Viasat BL Reply to S

REPLY submitted by Viasat, Inc.

Reply of Viasat, Inc. to SpaceX Opposition

2018-01-08

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

IBFS_SESLIC2017040100357_1325038

                                       Before the
                            Federal Communications Commission
                                  Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                )
In the Matter of                                )
                                                )
Viasat, Inc.                                    ) IBFS File No. SES-LIC-20170401-00357
                                                )
Application for Authority to                    ) Call Sign E170088
Expand an Existing Earth Station Network        )

                                  REPLY OF VIASAT, INC.

       Viasat, Inc. (“Viasat”) replies to the opposition of Space Exploration Holdings, LLC

(“SpaceX”) to Viasat’s Petition for Partial Reconsideration (“Petition”) of Viasat’s Ka band earth

station license, granted November 9, 2017. 1

       In the Petition, Viasat requested reconsideration of license Condition 90447 that requires

Viasat, no later than 60 days before the “scheduled initial launch of each NGSO FSS satellite

system licensed or granted market access in the United States to operate in the 18.8-19.3 GHz

and 28.6-29.1 GHz frequency bands,” to either notify the Commission when an agreement has

been reached with the NGSO satellite system operator, or seek and obtain Commission approval

of a technical demonstration showing how Viasat will protect the NGSO FSS satellite system. 2

The basis for this new condition appears to be the submissions of O3b and SpaceX on the

underlying application, including claims by SpaceX on June 26, 2017 that uplink interference in

the 28.6-29.1 GHz band segment could occur from the proposed GSO earth station operations




1
 Opposition of Space Exploration Holdings, LLC, File No. SES-LIC-20170401-00357 (filed
Dec. 26, 2017) (“SpaceX Opposition”).
2
  Call Sign E170088, Condition 90447; see also Petition for Partial Reconsideration of Viasat,
Inc., File No. SES-LIC-20170401-00357 (filed Dec. 11, 2017) (“Petition”).


into NGSO spacecraft in certain circumstances. 3 To address such concerns, Viasat provided the

results of simulations demonstrating the absence of predicted harmful interference from its

licensed operations in the NGSO primary spectrum into any of the NGSO systems that filed in

the Ka band processing round. 4

           Of the ten NGSO applicants in the current Ka band processing round (not including

Viasat), only SpaceX has raised any concerns. SpaceX reiterates its claim of purported

interference potential in the 28.6-29.1 GHz NGSO uplink band, relying principally on its June 26

Reply submission, and claims that Viasat’s technical demonstration is inadequate. 5 SpaceX also

asserts: “For some reason, Viasat has abandoned . . . seeking coordination agreements with the

many other NGSO operators and proposed systems and instead has filed its Petition . . . .” 6

           As an initial matter, SpaceX’s claim that Viasat has “abandoned” efforts to seek

coordination with NGSO operators is baseless and untrue. As SpaceX acknowledges, Viasat

successfully completed coordination with OneWeb many months ago. Moreover, Viasat

engaged with SpaceX to start sharing technical and operational information in June 2017. Viasat

remains committed to honor its coordination obligations and continues to engage in coordination

discussions with NGSO operators.

           The main thrust of SpaceX’s objection to Viasat’s technical demonstration in the Petition

is SpaceX’s claim that Viasat has not provided the earth station parameters or assumptions

underlying its simulations. For purposes of clarity, Viasat details this information in the


3
 See Reply of Space Exploration Holdings, LLC, File No. SES-LIC-20170401-00357 (filed June
26, 2017) (“June 26 Reply”).
4
    See Petition at Exhibit 1.
5
    See SpaceX Opposition at 5-6.
6
    Id. at 3.


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Technical Response attached as Attachment 1. However, it bears emphasis that this information

is not new. Rather, it comes from Viasat’s underlying earth station application, SpaceX’s NGSO

system application, and discussions the parties had last June. Nevertheless, SpaceX has failed to

account for critical aspects of this information in its June 26 Reply and in its Opposition.

Instead, SpaceX has relied on unrealistic assumptions and incorrect data.

       Most significantly, SpaceX assumes alignments between SpaceX NGSO spacecraft and

earth stations, and Viasat GSO earth stations that simply will never occur. As explained in

Attachment 1, SpaceX has indicated on multiple occasions that its NGSO spacecraft will operate

with a minimum orbital isolation of 22 degrees from the GSO arc. Therefore, the interference

that SpaceX predicts for isolation angles less than 22 degrees will not occur. Attachment 1 also

demonstrates that, at isolation angles of 22 degrees, Viasat’s earth stations would generate a

ΔT/T into SpaceX of less than 1% for 99.9 percent of the time, and a ΔT/T of only 1.2% in a

worst case scenario. At the 30 degree isolation angle that SpaceX discusses, the ΔT/T never

exceeds 1.01%. Notably, the majority of the time, the actual isolation angle will be much larger

than 30 degrees.

