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SAT-LOA-20170508-00071

Astro Digital US, Inc.

Applicants seeks authority to launch and

Filing overview

StatusClosed
Call signS3014
Applicant FRN0024499394
ContactNone |Astro Digital U.S., Inc.|NASA Ames Research Park, Suite 503|340 Cody Road|Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA |
Filing typeLOA
Date filed2017-05-08
Status date2020-10-09
Grant date2020-10-09
ServiceSAT
Last actionGranted in Part/ Deferred in Part
FCC sourceView the FCC filing record

Application details

FCC form
FCC Form 312
Application type
Application for Satellite Space Station Authorizations
Street Address
NASA Ames Research Park, Suite 503 340 C
City
Moffett Field
State
CA
Zip Code/Postal Code
94035
Country
United States of America
Attention
Mr. Jan A. King
Phone
+16509194032
Fax
+18052347300
Email
jan@astrodigital.com
Relationship
Same

Application summary

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Applicants seeks authority to launch and

Applicant Information (Q1 - 16)

FRN
0024499394
Name
Astro Digital US, Inc.
Street Address
3047 Orchard Pkwy, Suite 20
City
San Jose
State
CA
Zip Code/Postal Code
95128-
Country
United States of America
Same Contact
No
Attention
Mr Jan A King
Phone
+16509194032
Fax
+1
Email
jan@astrodigital.com

Application Fees

17b. Will a fee be paid?
Yes
17c. If yes, select the appropriate fee code for the application.
CLW

Waivers

18a. Does the Applicant request a waiver(s) of the Commission's rules?
Yes

Type of Service

20. NATURE OF SERVICE: This filing is for an authorization to provide or use the following type(s) of service(s): Select all that apply.
Earth Exploration-Satellite Service
21. Status
Non-Common Carrier
23. If Applicant is providing INTERNATIONAL COMMON CARRIER service, see instructions regarding Sec. 214 filing. Are these facilities:
N/A
Frequency Band Vhf Band
No
Frequency Band Uhf Band
No
Frequency Band L Band
No
Frequency Band S Band
No
Frequency Band C Band
No
Frequency Band X Band
No
Frequency Band Ku Band
No
Frequency Band Ka Band
No
Frequency Band V Band
No
Frequency Band Other
Yes
24j. Other Frequencies
399.90000 MHz 400 MHz R

Type of Station

25a. CLASS OF STATION: Select the Class of Station/Orbit Type
Non-Geostationary Space Station
25b. Estimated Operational Lifetime of Space Station(s) From Date of Launch (years)
15
25c. Space Station or Satellite Network Name
Landmapper
25d. Does the applicant intend to use a non-U.S. licensed satellite to provide service in the United States?
No
25e. What administration has licensed or is in the process of licensing the space station? If no license will be issued, what administration has coordinated or is in the process of coordinating the space station?
United States of America

Purpose of Modification

Mod Ammend Purpose Add New Designator
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Change Emission Designator
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Increase Eirp
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Replace Antenna
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Add Antenna
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Relocate Fixed Station
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Change Assigned Freq
No
Mod Amd Purpose Add Frequencies
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Add Points Of Comm
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth To Change Points Of Comm
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Auth For Facilities Where Report Required
No
Mod Amd Purpose Change Orbit Location
No
Mod Amd Purpose Perform Fleet Management
No
Mod Amd Purpose Extend Milestones
No
Mod Ammend Purpose Other
No

Environmental Policy

28a. Would a Commission grant of any proposal in this application or amendment have a significant environmental impact as defined by 47 CFR 1.1307?
No

Alien Ownership

29. Is the Applicant a foreign government or the representative of any foreign government?
No
30. Is the Applicant an alien or the representative of an alien?
No
31. Is the Applicant a corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government?
No
32. Is the applicant a corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country?
No
33. Is the applicant a corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation of which more than oneāˆ’fourth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country?
No

Basic Qualifications

35. Has the applicant or any party to this application or amendment had any FCC station authorization or license revoked or had any application for an initial, modification or renewal of FCC station authorization, license, or construction permit denied by the Commission?
No
36. Has the Applicant, or any party to this Application or amendment, or any party directly or indirectly controlling the Applicant ever been convicted of a felony by any state or federal court?
No
37. Has any court finally adjudged the applicant, or any person directly or indirectly controlling the applicant, guilty of unlawfully monopolizing or attempting unlawfully to monopolize radio communication, directly or indirectly, through control of manufacture or sale of radio apparatus, exclusive traffic arrangement or any other means or unfair methods of competition?
No
38. Is the Applicant, or any person directly or indirectly controlling the Applicant, currently a party in any pending matter referred to in the preceding two items?
No
Anti Drug Checkbox
Yes
41. Application Description
Applicants seeks authority to launch and operate an Earth-Exploration Satellite Service system.
A
Yes
B
No
C
No

