluded that the public interest required designation of the underlying proceeding as “permit but disclose.” 3 Respectfully submitted, /s/ John P. Janka Elizabeth R. Park cc: Jose Albuquerque Paul Blais Patricia Cooper, SpaceX William Wiltshire, Counsel to SpaceX Suzanne Malloy, O3b 3 See, e.g., Satellite Communications Services Information re: Actions Taken, Public Notice, Rept. No. SES-01466 at 4 (rel. July 11, 2012) (informative release designating HNS License Sub, LLC earth station application proceedings as “permit-but-disclose” after Iridium filed a petition against the applications, in order to facilitate communications with the parties).


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