       In addition, SpaceX commits a number of other errors that substantially overstate the

level of unwanted energy received by the SpaceX space station during a near in-line event. First,

SpaceX generally uses higher-than-normal power density levels in its analysis, which, as Viasat

has explained to SpaceX, will only be used during rain-faded conditions. Carriers used in a rain-

fade situation are intended merely to overcome atmospheric attenuation on the way to outer

space, and are designed to result in the same power being received by a target satellite as in

clear-sky conditions. Thus, the very same atmospheric attenuation that reduces the received

signal level at the Viasat satellite correspondingly reduces the received level at the SpaceX



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satellite. SpaceX, however, ignores the significant level of signal attenuation from the

atmosphere, and the corresponding reduction in the level of unwanted energy that would be

received by a SpaceX satellite during near in-line events.

       Second, SpaceX’s analysis does not reflect the actual bandwidth of a Viasat earth

station’s emission during a near in-line event. For example, in the case of a 5 MHz channel,

unwanted energy would be emitted into only 1/100 of the bandwidth of the SpaceX receiver.

SpaceX, however, assumes that unwanted energy would be transmitted uniformly across the

entire 500 MHz range in the 28.6-29.1 GHz band segment, effectively assuming the

simultaneous operation of as many as 100 Viasat earth stations operating in the direction of the

SpaceX satellite. However, the Viasat network employs MF-TDMA and, thus, only one Viasat

earth station can utilize a channel on a given frequency within a Viasat beam at any given time.

The earth station transmissions would burst within a channel bandwidth for the given carrier, and

not the entire 500 MHz. Moreover, it is unlikely that multiple Viasat earth stations would be co-

located near the SpaceX gateway earth station and in the center of the SpaceX satellite’s receive

beam, and would transmit simultaneously in adjacent frequencies within the 500 MHz SpaceX

receive channel. Rather, those earth stations are likely to be spread around the entire coverage

area of the Viasat satellite beam, and thus are likely to have increased angular isolation from the

SpaceX satellite, and also be further removed from the SpaceX beam center.

                                            * * * * *

       Viasat’s analysis in the Petition, as supplemented by Attachment 1 hereto, demonstrates

that the Condition 90447 is unnecessary to protect authorized NGSO systems from harmful

interference from Viasat’s earth station operations in the NGSO-primary bands. SpaceX—the

only party to object to Viasat’s Petition—has not offered a reliable or accurate assessment of the



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potential impact of Viasat’s earth stations to SpaceX’s NGSO operations. Viasat respectfully

requests that the condition be modified to be consistent with the more general and typical

requirement that Viasat’s GSO earth station operations not cause harmful interference into

NGSO operations in the NGSO-primary bands.


                                                     Respectfully submitted,

                                                            /s/
Christopher J. Murphy                                John P. Janka
   Associate General Counsel, Regulatory             Elizabeth R. Park
   Affairs                                           LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
Daryl Hunter                                         555 Eleventh Street, N.W.
  Chief Technology Officer, Regulatory               Suite 1000
  Affairs                                            Washington, DC 20004
VIASAT, INC.
6155 El Camino Real                                  Counsel for Viasat, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA 92009


January 8, 2018




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                                           Attachment 1

                            Technical Response to SpaceX Opposition

         The following responds to technical arguments in SpaceX’s Opposition, filed on

December 26, 2017, to Viasat’s petition requesting reconsideration of a condition in Viasat’s

earth station blanket license, Call Sign, E170088 (“Petition”).

I.       VIASAT HAS PROVIDED SPACEX WITH THE PARAMETERS AND
         ASSUMPTIONS USED IN VIASAT’S ANALYSIS

         In its Opposition, SpaceX argues that the technical demonstration in Viasat’s Petition is

insufficient because Viasat has not delineated certain technical parameters and assumptions used

in the underlying simulations. Below, Viasat details the inputs and assumptions used in its

simulations, which further demonstrates that SpaceX’s NGSO operations in the 28.6-29.1 GHz

band would not experience significant interference from Viasat’s earth station operations in this

band segment.

