Each service below lists its scope, inputs, deliverable, and timeline. Work is quoted in writing and starts once the scope is signed and a mutual NDA is in place. Apogee also does technical work for the regulators themselves: frequency allocation, sharing studies, and licensing frameworks for the FCC, NTIA, the ITU, and NOAA.
Licensing and registration strategy
Operators preparing a space station or earth station application under part 100 (formerly part 25), a modification, a US market access petition for a foreign-licensed system, an SCS authorization, or ITU filings through the FCC; start-ups working out what their first filing needs.
What you get
An application roadmap listing every technical showing the filing needs and its status, a milestone and bond calendar under the part 100 rules (formerly 47 CFR 25.164 and 25.165), the ITU filing plan, and a filing-ready technical narrative for counsel.
TimelineTwo to three weeks from documents received. Reviewed in a working session, with the written roadmap two days later.
What to have ready
Mission architecture, frequency plan, existing filings and their status, coordination agreements, business plan, and the milestones already running.
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Spectrum and bandwidth allocation
Operators deciding which bands to request and how to divide them: bandwidth per beam, polarization and color reuse, capacity per satellite, and the sharing rules each band brings with it.
What you get
An allocation plan with capacity and interference numbers for each candidate band, the coordination each band will require, and a position on the bands opened by the Spectrum Abundance proceeding.
TimelineTwo to three weeks.
What to have ready
Service requirements, candidate bands under 47 CFR 25.202 and the Table of Allocations, antenna and payload parameters, and the constellation geometry.
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Interference and sharing analysis
Operators that need a technical showing the FCC, the ITU, or a coordination counterpart will accept: PFD and EPFD, the performance-based GSO protection criteria under FCC 26-26, NGSO/NGSO inter-round criteria, ESIM, or SCS out-of-band emissions.
What you get
An analysis memo written for the record with reproducible models, the sensitivity of the result to the assumptions, and support in the coordination meetings that follow.
TimelineTwo to four weeks per showing.
What to have ready
Beam patterns, power and EIRP masks, constellation geometry, the counterpart system's parameters where available, and the rule or agreement the showing has to satisfy.
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Orbital debris and disposal compliance
Operators preparing the orbital debris showing under part 100 (formerly 47 CFR 25.114(d)(14) and 25.283): five-year post-mission disposal, collision risk, casualty risk, and disposal reliability.
What you get
Decay and disposal analysis across the solar cycle, the reliability argument for the disposal method, casualty expectation, and the narrative and tables for the showing.
TimelineTwo weeks.
What to have ready
Spacecraft mass and area, propulsion and disposal method, operational altitude, reliability data, and the mission timeline.
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Policy and rulemaking
Operators, investors, and trade groups with a stake in an open proceeding, and the regulatory bodies that need independent technical analysis: Spectrum Abundance, GSO/NGSO sharing, SCS and direct-to-device, orbital debris, or the WRC-27 agenda.
What you get
Comments and reply comments with technical exhibits, ex parte summaries, WRC-27 positioning, and monthly docket monitoring with upcoming deadlines.
TimelineRetainer month to month after the first three, or fixed fee for a single filing.
What to have ready
The docket record, the client's position, and the technical facts that support it.
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Diligence and on-site support
Investors and acquirers evaluating a satellite operator, and operators that want Apogee to attend coordination meetings, hearings, agency visits, or a board meeting.
What you get
A diligence memo on what the authorizations are worth, what the milestones require, and where the interference and disposal risks are; on site, preparation before the meeting, attendance, and a written debrief within two days.
TimelineOne to three weeks for diligence. On-site work scheduled around the client's date; day rate plus travel at cost.
What to have ready
Authorizations, filings, milestone status, spectrum rights and leases, coordination agreements, and the technical showings behind them.
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