Attachment SESSTA2011090101019.

SESSTA2011090101019.

DECISION submitted by TACHYON NETWORKS INCORPORATED

STA GRANT WITH CONDITIONS

2011-09-06

This document pretains to SES-STA-20110901-01019 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2011090101019_917002

E070139 SES—STA—20110901—01019 1B2011004157 Tachyon Networks Incorporated. 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: SES Tachyon STA Request New 18 inch Stationary Remote Terminal 1. Applicant Name: Tachyon Networks Incorporated. Phone Number: 858—882—8114 DBA Name: Fax Number: 858—882—8122 Street: 9339 Carroll Park Drive E—Mail: dan.negroni@tachyon.net Suite 150 City: San Diego State: CA Country: USA Zipcode: 92121 & Attention: Mr Daniel Negroni /# —20/[@20( — 0 10 File # SCSs — S74 Ca%%I'\Q\Eq Grant Date_ 2/4/20// uoronammnemsmnememensiin (or other identifier) Term Dates From 40 Z2 / To: 72 / ’2 []ZQ1( GRANTED International Bureau Approved: Lllwl l en coam oemennemnnamnmnnaoid on Co x\idf\;

Conditions of Grant of SES—STA—20110901—01019 Grant authorized of Special Temporary Authority for 30 days, from Sep 10, 2011 through Oct 09, 2011, to operate a VSAT terminal as described in Exhibit A of the SES—STA— 20110427—00518 filing. Based on the following conditions: 1. This is not an authorization of an Aeronautical Earth Station (AES) or Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service (AMSS). 2. Transmissions may only occur while the earth station is in not in motion. 3. Appropriate safety protocols must be in place prior to the operation of the VSAT terminal to ensure that persons having access to areas where radiofrequency energy in excess of the maximum permissible limits specified in 47 C.F.R. § 1.1310 are not exposed. The exterior surface of the antenna shall be prominently marked with a sign warning of the potential for exposure to high levels of radiofrequency energy. 4. Transmission to and reception from Intelsat Horizons 2 satellite at 74.05 W. L. is granted only for the period of this authorization. 5. Uplink to Intelsat Horizons 2 within the band 14.2—14.47 GHz within coordinated emission and power limits. 6. Downlink from Intelsat Horizons 2 within the band 11.7—12.2 GHz. 7. Operations shall be on an unprotected and not to interfere basis. 8. In the event of any harmful interference, Tachyon shall cease operations immediately and shall inform the Commission, in writing, immediately of such an event. 9. This authorization is not one relating to an "activity of a continuing nature" for purposes of 47 C.F.R. § 1.62 and 5 U.S.C. § 558(c). 10. Grant of authority requested will serve the public interest by permitting Tachyon to performance aircraft integration static testing on U.S. Government aircraft. 11. Future authorizations that begin to test AES/AMSS operation must be authorized under FCC experimental license under the following conditions: a. Authorization will be granted only for the continental United States and over its territorial waters, linking with the specified satellites in the 11.7—12.2 GHz and 14.0—14.4 GHz frequency bands, consistent with the specifications in compliance with the Commussion‘s rules, except insofar as waived herein, and subject to the following conditions: / of 3

1. The stations authorized herein must operate in compliance with any rules subsequently adopted by the Commission. 11. The licensee must accept interference from lawful operation of any station in the 11.7—12.2 GHz band in accordance with the U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations, 47 C.F.R. § 2.106, and shall immediately terminate operation upon notification that such operation is causing harmful interference, not permitted under the terms of a coordination agreement, with lawful operation of any radio system in the 11.7—12.2 GHz band in conformance with the U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations. 111. In the event that another co—frequency GSO FSS satellite commences operation at a location within six degrees of the specified satellites, Tachyon shall cease operation of its AMSS system unless its AMSS operation has been coordinated with the new satellite‘s operator or Panasonic has demonstrated that its AMSS operation will not cause harmful interference to the new co—frequency satellite. iv. In the event that a co—frequency NGSO satellite system commences operation, Tachyon shall cease AMSS operation unless such operation has been coordinated with the operator of the NGSO system or Tachyon has demonstrated that its AMSS operation will not cause harmful interference to the NGSO system. v. Operation of an aircraft earth station authorized herein shall immediately terminate upon notification that such operation is causing harmful interference, not permitted under the terms of coordination agreements, with (1) lawful operation of any radio system in the 14.0—14.5 GHz band authorized on a primary basis in conformance with the U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations or authorized on a secondary basis prior to the effective date of this order, or (2) operation of any TDRSS earth station in the band 14—14.2 GHz, or (3) radio astronomy observations in the 14.47—14.5 GHz band. vi. The licensee shall maintain a point of contact available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, with the authority and ability to terminate operations authorized herein, for discussing interference concerns with other licensees and U.S. Government agencies, and shall submit a letter to be included in its license file with the name and telephone number of the point of contact prior to commencing operation. vii. Aircraft earth stations authorized herein must employ a tracking algorithm that is resistant to capturing and tracking adjacent satellite signals, and each station must be capable of inhibiting its own transmission in the event it detects unintended satellite tracking. viii. Aircraft earth stations authorized herein must be monitored and controlled by a ground—based network control and monitoring center. Such stations must be able to receive "enable transmission" and "disable transmission" commands from the network control center and must cease transmission immediately after receiving any "parameter change" command until receiving an "enable transmission" command from the network control center. The network control center must monitor operation of each aircraft earth station to determine if it is malfunctioning, and each aircraft earth station must self— monitor and automatically cease transmission on detecting an operational fault that could cause harmful interference to a fixed satellite service network. 1X. Operation in the 11.7—12.2 GHz band shall be in accordance with the space station authorization. x. Stations authorized herein shall not be used to provide air traffic control communications. 2 a f =>

