Attachment Exhibit 1 SES-MOD-20120710-00640

Attachment Exhibit 1

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20120710-00640 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMOD2012071000640_959118

$FCC Form 312 GeoEye License Corp. Exhibit 1: Nature of Application By this application, GeoEye License Corp. (“GeoEye”) requests that the Commission modify GeoEye’s license to operate a fixed earth station at Point Barrow, Alaska, Call Sign E980376 (the “Barrow Earth Station”). More specifically, GeoEye seeks to modify the license for the Barrow Earth Station to: (i) specify GeoEye-2, a non-geosynchronous orbit (“NGSO”) spacecraft operating in the earth exploration-satellite service (“EESS”), as an additional point of communication; and (ii) specify additional frequencies and emission designators to facilitate communications between the Barrow Earth Station and GeoEye-2 in the EESS. GeoEye has requested authority to launch and operate GeoEye-2 under GeoEye’s EESS constellation license, Call Sign S2348. See IBFS File No. SAT-MOD-20120427-00079 (the “GeoEye-2 Application”). The GeoEye-2 Application includes a complete technical description of the GeoEye-2 spacecraft, including a completed Schedule S and a frequency coordination report covering the Barrow Earth Station, which GeoEye incorporates by reference. Transmissions between the Barrow Earth Station and GeoEye-2 would rely on existing antenna facilities at the Barrow Earth Station. As described in the GeoEye-2 Application and reflected herein, communications between the Barrow Earth Station and GeoEye-2 would use slightly different frequencies and emission designators than communications between the Barrow Earth Station and other spacecraft in GeoEye’s fleet. The new operations otherwise would be consistent with operations already authorized and conducted at the Barrow Earth Station under Call Sign E980376. Grant of the instant application would serve the public interest by augmenting GeoEye’s ability to provide imaging services to its commercial and government customers. DC\2273428.2$

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