Deere Seeks Modified Approval for Its StarFire Earth Stations

Deere is asking the FCC International Bureau for modified approval to operate the receive-only L-band mobile earth stations it uses in its StarFire precision farming system. In an IB filing Friday, Deere asked for the same 60-day special temporary authority it first received in November 2014 and has subsequently received multiple times since then to operate the earth stations receiving from Inmarsat satellites operating at 15.5 and 54 degrees west and at 178 degrees east. Deere said it was recently notified by Inmarsat the StarFire L-band downlink signals in North America would transition soon to 1545.9775 and 1545.9875 MHz.