Official Receipt of Withdrawal of Application

Federal Communications Commission

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
Official Receipt of Withdrawal of Application

Withdrawal ID	WTH20210810100415366
Withdrawal Date	08/10/2021 10:04:15:366 AM
FRN	0004984340
File Number	SES-STA-20210709-01020
Applicant Name	Universal Space Network, Inc.
IB Submission ID	IB2021002458
Callsign
Description of Application	The Metop meteorological forecasting spacecraft family has been in orbit for many years operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and forecast data is shared and downloaded at NOAA earth stations in collaboration with ESA under the Joint Polar System program. Eumetsat has contacted USN requesting support for de-orbit of the Metop-A spacecraft and testing for future LEOP of the Metop-SG series to be launched in 2022/2023 to replace Metop-A and other aging spacecraft in the series. USN is requesting a 180 day STA to support the Metop-A de-orbit and future LEOP ranging qualification testing using Metop-B and Metop-C. USN is requesting the SES-STA20210329-00586 STA remain valid until the commission has taken action on this 180 day deorbit request.
Filed on	07/09/2021 10:43:28:612 AM
Date of Public Notice
As requested by	Dave Massey - Chief Technologist (Name and Title of company official)
As requested by the above entity, the referenced application has been withdrawn. The application is not a GSO-like license application and is therefore not eligible for an application fee refund pursuant to Section 1.1113(d) of the Rules.