FCC.reportPublic regulatory filings
IBFS / ICFS

SAT-LOA-20180320-00023

BlackSky Global LLC

Applicant requests licensing of a small-

Filing overview

StatusClosed
Call signS3032
Applicant FRN0023079916
ContactJoseph A. Godles
Filing typeLOA
Date filed2018-03-20
Status date2019-05-17
Grant date2018-10-03
ServiceSAT
Last actionGrant of Authority
FCC sourceView the FCC filing record

Application details

FCC form
FCC Form 312
Application type
Application for Satellite Space Station Authorizations
Name
Joseph A. Godles
Street Address
1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1000
City
WASHINGTON
State
DC
Zip Code/Postal Code
20036
Country
United States of America
Phone
+17032169224
Fax
+12024294912
Email
jwiener@g2w2.com
Relationship
Legal Counsel

Application summary

Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
Applicant requests licensing of a small-

Applicant Information (Q1 - 16)

FRN
0023079916
Name
BlackSky Global LLC
Street Address
2411 Dulles Corner Park
Street Address 2
Suite 300
City
Herndon
State
VA
Zip Code/Postal Code
20171
Country
United States of America
Same Contact
No
Attention
Ms Kristina Hloptsidis
Phone
+12063992325
Fax
+1
Email
khloptsidis@SpaceflightIndustries.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
8025 MHz 8400 MHz T

Type of Station

25a. CLASS OF STATION: Select the Class of Station/Orbit Type
Non-Geostationary Space Station
25c. Space Station or Satellite Network Name
Blacksky Global
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?
N/A
31. Is the Applicant a corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government?
N/A
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?
N/A
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?
N/A

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
Applicant requests licensing of a small-sat non-geostationary orbit Earth Exploration Satellite Service system. See Narrative in Exhibit 1 hereto.
A
Yes
B
No
C
No

Signature

Title
President & COO, Spaceflight Industries
Signature
Rakesh Narasimhan

Frequencies

Lower MHzUpper MHzEmissionLocation
401.000000402.000000
450.000000450.000000
2025.0000002110.000000
8025.0000008400.000000

Related filings

RelationshipFiling
relatedSAT-MOD-20190314-00015

Public notices

DateReportTypeServiceStatus
2019-05-17SAT01389 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2019-02-01SAT01368 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2018-10-26SAT01356 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2018-10-05SAT01350 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2018-07-06SAT01328 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2018-06-01SAT01319 Accepted for Filing Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0

Sources and provenance

SourceSource recordRetrievedMatch
ICFSSAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55Source Primary
Selected field provenance
FieldDisplayed valueSourceObserved
StatusClosedICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
DescriptionApplicant requests licensing of a small-ICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
Applicant NameBlackSky Global LLCICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
Applicant Frn0023079916ICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
Call SignS3032ICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
Date Filed2018-03-20ICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
Status Date2019-05-17ICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
Grant Date2018-10-03ICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55
Expiration Date0000-00-00ICFS SAT-LOA-20180320-000232026-07-30 08:54:55

Documents

DocumentTypeDateStatus
XTX 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTX 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
BlackSky - Grant Oct.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Sched S Tech Report.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
BlackSky bond submis.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTX 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
BlackSky - Grant per.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit 1.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTX 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTX 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTX 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTX 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
NGSO Antenna Gain Da.txtForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
HTML.htmForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 460km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 475km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 550km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTX 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTC 550km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit 2.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRX 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
SRC 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 585km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
BlackSky bond submis.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
UTX 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URC 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
URX 475km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 460km IVC.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
XTC 585km FAI.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Application.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Global-4 Design UpdaSUPPLEMENT2019-02-15Available
Global ConstellationOTHER2018-12-28Available
FCC Bond Cert DecembOTHER2018-12-28Available
FCC Letter - NovembeSUPPLEMENT2018-11-07Available
list of earth statioSUPPLEMENT2018-10-24Available
Global-3 station keeSUPPLEMENT2018-08-22Available
Blacksky permit butREQUEST2018-07-05Available
Blacksky Response 07REPLY2018-07-03Available
Planet Labs Letter fCOMMENT2018-06-25Available
Global 1-4 supplemenSUPPLEMENT2018-06-15Available
Global 1-4 supplemenSUPPLEMENT2018-06-07Available
Global 1-4 station kSUPPLEMENT2018-05-25Available
BlackSky correctionOTHER2018-04-16Available
ITUcost IB.pdfOTHER2018-03-26Available
Attachment BlackSky - Grant Oct Available
Attachment BlackSky - Grant Oct Invalid document
Attachment BlackSky - Grant per Available
Attachment Exhibit 2 Available
Attachment Exhibit 1 Available
Attachment NGSO Antenna Gain Da Available
Attachment XTX 585km IVC Available
Attachment XTX 585km FAI Available
Attachment XTX 550km IVC Available
Attachment XTX 550km FAI Available
Attachment XTX 475km IVC Available
Attachment XTX 475km FAI Available
Attachment XTX 460km IVC Available
Attachment XTX 460km FAI Available
Attachment XTC 585km IVC Available
Attachment XTC 585km FAI Available
Attachment XTC 550km IVC Available
Attachment XTC 550km FAI Available
Attachment XTC 475km IVC Available
Attachment XTC 475km FAI Available
Attachment XTC 460km IVC Available
Attachment XTC 460km FAI Available
Attachment URX 585km IVC Available
Attachment URX 585km FAI Available
Attachment URX 550km IVC Available
Attachment URX 550km FAI Available
Attachment URX 475km IVC Available
Attachment URX 475km FAI Available
Attachment URX 460km IVC Available
Attachment URX 460km FAI Available
Attachment UTX 585km IVC Available
Attachment UTX 585km FAI Available
Attachment UTX 550km IVC Available
Attachment UTX 550km FAI Available
Attachment UTX 475km IVC Available
Attachment UTX 475km FAI Available
Attachment UTX 460km IVC Available
Attachment UTX 460km FAI Available
Attachment UTC 585km IVC Available
Attachment UTC 585km FAI Available
Attachment UTC 550km IVC Available
Attachment UTC 550km FAI Available
Attachment UTC 475km IVC Available
Attachment UTC 475km FAI Available
Attachment UTC 460km IVC Available
Attachment UTC 460km FAI Available
Attachment URC 585km IVC Available
Attachment URC 585km FAI Available
Attachment URC 550km IVC Available
Attachment URC 550km FAI Available
Attachment URC 475km IVC Available
Attachment URC 475km FAI Available
Attachment URC 460km IVC Available
Attachment URC 460km FAI Available
Attachment SRX 585km IVC Available
Attachment SRX 585km FAI Available
Attachment SRX 550km IVC Available
Attachment SRX 550km FAI Available
Attachment SRX 475km IVC Available
Attachment SRX 475km FAI Available
Attachment SRX 460km IVC Available
Attachment SRX 460km FAI Available
Attachment SRC 550km IVC Available
Attachment SRC 585km IVC Available
Attachment SRC 585km FAI Available
Attachment SRC 550km FAI Available
Attachment SRC 475km IVC Available
Attachment SRC 475km FAI Available
Attachment SRC 460km IVC Available
Attachment SRC 460km FAI Available
Attachment Application Available
Attachment HTML Invalid document
Attachment Sched S Tech Report Available