Signature

Title
Chief Technical Officer
Signature
Jan A. King

Frequencies

Lower MHzUpper MHzEmissionLocation
400.000000400.000000
400.000000401.000000
401.000000402.000000
402.000000403.000000
1615.0000001619.000000
2025.0000002110.000000
2484.0000002500.000000
25500.00000027000.000000
29900.00000030000.000000

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Public notices

DateReportTypeServiceStatus
2020-10-16SAT01506 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2020-02-21SAT01447 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2018-08-03SAT01335 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2018-04-13SAT01310 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2018-01-19SAT01297 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2017-12-22SAT01292 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2017-10-13SAT01276 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2017-08-25SAT01262 Accepted for Filing Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0

Sources and provenance

SourceSource recordRetrievedMatch
ICFSSAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54Source Primary
Selected field provenance
FieldDisplayed valueSourceObserved
StatusClosedICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
DescriptionApplicants seeks authority to launch andICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
Applicant NameAstro Digital US, Inc.ICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
Applicant Frn0024499394ICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
Call SignS3014ICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
Date Filed2017-05-08ICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
Status Date2020-10-09ICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
Grant Date2020-10-09ICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54
Expiration Date0000-00-00ICFS SAT-LOA-20170508-000712026-07-30 08:54:54

Documents

DocumentTypeDateStatus
ATTACHMENT B_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT H_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT I_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT A_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital - Gran.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital - Gran.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT G_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
HTML.htmForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
20201124 FCC Referra.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
EXHIB43.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital US - G.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT E_EXHIIBI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Sched S Tech Report.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT D_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital - Gran.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
DOJ - November 13 20.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Application.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital - Gran.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital ITU Co.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
LM_Freq_Util_Rev 0.1.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital - Gran.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT F_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
OWNEXHB.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Landmapper_Part25_OD.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
ATTACHMENT C_EXHIBIT.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Astro Digital - FCCEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2020-10-16Available
Ex Parte Notice re SEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2020-08-25Available
Ex Parte Notice re 8Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2020-08-20Available
Astro Digital - ClarLETTER2020-08-14Available
Ex Parte Notice - 7-Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2020-07-30Available
Astro Digital US IncOTHER2020-06-29Available
Astro Digital - UHFLETTER2019-10-15Available
Astro Digital US IncLETTER2019-06-28Available
Astro Digital US IncOTHER2018-06-26Available
Astro Digital ResponLETTER2018-06-19Available
Ltr.Astro Digital GrEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2018-06-04Available
Astro Digital - RespREPLY2018-03-27Available
Astro Digital CompliLETTER2018-03-14Available
Astrodigital exparteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2018-02-16Available
Astro Digital ExtensLETTER2018-02-12Available
Launch notificationNOTICE2018-01-18Available
Astro Digital ParagrSUPPLEMENT2018-01-16Available
Astro Digital ExtensLETTER2018-01-12Available
Response to Astro DiLETTER2017-11-21Available
Astro Digital Ex ParEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2017-11-09Available
Astro Digital Ex ParEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2017-10-20Available
Astro Digital OpposiOPPOSITION2017-10-11Available
Astro Digital LetterLETTER2017-10-03Available
Iridium Comments onCOMMENT2017-09-25Available
Telesat Petition toPETITION2017-09-25Available
Response to FCC QuesLETTER2017-08-03Available
Attachment DOJ - November 13 20 Invalid document
Attachment 20201124 FCC Referra Invalid document
Attachment Astro Digital US - G Available
Attachment Astro Digital - Gran Available
Attachment LM_Freq_Util_Rev 0.1 Available
Attachment EXHIB43 Available
Attachment OWNEXHB Available
Attachment Application Available
Attachment HTML Invalid document
Attachment Landmapper_Part25_OD Available
Attachment Astro Digital ITU Co Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT G_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT I_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT H_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT F_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT E_EXHIIBI Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT B_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT A_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment Sched S Tech Report Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT D_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment ATTACHMENT C_EXHIBIT Available
Attachment Astro Digital - Gran Available
Attachment Astro Digital - Gran Available
Attachment Astro Digital - Gran Available
Attachment Astro Digital - Gran Available