FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

Applicant Name
Name of Applicant:  Firefly Aerospace, Inc.

Address
Attention: Adam Materne
Street Address: 1320 Arrow Point Drive
P.O. Box:
City: Cedar Park
State: TX
Zip Code: 78613
Country:
E-Mail Address: adam.materne@fireflyspace.com

Best Contact
Give the following information of person who can best handle inquiries pertaining to this application:  
Last Name: Materne
First Name: Adam
Title: Launch Vehicle Safety and Licensing Specialist
Phone Number: 2542383426

Explanation
Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
This STA is necessary to authorize launch vehicle communications for Firefly’s VCLS-2 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base SLC-2. This includes a suborbital first stage and an orbital second stage. All downrange Earth stations are receive-only. This STA replaces 1914-EX-ST-2022, an extension of 0906-EX-ST-2022, which covers operations through 01JUL2023. This new STA accounts for delays in planned launch which was intended to occur prior to July 2023, which now is planned for August 2023. Firefly has some changes to administrative and technical data for this STA. Firefly is not requesting a second extension of the prior STAs, but a new STA.

Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:  Launch vehicle communication for Firefly Alpha mission VCLS-2.

Information
Callsign: WV9XQD
Class of Station: MO
Nature of Service: Experimental

Requested Period of Operation
Operation Start Date: 07/01/2023
Operation End Date: 01/01/2024

Manufacturer
List below transmitting equipment to be installed (if experimental, so state) if additional rows are required, please submit equipment list as an exhibit:  
Manufacturer Model Number No. Of Units Experimental
Quasonix Timter QSX-V 2 No

Certification
Neither the applicant nor any other party to the application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. The applicant hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the prvious use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests authorization in accordance with this application. (See Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) The applicant acknowledges that all statements made in this application and attached exhibits are considered material representations, and that all the exhibits part hereof and are incorporated herein as if set out in full in this application; undersigned certifies that all statements in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Applicant certifies that construction of the station would NOT be an action which is likely to have a significant environmental effect. See the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR1.1301-1.1319.
Signature of Applicant (Authorized person filing form): Adam W Materne
Title of Applicant (if any): Launch Vehicle Safety and Licensing Specialist
Date: 2023-05-31 00:00:00.0

Station Location
City State Latitude Longitude Mobile Radius of Operation
Lompoc California North  34  45  20 West  120  37  20 Lompoc, CA
Datum:  NAD 83
Is a directional antenna (other than radar) used?   No
Exhibit submitted:   No
(a) Width of beam in degrees at the half-power point:  
(b) Orientation in horizontal plane:  
(c) Orientation in vertical plane:  
Will the antenna extend more than 6 meters above the ground, or if mounted on an existing building, will it extend more than 6 meters above the building, or will the proposed antenna be mounted on an existing structure other than a building?   No
(a) Overall height above ground to tip of antenna in meters:  
(b) Elevation of ground at antenna site above mean sea level in meters:  
(c) Distance to nearest aircraft landing area in kilometers:  
(d) List any natural formations of existing man-made structures (hills, trees, water tanks, towers, etc.) which, in the opinion of the applicant, would tend to shield the antenna from aircraft:
Action Frequency Station Class Output Power/ERP Mean Peak Frequency Tolerance (+/-) Emission Designator Modulating Signal
New 2215.00000000- MHz MO 5.000000 W 5.500000 W M 1.00000000 % 3M90G1D OQPSK
Action Frequency Station Class Output Power/ERP Mean Peak Frequency Tolerance (+/-) Emission Designator Modulating Signal
New 2272.50000000- MHz MO 5.000000 W 5.500000 W M 1.00000000 % 3M90G1D OQPSK