         As an initial matter, the following underlying inputs and assumptions were used in the

simulations in the Petition:

     •   Technical parameters from Viasat’s blanket license earth station application and

         SpaceX’s FCC license application, as detailed in the Tables below.

     •   A single Viasat earth station co-located with a SpaceX earth station within CONUS, with

         other locations 0.25° - 2.0° latitude away from SpaceX earth station also tested as noted

         below.

     •   The EIRP and EIRP density were, as noted below in Tables 1 and 2, taken from Viasat’s

         FCC license application for 80 MBd and 160 MBd carriers for the 75 cm and 1.8 m

         antennas respectively, each representative of edge of coverage operation in clear sky for

         the respective antennas.


      •   The analysis considered both the 75 cm and the 1.8 m antennas. Each was analyzed in its

          own separate Visualyse simulation.

As discussed in more detail below, Viasat utilized these parameters and data provided in its

ongoing coordination discussions with SpaceX. Viasat and SpaceX have exchanged technical

information about their respective systems, which Viasat has used as the basis for the simulations

in the Petition and in the analysis below. Viasat provided this information to SpaceX many

months ago, but SpaceX’s filings with the Commission continue to disregard this information.

II.       SPACEX’S ANALYSIS IS BASED ON UNREALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS AND
          INCORRECT DATA

          In its Opposition, SpaceX continues to rely on its analysis in its June 26, 2017 submission

to Viasat’s blanket license earth station application (“June 26 Reply”) to claim that Viasat’s

operations would have a “large potential impact on NGSO operations.” See Opposition at 3.

SpaceX claims that the ΔT/T impact into its NGSO system, calculated for transmissions by

Viasat earth stations, would range from 15% to 452% with 20 degrees of orbital isolation and

from 6% to 164% with 30 degrees of orbital isolation. See Opposition at 2. SpaceX’s analysis,

however, does not reflect the actual geometry of the earth stations and the GSO and SpaceX

orbits and does not use the correct operating parameters for Viasat earth stations. The following

discussion reconciles Viasat’s analysis and underlying simulations provided in the Petition with

SpaceX’s unrealistic and unsubstantiated calculations.

          SpaceX’s June 26 Reply presents ΔT/T calculations based on two assumed in-line

scenarios. In Scenario 1, a SpaceX NGSO satellite is in the main beam of the Viasat GSO earth

station uplink. In Scenario 2, a SpaceX earth station is collocated with a Viasat earth station, and

their respective satellites are at the edge of an in-line event. SpaceX’s analysis considers orbital




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isolation angles of 10°, 20°, and 30° in two different geometrical configurations for each of the

two scenarios.

       A.        Scenario 1

       Scenario 1, in which a SpaceX satellite would operate when directly in-line with Viasat’s

GSO satellite, would not occur if SpaceX operates its proposed NGSO network under the terms

of its FCC license application. SpaceX specifies a minimum orbital isolation of 22 degrees in

both its discussion of GSO arc avoidance in that application, and in a letter to Viasat dated June

9, 2017 where GSO arc avoidance is also discussed for purposes of coordination.

       In its FCC application narrative, SpaceX states:

       “Specifically, SpaceX will turn off the transmit beam on the satellite and user terminal
       whenever the angle between the boresight of a GSO earth station (assumed to be
       collocated with the SpaceX user) and the direction of the SpaceX satellite transmit beam
       is 22 degrees or less. Because of the number and configuration of satellites in the
       SpaceX System, there will be ample alternate satellites in view to provide uninterrupted
       service to a user from satellites operating outside of the exclusion zone around the GSO
       arc.” (emphasis added)

The nature of the SpaceX network operations described in its FCC license application therefore

precludes the type of in-line event described in Scenario 1, because no SpaceX satellite will

operate within 22° of the GSO arc. This impossibility of Scenario 1 ever arising was confirmed

in the June 9, 2017 letter, where SpaceX confirmed that it will also maintain a ±22-degree

separation angle from the GSO arc in the 28.6-29.1 GHz band segment (among others).

       B.        Scenario 2

       In SpaceX’s Scenario 2, the SpaceX and Viasat earth stations are collocated in the same

manner assumed in Viasat’s analysis in the Petition. SpaceX asserts that at a 30º isolation angle,

SpaceX’s calculation yields a 6% ΔT/T for a 75 cm earth station and 11% for a 1.8 m earth

station, but does not provide any time statistics for how frequently it expects these events to


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occur. SpaceX also identified its calculations for 10º and 20º isolation angles, but as discussed

above, isolation angles of less than 22º would not occur according to SpaceX.

