Attachment KSATEV8ExhBTechSupV1

This document pretains to SES-MFS-20190129-00006 for Modification w/ Foreign Satellite (earth station) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Exhibit B – Technical Supplement FCC Form 312 – Modification Application for EV8 Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Call Sign: E160028 1. ITU Notification Information for the PAZ Satellite The PAZ satellite, which hosts the exactView-8 (“EV8”) payload, has been submitted for international coordination1 with respect to the C-band downlink beam, MDC, as shown on the two excerpted pages2 below. Subsequently, the C-band downlink was included as part of the Part I-S publication for PAZ in BR IFIC 2884 (IFIC date Nov. 27, 2018). 1 The other frequencies relevant to this application have also been submitted to the ITU. The frequency bands for AIS and ASM reception by PAZ/EV8 have been published under Part II-S. See ITU, BR IFIC 2842 (IFIC date Apr. 4, 2017). Advance Publication Information for the reception of signals in the Land Mobile band (161.1000–161.4750 MHz) has been submitted to the ITU by the Spanish Government for PAZ. See the publication for PAZ (NTC ID 109540646) under Special Section API/A in BR IFIC 2872 (IFIC date June 12, 2018) (publishing a beam named “AISU” with a frequency band spanning 157.3625–162.0375 MHz, which covers the Land Mobile frequency band of 161.1000– 161.4750 MHz). 2 ITU, BR IFIC 2786 (IFIC date Jan. 20, 2015) (containing the most recent publication concerning coordination for the MDC beam for PAZ). 1|Page

Exhibit B – Technical Supplement FCC Form 312 – Modification Application for EV8 Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Call Sign: E160028 2|Page

Exhibit B – Technical Supplement FCC Form 312 – Modification Application for EV8 Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Call Sign: E160028 2. FCC Licensee Database: Search Results for 5150–5250 MHz in Alaska A January 28, 2019 search of the FCC’s General Menu Reports system for currently licensed and pending facilities in the state of Alaska in the 5150–5250 MHz band reveals only 4 operations, all by GUSA Licensee, LLC (affiliate of Globalstar Licensee, LLC) or by Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (the applicant): 3|Page

Exhibit B – Technical Supplement FCC Form 312 – Modification Application for EV8 Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Call Sign: E160028 3. Coordination with Globalstar exactEarth, the owner of the hosted payload EV8, previously coordinated operations for the ADS satellite network, of which exactView-1 is a part, with Globalstar Licensee, LLC, as confirmed by the email below. EV8’s downlink to Fairbanks, AK uses the same properties as the downlink for exactView-13 and similar to the downlink for exactView- 7. 3 exactView-1 was authorized in 2017 to operate with KSAT’s satellite earth station in Fairbanks, AK, pursuant to authority granted by the Commission. Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Application to Operate a New Receive-Only Earth Station in Fairbanks, AK, FCC IBFS No. SES-LIC-20160218-00154 (granted Feb. 14, 2017); see also Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Application for 180-Day Special Temporary Authority for EV1, FCC IBFS No. SES-STA-20180313-00209 (filed Mar. 13, 2018, presently pending; KSAT is operating with EV1 under 47 C.F.R. § 1.62 pending action on the application). 4|Page

Exhibit B – Technical Supplement FCC Form 312 – Modification Application for EV8 Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Call Sign: E160028 4. Additional Information Concerning Data/Errata in the Associated Schedule S for the PAZ Satellite and EV8 Payload The Schedule S for this application was prepared using the FCC’s new Schedule S online software4 and in accordance with the Schedule S instructions.5 The following are notes and clarifications with respect to KSAT’s entries into the Schedule S form for the Satellite (ITU name: PAZ): (1) The Schedule S online form requires at least one receive frequency band/beam to be added in order to complete the form. KSAT is not seeking authorization for the Satellite’s reception of AIS signals, but rather for the reception by the earth station of AIS data transmitted from the satellite. Accordingly, KSAT has filled in dummy information wherever information related to receive frequencies was required to complete the form, which occurred in the following Schedule S sections: a. Operating Frequency Bands b. Receiving Beams c. Receiving Channels (2) On the page titled, “Max. Power Flux Density for MDC” (part of the Transmitting Beam section), we have input a dummy value of “-200.0” for the field “20° - 25° (dbW/m2/BW).” Please refer to the table below: Elevation degrees 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Angle Off Nadir degrees 67.3 65.8 63.4 60.5 53.3 45.2 36.5 27.6 18.5 9.3 0 Angle PFD in 4 dBW/m2/4kHz -170.2 -170.1 -170.0 -168.1 -167.7 -168.7 -168.4 -169.4 -170.6 -170.3 -170.3 kHz PFD limit per ITU dBW/m2/4kHz -164 -164 -164 -164 -164 -164 -164 -164 -164 -164 -164 5.447B Margin dB 6.2 6.1 6 4.1 3.7 4.7 4.4 5.4 6.6 6.3 6.3 4 The FCC’s new Schedule S software is available at https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/schedules/. 5 Specific Instructions For Schedule S (April 2016), available at https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/ schedules//resources/Instructions%20for%20Schedule%20S%20vApr2016.pdf. 5|Page

Exhibit B – Technical Supplement FCC Form 312 – Modification Application for EV8 Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Call Sign: E160028 5. Satellite Transmit Antenna Gain Pattern Figure 1, below, is the antenna gain pattern for the EV8 antenna downlinking to the Station. Note that the design for EV8’s downlink antenna is similar to the antenna on EV1, but differs slightly due to EV8 being a hosted payload on PAZ.6 Figure 1 - Satellite C-Band Isoflux Antenna, Transmitting and Receiving Beam, Symmetrical Pattern 6 See supra note 3 (referencing license grant for E160028 to operate with exactEarth’s EV1). 6|Page


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