Xi. Licensee‘s AMSS system shall operate in compliance with any limits established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to protect other services allocated internationally. xii. Operation pursuant to this authorization shall conform to the requirements of Tachyon‘s coordination agreements with NASA and NSF and with the terms of coordination agreements between the operator of specified satellites and operators of other Ku—band geostationary satellites within six angular degrees of specified satellites. xiii. For a period of one year from the release of this order, the licensee shall maintain records of the following data for each operating AES: location (latitude, longitude, altitude); aircraft attitude (pitch, yaw, roll); transmit frequency and occupied bandwidth; data rate; EIRP; and target satellite. This data shall be recorded at intervals of no more than two minutes while an AES is transmitting and every 30 seconds when aircraft roll angle is greater than 10 degrees. The licensee shall also record instances when AES pointing error exceeds 0.2 degrees. The licensee shall make this data available upon request to an FSS system operator or the Commission within 24 hours after receiving the request. xiv. Tachyon shall take all reasonable and customary measures to prevent human exposure to harmful non—ionizing radiation exceeding the maximum permissible exposure limits in Section 1.1310 of the Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.1310. The exterior surface of the antenna shall be prominently marked with a warning of the potential for exposure to high levels of radiofrequency energy. Call%gnmg2A GrantDate "?;/_4’ Z2or/ (or other identifier) Term Dates From GRANTED tonal Bureau | Approved:

2. Contact Name: Jeremy Guralnicj Phone Number: 858—882—8114 Company: Tachyon Networks, Inc. Fax Number: 858.882.8122 Street: 9339 Carroll Park Drive E—Mail: jeremy. guarlnick@tachyon.com Suite 150 City: San Diego State: CA Country: USA Zipcode: 92121 — Attention: Relationship: (If your applicationis related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number 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). 3 Governmental Entity £3 Noncommercial educational licensee C3 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request 3 Use Prior to Grant £} Change Station Location < Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date

7. CityMiddletown 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.sh) 39 31 15.72 N 9. State DE 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 75 43 471 W 11. Please supply any needattachments. Attachment 1: Cover Letter Attachment 2: Attachment 3: 12. Description. (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.) Tachyon, Inc. herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority for 30 days, from September 10, 2011 through October 9th to test a new 18 inch remote terminal communicating with an Intelsat—owned, U.S.—licengsed hub —— call sign Eo70139 located in Hagerstown, Maryland —— in the frequency bands 11.7—12.2 GHz and 14.0—14.5 GHz. 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes £34 No subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the 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 &quot;party to the application&quot; for these purposes. 14. Name of Person Signing 15. Title of Person Signing Jeremy Guralnick Vice President 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.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT The public reporting forthis collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, AMD—PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060—0678), Washington, DC 20554. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to PRA@fec.gov. PLEASE DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. Remember — You are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number orif we fail to provide you with this notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060—0678. THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104—13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

nc Tachyo N E T W O R KS September 1, 2011 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Requestfor Special Temporary Authority to Test Remote Terminal with Hagerstown, Maryland Hub E070139 Dear Ms. Dortch: Tachyon Networks, Inc. ("Tachyon") requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority ("STA")‘ for 30 days starting September 10, 2011 and continuing through October 9, 2011 to test a new 18" remote terminal communicating with an Intelsat—owned, U.S.— licensed hub —— call sign EO70139 located in Hagerstown, Maryland —— in the frequency bands 11.7—12.2 GHz and 14.0—14.5 GHz. The remote terminal will communicate with Intelsat‘s Horizons 2 satellite located at 74.05° W.L. During testing, the remote terminal will be located at Summit Airport in Middletown, Delaware. The antenna will be tested while mounted on the roof of a hanger and while mounted on a stationary aircraft. With the acceptance of this request, Tachyon intends to test this VSAT network beginning September 10, 2011 for potential use as part ofan existing mobile aeronautical service currently provided outside the United States to a U.S. Government customer. Please note that this is the same application that Tachyon previously submitted and which was granted on May 19, 2011, File No. SES—STA—20110427—00518 ("May STA"). All technical information in the May STA is incorporated herein by this reference. Tachyon accepts conditions substantially similar to those conditions of the May STA. The hub station, E0O70139, will operate in accordance with the coordinated parameters of ‘ Tachyon has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $175.00 filing fee and this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau‘s Filing System ("IBFS"). 9339 Carroli Park Drive, Suite 150, San Diego, California 92121 USA T877.589.3278 F858.822.8122 tachyon.com

its current license. In the unlikely event that harmful interference occurs, Tachyon will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the interference. Grant of this STA request will enable Tachyon to test this new antenna to determine whether it can be incorporated into the existing U.S. Government service offering. As such, the grant of this STA is in the public interest. Please direct any questions regarding this STA request to the undersigned at (619) 252— 4158 or by email at jeremy.guralnick@tachyon.com. VP Business Development cc: Paul Blais Frank Peace


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