Attachment Exh A, Narrative SES-STA-20170112-00045

Attachment Exh A, Narrative

This document pretains to SES-STA-20170112-00045 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2017011200045_1164711

Exhibit A – Narrative Supplement
STA Application
Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS
Call Sign: E120025

Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (“KSAT”) provides this information pursuant to Section
25.120 of the Commission’s rules1 to supplement its application for special temporary
authority (“STA”) to change the remote control point for the transmit/receive satellite
earth station in Fairbanks, Alaska (call sign E120025)2 (“Station”) from the facility
operated by Terra Bella Technologies Inc.3 (“Terra Bella”), formerly known as Skybox
Imaging, Inc.,4 to KSAT’s Tromsø Network Operations Center (“TNOC”) in Tromsø,
Norway.

In a separate application filed concurrently with this STA application, KSAT seeks, with
Terra Bella’s assent, the Commission’s consent to assign the license for the Station from
Terra Bella to KSAT (“Assignment Application”). KSAT seeks grant of this STA
application contingent upon and concurrent with the grant of the Assignment
Application.

1. Description of the Request

With this application, KSAT requests special temporary authority to change the remote
control point for the Station from Terra Bella’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA to
KSAT’s TNOC in Tromsø, Norway.

KSAT seeks this change in the Station’s remote control point because Terra Bella has
contracted with KSAT for KSAT to assume ownership of and operational responsibility
for the Station. The change is part of Terra Bella’s strategy to focus its efforts on its

1 47 C.F.R. § 25.120 (2015). See also The International Bureau Provides Guidance Concerning the
Relocation of Earth Station Remote Control Points, DA 06-978 (FCC rel. May 4, 2006) (“[W]here a
licensee considers a change in the Earth station’s remote control point, including any relocation of the
remote control point to a location outside the United States, the licensee must seek prior
authorization under Section 25.117 [modification of station license] of the Commission’s rules.”).
2 Skybox Imaging, Inc. Application for Fairbanks Earth Station, IBFS File No. SES-LIC-20120131-00120
(FCC, granted Dec. 6, 2012).
3 Terra Bella is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Google, Inc., and Google, Inc. is a direct, wholly-
owned subsidiary of Alphabet, making Terra Bella an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet
Inc. Ownership of Skybox Imaging, Inc. was transferred to Google, Inc. in 2014, and then from
Google to Alphabet Inc. in 2015. See Skybox Imaging, Inc. Application for Transfer of Control
E120025 & E130037 (Fairbanks & Half Moon Bay), IBFS File No. SES-T/C-20140613-00519 (FCC,
granted July 30, 2014); Skybox Imaging, Inc. Application for Pro Forma Transfer of Control, IBFS File
No. SES-T/C-20151019-00746 (FCC, granted Nov. 19, 2015).
4 Letter from Ulises R. Pin to Marlene H. Dortch, Notification of Licensee Change of Name (Jan. 12,
2016), attached to Skybox Imaging, Inc. Modification Application, IBFS File No. SES-MOD-20150728-
00475 (FCC, granted Nov. 4, 2015).

Exhibit A – Narrative Supplement
STA Application
Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS
Call Sign: E120025

remote sensing satellite business,5 a strategy that is further reflected in the Assignment
Application filed concurrently with this application.

KSAT asks that this STA request be granted concurrently with the grant of the
Assignment Application and that the STA be valid for a 60-day period that commences
with notification of the consummation of the assignment. Within 5 days of the
consummation, KSAT will notify the Commission of the consummation of the
assignment of the Station, as per Section 25.119(f).6 That notification will trigger the
start of the 60-day STA period. Shortly after the consummation date for the assignment
of the Station license to KSAT, KSAT will file a modification application with the
Commission for permanent authority to change the Station’s remote control point from
Mountain View, CA to Tromsø, Norway.

KSAT has appended to this Narrative Supplement an FCC Form 312 Schedule B for the
Station indicating the new remote control point,7 contact person,8 and telephone
number.9 All other Schedule B information remains as it appears on the existing license.

2. Public Interest Statement

Grant of this STA request will serve the public interest in accordance with Section
25.120(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules.10 Assuming the assignment application is
granted, KSAT will be the new licensee and changing the remote control point to
KSAT’s TNOC in Tromsø, Norway will increase the operational efficiency of the Station
and avoid interruptions in the Station operation.

KSAT will operate the Station remotely from Tromsø, Norway, bringing to bear all the
benefits of the TNOC, including the technical expertise and deep experience of its staff,
which controls and coordinates the operations for several other ground stations
operating with Terra Bella’s constellation around the world.

5 The Station currently operates with Terra Bella’s satellite constellation (call sign S2862). See Skybox
Imaging Application for EESS Satellite System, IBFS File No. SAT-LOA-20120322-00058 (FCC, granted
Sept. 20, 2012). Terra Bella maintains another ground station in Half Moon Bay, CA (call sign
E130037), which is independently capable of providing tracking, telemetry, and control for the SkySat
satellite constellation.
6 47 C.F.R. § 25.119(f).
7 Form 312, Schedule B, Questions E61-E66 (B10 on Feb. 1998 form).
8 Form 312, Schedule B, Question E2 (B1e on Feb. 1998 form).
9 Form 312, Schedule B, Question E6 (B1c on Feb. 1998 form).
10 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(1); 47 U.S.C. § 309(f) (2015).
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Exhibit A – Narrative Supplement
STA Application
Applicant: Kongsberg Satellite Services AS
Call Sign: E120025

KSAT is a global leader in ground station operations for remote sensing satellites. It
operates a global network of ground stations primarily for satellite data acquisition and
tracking under contract to commercial and government satellite operators around the
world.

Because of KSAT’s expertise with the operation and maintenance of satellite earth
station facilities, the change in the Station’s remote control point should be completed
without disruption to its operations or in the provision of service to Terra Bella’s
customers. KSAT will continue to operate the Station in the same manner that Terra
Bella operates it today, in conjunction with the SkySat constellation and in compliance
with the Commission’s rules (including the rules for control of transmitting stations in
Section 25.27111 and inter-system coordination in Section 25.27212).

For the aforementioned reasons, KSAT respectfully submits that it is in the public
interest to grant the requested STA.

11 47 C.F.R. § 25.271.
12 Id. § 25.272.
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