Attachment Extension grant

This document pretains to SES-STA-20080129-00098 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2008012900098_619060

Row 44 Inc. SES—STA—20080129—000 98 18200800019 * Approved by OMB 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: Application for Renewal of STA (AeroSat Test) — 1/29/2008 1. Applicant Name: Row 44 Inc. Phone Number: 818—706—3111 DBA Name: Fax Number: Street: 31280 Oak Crest Drive,Suite 5 E—Mail: agior@verizon.net City: Westlake Village State: CA Country: USA Zipcode: 91361 — Attention: Dr Arthur A Giordano nal Bureau: % Arpask

2. Contact Name: David S. Keir Phone Number: (202) 429—8970 Company: Leventhal Senter & Lerman PLLC Fax Number: (202) 293—7783 Street: 2000 K Street, N.W. E—Mail: dkeir@Isl—law.com Suite 600 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20006 — Attention: David S. Keir Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, entereither the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number SESSTA2007112101610 or Submission ID 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? @ IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). y Governmental Entity C Noncommercial educational licensee G Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGV — Fixed Satellite VSAT System 5. Type Request gy Use Prior to Grant zy Change Station Location & Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 02/08/2008 7. CityAmbherst 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.sh) 42 48 424 N

9. State NH 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.sh) 71 35 1746 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Explanatory Attachment 2: Antenna Patterns Attachment 3: RadHaz Study 12. Description. (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end ofthe form to view it in its entirety.) Row 44 seeks a 30—day extension of the STA originally granted on 12/10/2007, and extended through 2/07/2008 on 1/03/2008, to allow it to operate a fixed aircraft Earth station at a terrestrial location (See File Nos. SES—STA—20071121—01610 and SES—STA—20080102—00005) . The purpose of this operation is to continue gathering critical data from the testing of 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is @ Yos y No subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 ofthe Anti~Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes. 14. Name of Person Signing 15. Title of Person Signing John Guidon CEO WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code,. Title 18. Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.$. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

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12. Description Row 44 seeks a 30—day extension of the STA originally granted on 12/10/2007, and extended through 2/07/2008 on 1/03/2008, to allow it to operate a fixed aircraft Earth station at a terrestrial location (See File Nos. SES—STA—20071121—01610 and SES—STA—20080102—00005). The purpose of this operation is to continue gathering critical data from the testing of the antenna with respect to future provision of aeronautical mobile satellite service. Copies of the materials provided with the original application, as supplemented, are provided as attachments to this extension request.

Row 44, Inc. STA Request November 2007 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Row 44, Inc. ("Row 44") is seeking special temporary authority ("STA") for a 30—day period to operate a fixed aircraft Earth station ("AES") at a terrestrial location. The purpose of this operation is to test the terminal antenna for provision of commercial aeronautical mobile satellite service ("AMSS"). This is intended to be a final step in preparation for filing, in the near—term, of an application for a permanent AMSS license for remote AES units which will function with an existing hub Earth station. Row 44 understands that, because AMSS is a secondary allocation at Ku—band, both its STA operation and any permanent operation ultimately licensed must operate on a non—interference basis with respect to primary users in the band, and must accept any interference caused by these licensees. Because this is Row 44‘s first request for FCC authorization, and to facilitate processing of this STA request, Row 44 is submitting as an attachment to this Explanatory Statement a complete Form 312 and Schedule B providing information about Row 44 and the complete technical details of its proposed STA operation. Row 44 plans to offer a commercial broadband Internet data service to passengers and crew aboard commercial aircraft traveling in North American airspace, consistent with the framework that the Commission has proposed in its AMSS rulemaking proceeding. See Service Rules and Procedures to Govern the Use ofAeronautical Mobile Satellite Service Earth Stations in Frequency Bands Allocated to the Fixed Satellite Service, 20 FCC Red 2906 (2005) ("AMSS NPRM"). The service will include IP data services, IP voice and IPTV. The geostationary FSS satellite to be accessed is Galaxy 10R located at 123° West Longitude. A single remote unit will be located at the AeroSat Avionics facility in Amherst, New Hampshire, and will operate in conjunction with an existing hub terminal at Germantown, Maryland licensed to HNS License Sub, LLC (FCC Call Sign E000166). See Schedule B (location and contact information only is provided therein for this licensed hub). Row 44 notes that its transmission will comply with Section 25.209 of the FCC‘s rules (47 C.F.R. §25.209) and the uplink RF transmit power density will not exceed —14 dBW/4 kHz, consistent with Section 25.134(a)(1) (47 C.F.R. §25.134(a)(1). Grant of the requested authority will serve the public interest by permitting Row 44 to continue its preparations to offer a new mobile broadband service that is needed by the public. As the Commission noted in the AAASS NPRM, there is a growing demand from airline passengers and crewfor real—time, in—flight broadband data transmission and other communications capability. See AMSS NPRM, 20 FCC Red at 2908. Several companies are already providing similar services using the same Ku—band spectrum for general aviation and commercial airlines,‘ and this emerging marketplace will benefit from additional competition from new entrants. Row 44‘s provision of AMSS will ultimately allow airline passengers to access a full range of broadband data, voice, and video services, including high—speed Internet ‘ See Boeing Company, 16 FCC Red 22645 (IB/OET 2001); ARINC Inc., 20 FCC Red 7553 (IB/OET 2005).

12— Row 44, Inc. STA Request November 2007 access and interactive entertainment, and would also facilitate access by flight crews to important weather updates and security information. Accordingly, Row 44 requests that the FCC grantit an STA on an expedited basis to performthe static test described herein for a period of thirty days. Row 44 anticipates being able to commence testing by December 1, 2007, and respectfully requests Commission action on this application consistent with that timetable to the extent possible.


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