Attachment 2000Commission lette

This document pretains to SAT-L/A-19941116-00070 for Launch Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLA1994111600070_1081077

Tonmoga.. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION N€; WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 s’ \. COMm INTERNATIONAL BUREAU September 28, 2000 VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL Raul Rodriguez David Keir Leventhal, Senter & Lerman P.L.L.C. Suite 600 2000 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036—1809 RE: Mobile Communications Holdings, Inc. — milestone verification File Numbers: 11—DSS—P—91; New IBFS No. SAT—A/O—19901107—00066 11—SAT—LA—95; New IBFS No. SAT—L/A—19941116—00070 * 18—DSS—P—91; New IBFS No. SAT—A/O—19910603—00007 51—DSS—AMEND—94; New IBFS No. SAT—AMD—19940823—00043 12—SAT—AMEND—95; New IBFS No. SAT—AMD—19941116—00071 158—AMEND—96; New IBFS No. SAT—AMD—19960916—00114 => 86—SAT—AL—98; New IBFS No. SAT—ASG—19980204—00013 108—SAT—AMEND—98; New IBFS No. SAT—AMD—19980414—00037 Dear Sirs: OnJuly 1, 1997, the Commission granted the license application of Mobile Communications Holdings, Inc. ("MCHI") for authority to construct, launch, and operate a Big LEO satellite constellation. The license order specifies implementation "milestone" deadlines and states that, unless extended for good cause, the license will become null and void in the event the licensee fails to meet any of them. The first specified milestone requirement is to commence construction of two satellites by July 1998, and the second is to commence construction of the remaining satellites by July 2000. Mobile Communications Holdings, Inc., 12 FCC Red 9663 (1997). The Commission requires the execution of a non—contingent construction contract to satisfy a construction commencement milestone. See Norris Satellite Communications, Inc., 12 FCC Red 22299, 22303—04 (1997). An MCHI official declared in an affidavit filed with the Commission on June 22, 1998 that MCHI had met its first milestone requirement by entering into a non—contingent contract with The Boeing Company for construction of two satellites. On July 31, 2000 you filed an affidavit from MCHI‘s president certifying that MCHI had met the second milestone requirement by entering into a non—contingent contract with Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. for construction of additional satellites.

In order to enable the Commission to verify those representations, please submit copies of MCHI‘s executed contracts for satellite construction, including any amendments, by October 12, 2000, with a hand—delivered courtesy copy to William Bell of my staff. Please contact Mr. Bell at (202) 418—0741 if you have any questions. Sincerely, / Thomas S. Tycz fiea/ Chief Satellite and Radiocommunication Division


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