          As noted in Viasat’s Petition, an analysis using the 22° isolation angle from GSO that

SpaceX specifies in its application and letter produced a worst case I/N of about -19 dB, which

equates to a ΔT/T of only 1.2% over a 24 hour orbital simulation run. The cumulative

distribution function (CDF) plot of the run in Figure 1 below shows just how infrequently this

occurs.

          Figure 1: Plot of I/N as a Percent of Time for 75 cm earth station




          The plot shows that 99.99% of the time the I/N is less than -20 dB and less than a 1%

ΔT/T. Normally, between GSO networks, a coordination trigger of 6% ΔT/T is used. Due to the

static nature of the alignments between earth stations and satellites in GSO networks, it is

assumed that the 6% ΔT/T would be present 100% of the time. In the case of GSO vs NGSO

networks, the alignments are not static, especially for LEO NGSOs having shorter duration




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alignments. Therefore, consideration of the magnitude, duration, and frequency of I/N events is

necessary and appropriate.

       There are several deficiencies in SpaceX’s ΔT/T calculations. The technical Exhibit A in

the SpaceX June 26 Reply does not indicate how the asserted ΔT/Ts were calculated, what

underlying data was used, where the various input values came from, or how they were derived.

For example, SpaceX does not indicate which Viasat emission designator is being analyzed, or

how much antenna gain is assumed at the various off-axis angles. Moreover, some of the input

values appear muddled, such as using a value for EIRP when it seems SpaceX may have

intended EIRP density, and the provided mathematical formula lacks an entry for the bandwidth

for either system. In addition, SpaceX’s Opposition indicates that it based its initial calculations

on Viasat earth station EIRPs in a 40 kHz bandwidth, which SpaceX has since corrected to

reflect the EIRPs actually specified by Viasat in a 4 kHz bandwidth.

       In addition, SpaceX’s analysis shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the Viasat’s

technology and operating parameters. First, SpaceX uses higher power density emissions which

are intended for use only in faded conditions. SpaceX ignores clarifying information that Viasat

provided in a June 15, 2017 call with SpaceX to discuss Viasat’s earth station operations.

During this call, Viasat engineers clearly identified that most of the emission designators would

only be used during faded conditions, and that it was simply the Viasat practice to list the various

emission designators and use the maximum EIRP and EIRP density for each that complies with

Section 25.138, and that the 160 MBd symbol rate was the nominal clear sky emission

designator for the 75 cm earth station and that the 320 MBd symbol rate was nominally used for

the 1.8 m earth station. Further, in some cases, one step down, i.e. 80 MBd and 160 MBd, might

be used in edge of coverage for the 75 cm and 1.8 m antennas respectively. Nevertheless,



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SpaceX generally used values intended for rain fade conditions in its June 26 Reply even though,

as discussed with SpaceX in the case of faded operation and a near in-line event, these carriers

would be faded for both Viasat and SpaceX receivers.

       The purpose of the emissions to be used during faded operations is to compensate for rain

and atmospheric attenuation in the path of the link to the satellite. The choice of emission and

amount of power increase corresponds directly to the actual attenuation in the path due to the

fading event. When higher power densities are used to offset the effects of rain fade and

atmospheric attenuation, the Viasat satellite receiver sees the same power density during the fade

as would normally be received in clear sky conditions. Because the SpaceX analysis is

considering a near in-line event, the path through the atmosphere between the earth station and

space will be attenuated equally for both the Viasat and SpaceX satellite receivers.

       Second, SpaceX does not use the correct bandwidth for each system when performing its

interference analysis. FCC and ITU filings include emission designators and EIRP density

specifically for this reason so that carriers of different sizes can be evaluated with respect to each

other. In its analysis, SpaceX converts the Viasat transmitted power to a per hertz value and then

assumes that that this same power density will be received uniformly across the entire 500 MHz

receive channel bandwidth of the SpaceX system. This method leads to erroneous conclusions

for several reasons.

       Viasat earth stations use MF-TDMA and only one station may transmit at a time on a

given frequency within a satellite beam, but, a given earth station may in the next burst transmit

on any other available frequency channel in the 28.6-29.1 GHz band or in any other sub-band

available within the beam footprint as assigned by the MF-TDMA scheduler. Because Viasat

earth stations are spread throughout its satellite beam, it is unlikely that there will be multiple



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earth stations co-located with the SpaceX earth station that will transmit, both at the same time,

and on adjacent frequency channels within the 500 MHz channel bandwidth of the SpaceX

receiving beam. Rather, it is more likely that the other Viasat earth stations within the same

Viasat beam will be at different locations reasonably removed from the SpaceX earth station and

will not have the same near in-line alignment as the instant earth station being considered. These

transmissions of these stations will be further reduced by the off-axis gain reduction of the

SpaceX satellite receiving beam.

