Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 08-1030
April 30, 2008
Mr. Jeffrey E. Rummel, Esq.
ARENT FOX PLLC
1050 Connecticut Ave
Washington, DC  20036-5339  
Re: Call Sign: E080003
File No. SES-MOD-20080325-00350
Call Sign: E080002
File No. SES-MOD-20080326-00358
Dear Mr. Rummel:
On March 25, 2008 and March 26, 2008, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems 
Integration, Inc. (BAE) filed the above-captioned applications to modify two earth station 
licenses to add Ka-band1 frequencies.  
Section 25.112(a)(1) of the Commissions rules, 47 C.F.R.  25.112, requires the Commission to 
return, as unacceptable for filing, any earth station application that is not substantially complete, 
contains internal inconsistencies, or does not substantially comply with the Commissions rules.  
BAEs applications do not comply with the Commissions rules, which renders it unacceptable 
and subject to dismissal.  For the reason explained below, we dismiss the applications as 
defective without prejudice to refiling. 
Section 25.115(e) of the Commissions rules provides that Applications to license individual 
earth stations operating in the 20/30 GHz band shall be filed on FCC Form 312, Main Form and 
Schedule B, and shall also include the information described in Section 25.138.  BAE did not 
submit antenna radiation patterns required by Section 25.138(d). Without this information, we 
cannot determine whether the proposed operations are likely to cause harmful interference to any 
other Commission-licensed operations.  Thus, these applications are incomplete. 
Additionally, BAE indicates in Form 312 Schedule B of the applications that it seeks to 
communicate with the AMC-15 satellite at 105o W.L. and the AMC-16 satellite at 85o W.L.  BAE 
  
1 BAE seeks to add the 18.3-18.8, 19.7-20.2, 28.35-28.6, and 29.25-30 GHz bands to its license for Call 
Sign E080003.  BAE seeks to add the 19.7-20.2 and 29.5-30.0 GHz bands to its license for Call Sign 
E080002.
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also seeks to communicate with ALSAT-designated satellites. Only those fixed-satellite service 
earth stations that are two-degree compliant and that operate in the 3700-4200 MHz, 5925-6425 
MHz, 11.7-12.2 GHz, or 14.0-14.5 GHz bands can request ALSAT as a point of communication.2  
Because BAEs proposed operation are in the 18.3-18.8, 19.7-20.2, 28.35-28.6, and 29.25-30 
GHz bands, BAEs application must specify the satellite or satellites with which the proposed 
FSS earth station seeks to communicate in these bands.
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 25.112(a)(1)3 of the Commissions rules, 47 C.F.R. 
25.112(a)(1), and Section 0.261 of the Commissions rules on delegations of authority, 47 C.F.R. 
 0.261, we dismiss these applications as defective without prejudice to refiling.4
Sincerely,
Scott A. Kotler
Chief, Systems Analysis Branch
Satellite Division
International Bureau
  
2 Amendment of the Commissions Regulatory Policies to Allow Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations to 
Provide Domestic and International Services in the United States, First Order on Reconsideration, IB 
Docket No. 96-111, 15 FCC Rcd 7207, 7214-16 (paras. 16-20).
3 47 C.F.R.  25.112(a)(1).  See also Echostar Satellite LLC, Order on Reconsideration, DA 04-4056 
(released December 27, 2004).
4 If BAE refiles an application identical to the one dismissed, with the exception of supplying the 
requested information, it need not pay an application fee.  See 47 C.F.R.  1.1109(d).