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SAT-MOD-20150802-00053

dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV

Planet Labs Inc. requests modification o

Filing overview

StatusClosed
Call signS2912
Applicant FRN0031131584
ContactMichael Safyan
Filing typeMOD
Date filed2015-08-02
Status date2016-09-16
Grant date2016-09-15
Expiration date2029-02-28
ServiceSAT
Last actionGrant of Authority
FCC sourceView the FCC filing record

Application details

FCC form
FCC Form 312
Application type
APPLICATION FOR SPACE AND EARTH STATION: MOD - MAIN FORM
Name
Michael Safyan
Street Address
346 9th St.
City
San Franciso
State
CA
Zip Code/Postal Code
94103
Country
United States of America
Attention
Michael Safyan
Phone
+14158293313
Fax
+14155348992
Email
mike@planet.com
Relationship
Engineer

Application summary

Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
Planet Labs Inc. requests modification o

Applicant Information (Q1 - 16)

FRN
0031131584
Name
dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV
Street Address
1180 North Town Center Drive
Street Address 2
Suite 100
City
Las Vegas
State
NV
Zip Code/Postal Code
89114
Country
United States of America
Same Contact
No
Attention
Niccolo de Masi
Phone
+17027814313
Fax
+1
Email
niccolo@dmytechnology.com

Application Fees

17b. Will a fee be paid?
Yes

Waivers

18a. Does the Applicant request a waiver(s) of the Commission's rules?
Yes
19b. If this filing is an amendment to a pending application, enter file number of pending application:
SAT-MOD-20140912-00100

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
22. Select all that apply from the drop-down below:
U.S. Licensed Satellites
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
449.75000 MHz 450.25000 MHz R

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
FLOCK
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
Yes

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
Planet Labs Inc. requests modification of its authorization to operate a NGSO EESS space station license, Call Sign S2912, to maintain up to 200 satellites in Low Earth orbit over the next 10 years, which requires launch authorization of up to 600 technically identical satellites over the 10 year duration. The primary orbit of the satellites will be 475 km circular, SSO. See Exhibit 43 for additional information.
A
Yes
B
No
C
No

Signature

Title
Director of Launch and Regulatory Affair
Signature
Michael Safyan

Frequencies

Lower MHzUpper MHzEmissionLocation
401.000000402.000000
450.000000450.000000
2025.0000002110.000000
8025.0000008400.000000

Related filings

RelationshipFiling
relatedSAT-MOD-20140912-00100
relatedSAT-MOD-20170713-00103

Public notices

DateReportTypeServiceStatus
2016-09-16SAT01187 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-06-17SAT01168 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2016-01-22SAT01131 Action Taken Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0
2015-12-18SAT01124 Accepted for Filing Public NoticeSatellite Space Station0

Sources and provenance

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ICFSSAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58Source Primary
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StatusClosedICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
DescriptionPlanet Labs Inc. requests modification oICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
Applicant NamedMY Technology Group, Inc. IVICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
Applicant Frn0031131584ICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
Call SignS2912ICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
Date Filed2015-08-02ICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
Status Date2016-09-16ICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
Grant Date2016-09-15ICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58
Expiration Date2029-02-28ICFS SAT-MOD-20150802-000532026-07-30 08:54:58

Documents

DocumentTypeDateStatus
Planet Labs - ITU Co.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit 40.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
HTML.htmForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Application.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Planet Labs - Grant.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Planet Labs - Commis.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
PlanetLabs - Grant i.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Completed Schedule S.mdbForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Exhibit 43.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Sched S Tech Report..pdfForm Attachment2025-06-24Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 4.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 1.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 5.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 6.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 7.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 2.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Schedule S DOC 3.pdfForm Attachment2025-06-22Pending archive
Planet Labs Flock 3KSTATEMENT2019-02-01Available
Planet Labs HQ MoveNOTICE2018-11-16Available
Planet Labs Annual RNOTICE2018-06-21Available
Planet Labs Flock 3PNOTICE2018-01-30Available
Planet Labs Flock 3MSTATEMENT2017-11-20Available
Planet Labs Flock 2KSTATEMENT2017-08-14Available
Planet Labs Annual RLETTER2017-06-26Available
FINAL Notice of DeplLETTER2017-02-16Available
Planet Letter to FCCOTHER2017-02-14Available
Planet Withdrawal ofLETTER2016-11-08Available
Pld-Withdrawal of ORERRATA, ERRATUM OR ADDENDUM2016-09-14Available
Planet Labs-ORBCOMMAGREEMENT2016-09-14Available
Pld-Withdrawal of ORAGREEMENT2016-09-14Available
Ex Parte Notice_31AuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-09-02Available
Ex Parte Notice_25AuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-29Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-24Available
Ex Parte Notice(19AuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-23Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-18Available
Pld-ORBCOMM ResponseLETTER2016-08-09Available
Pld-ORBCOMM ResponseLETTER2016-08-09Available
Ex Parte Notice_3AugEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-08-05Available
Planet Labs Letter.pLETTER2016-07-26Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-07-01Available
Planet Labs Annual RLETTER2016-06-29Available
Ex Parte Notice_23JuEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-06-27Available
FINAL Notice of DeplLETTER2016-06-22Available
Ex Parte Notice-1JunEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-06-03Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-05-23Available
Ex Parte Notice-FileEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-05-17Available
PLD-AppSTA-SpacefligCOMMENT2016-05-13Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-04-22Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-03-11Available
Pld-ORBC ReplyTo PlaREPLY2016-02-16Available
Planet Labs OppositiOPPOSITION2016-02-03Available
Planet Labs Ex ParteEx PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER2016-01-25Available
Pld-ORBCOMM OppositiPETITION2016-01-19Available
Debris Risk AnalysisLETTER2015-12-08Available
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