       By choosing to use only the worst case faded carrier in their analysis and not accounting

for the differences in the channel bandwidth, SpaceX is not accounting for the fact that only one,

or a small handful, of 5 MHz wide carriers will be operating within their 500 MHz receive

channel. Basically, they are assuming 100 times the power of an un-faded Viasat earth station

will be operating in the 500 MHz SpaceX receiving channel.

       Because Viasat’s simulation for the SpaceX network yielded a ΔT/T of less than 6% at

the minimum 22º isolation angle more than 99.99% of the time, Viasat did not provide the results

of the simulation for a 30º isolation angle, because a greater isolation angle would result in an

even lower ΔT/T with an even greater percentage of time not exceeding 6% ΔT/T – in fact,

100% of the time an I/N of -22 dB was never exceeded – see Figure 2.




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         Figure 2: 30° Isolation I/N vs Percentage of Time for 75 cm earth station




         However, to respond to SpaceX’s Opposition, Viasat provides an analysis of the 30

degree case. SpaceX does not provide a representative ΔT/T calculation for the 30° separation

case of Scenario 2 but rather simply asserts that the calculated ΔT/T is 6% for a 75 cm earth

station and 11% for a 1.8 m earth station. In Viasat’s calculation here, values are used from the

Viasat blanket license application and SpaceX license application as identified in the Tables

below:




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       Table 1: 75 cm Antenna ΔT/T Analysis at ~30° Separation Angle




       In Table 1 above for a 75 cm antenna, the resulting ΔT/T value of 0.45% calculated for a

30° isolation angle is over twelve times lower than the 6% ΔT/T SpaceX reported for the 75 cm

earth station using rain-faded EIRP density values (but apparently not accounting for

atmospheric attenuation). See SpaceX June 26 Reply at 6.




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       Table 2 1.8 m Antenna ΔT/T Analysis at ~30° Separation Angle




Likewise, in Table 2 above for a 1.8 meter antenna, the 1.01% ΔT/T value calculated for a ~30°

isolation angle by Viasat is ten times lower than the 11% value calculated by SpaceX.

       It is important to note several assumptions related to the ΔT/T value calculated by Viasat.

First, the symbol rates used in each case are the lowest to be used for normal clear sky operation

representing an earth station located at the edge of beam coverage. Nominally, for the 75 cm

antenna and the 1.8 m antenna the typical operating symbol rate will be one step higher. The

terminal bursts at the same maximum 25 W power output and maximum EIRP, but at twice the

bandwidth so the EIRP density is reduced by 3 dB, thereby also reducing the I/N by 3 dB. The

ΔT/T however, is unchanged. This is because while the EIRP density is reduced by 3 dB, the

transmitted bandwidth now being received by the SpaceX receiver is now doubled so the net

Viasat power in the SpaceX receiver is unchanged. Similarly, if the operating symbol rate is

reduced, the terminal still transmits at the same EIRP, but the EIRP density is now increased by

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3 dB. However, the transmitted bandwidth now being received by the SpaceX receiver is halved,

and again the resulting ΔT/T is unchanged. It is important to note here, as was also noted above,

that SpaceX in their formula for I/N in Exhibit A of the June 26 filing does not include a

bandwidth component, assuming wrongly that the received power density from a single Viasat

uplink can be applied uniformly across the entire 500 MHz SpaceX receive channel. As

described below, this is not the case.

       In this simulation, the Viasat earth station and the SpaceX earth stations are assumed to

be co-located and that the SpaceX satellite’s receiving beam boresight is pointed at both the

Viasat and SpaceX earth stations. The Visualyse simulation was configured to use a 41 dBi gain

for the SpaceX satellite per the Schedule S filing. Visualyse has options for the antenna gain

roll-off and in this case an ITU-R S.1528 recommendation was used with L = -15 dB.

       As SpaceX stated in their FCC license application, in the Ka band, usage is limited to

communications with SpaceX gateway earth stations. Accordingly, the receiving beams will be

tightly focused on the gateways and only operated at elevation angles above 40° above the local

horizon. If the Viasat earth station is not co-located with or very near by the SpaceX gateway

earth station, the effective gain in the direction of the Viasat earth station is reduced and the I/N

drops. In the Visualyse simulation, using the ITU-R roll-off model noted above, moving the

Viasat earth station north in latitude by 0.25°, 0.5°, 1°, and 2° result in reductions of 1.2 dB, 8.9

dB, 13.2 dB, and 18.8 dB I/N, respectively.

