Citing Lower FCC Fees, R2 Seeks Refund

R2 Space seeks a $31,510 refund of the license modification application fee for its XR-1 non-geostationary orbit satellite, citing FCC fee revisions adopted 3-2 in December (see 2012300044), said a petition Friday. The lower fees aren't yet in place "only because certain ministerial actions remain to be taken to implement it fully," and the agency should determine that the proper modification application fee for R2 is $2,175 and refund the difference of the $33,685 it paid, it said. The commission didn't comment.