       Like the SpaceX example, the Viasat simulation uses only a single earth station for

Viasat and for SpaceX, and separate simulations were performed for the 75 cm and 1.8 m

antenna cases. This is reasonable and appropriate given that the Viasat network operates using

MF-TDMA such that only a single earth station transmits within a given Viasat satellite beam on


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a given frequency at a time. Thus, as discussed above, it is unlikely that multiple earth stations

will be co-located near the SpaceX earth station and in the center of the SpaceX receiving beam

and transmitting on adjacent frequencies within the 500 MHz receive channel bandwidth of the

SpaceX receiver at the same time. Rather, it is realistic to expect that various Viasat earth

stations transmitting within the 500 MHz SpaceX receive channel bandwidth will be spread

around within Viasat’s overall coverage area and most of them will have a larger isolation angle

than the 30° assumed for the earth station in the simulation. Also, these earth stations will be

further from the SpaceX beam center and as noted above will see a further reduction in the

received I/N.

       However, even in the worst case where for some brief time several Viasat earth stations

transmitted on adjacent channels at the same time such that the entire 500 MHz SpaceX receive

channel had Viasat carriers overlapping, the resulting ΔT/T as calculated above in Tables 1 and 2

would increase at worst by 500 MHz/80 MHz = 6.25 times or to 2.8% in the case of the 75 cm

antenna, and 500 MHz/160 MHz = 3.14 times or to 3.14% in the case of the 1.8 m antenna.

       Finally, it is worth noting that with respect to the I/N calculations, these are based on a

snapshot alignment and do not in any way reflect the percentage of time such alignments might

occur in the normal operation of the networks. The majority of the time, in any of the available

tracking modes in Visualyse the isolation angle is much larger than 30°, especially given the 40°

minimum elevation operational parameters that SpaceX identified in its FCC license application

for its Ka band gateways. To even get Visualyse to produce a 30° isolation angle snapshot for

analysis required that the range of pointing angles for the SpaceX earth station be limited in such

a way as to artificially force the software to generate an alignment. Importantly, in any given 24




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hour simulation run, a -12.2 dB I/N value was never observed and the highest value seen was -22

dB which equates to a ΔT/T of 0.6%.

III.   OPERATION OF THE EARTH STATIONS WITH VIASAT-1 DOES NOT
       CHANGE THE ANALYSIS

       SpaceX has noted that Viasat’s analysis addressed earth stations communicating with

ViaSat-2 and suggests that the analysis should also consider ViaSat-1 as well. As the Viasat

earth stations would operate within the limits of the licensed parameters, the EIRP density of the

earth stations will be no higher when communicating with ViaSat-1 than with ViaSat-2. A

separate Visualyse simulation was performed using the earth station operating parameters as

indicated above, except that the satellite point of communication was changed from ViaSat-2 at

69.6° W.L. to ViaSat-1 at 115.1° W.L. No change in I/N values or percentage of time for these

values was observed in this alternative simulation.




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                                       DECLARATION

               I hereby declare that I am the technically qualified person responsible for

preparation of the engineering information contained in this Reply of Viasat, Inc. ("Reply"), that

I am familiar with Part 25 of the Commission‘s rules, that I have either prepared or reviewed the

engineering information submitted with this Reply, and that it is complete and accurate to the

best of my knowledge, information and belief.




                                                 Daryl >f Hunter{JP.E.
                                                 Chief Technology Officer, Regulatory Affairs
                                                 Viasat, Inc.
                                                 6155 El Camino Real
                                                 Carlsbad, CA 92009




January 8, 2018


                                 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

        I, Kayla Ernst, hereby certify that on this 8th day of January 2018, I served a true copy of
the foregoing Reply of Viasat, Inc. via first-class mail upon the following:


       Suzanne Malloy
       O3b Limited
       900 17th Street, NW
       Suite 300
       Washington, DC 20006

       Tim Hughes
       Patricia Cooper
       Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
       1030 15th Street, NW
       Suite 220E
       Washington, DC 20005

       William M. Wiltshire
       Paul Caritj
       Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
       1919 M Street, NW
       Suite 800
       Washington, DC 20036

       Counsel to SpaceX




                                                             /s/
                                                  Kayla K. Ernst



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