Public Notice SAT00808

Action Taken Public Notice

Satellite Space Station

2011-09-16

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SAT-STA-20110727-00138Satellite Space Station
SAT-MOD-20110714-00126Satellite Space Station
SAT-LOA-20030827-00174Satellite Space Station
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PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET S.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20554 News media information 202-418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov) TTY (202) 418-2555 DA No. 11-1565 Report No. SAT-00808 Friday September 16, 2011 Policy Branch Information Actions Taken The Commission, by its International Bureau, took the following actions pursuant to delegated authority. The effective date of these actions is the release date of this Notice, except where an effective date is specified. SAT-MOD-20110714-00126 E S2156 SES Americom, Inc. Modification 09/14/2011 - 11/20/2013 Grant of Authority Effective Date: 09/14/2011 Nature of Service: Direct to Home Fixed Satellite, Fixed Satellite Service On September 14, 2011, the Satellite Division granted, with conditions, the request of SES Americom, Inc. to modify the license of its AMC-5 space station to permit telemetry, tracking, and telecommand operations using center frequencies of 14.001 GHz (telecommand) and 11.701 and 11.702 GHz (telemetry) necessary to relocate AMC-5 from its current orbital position of 79.05º W.L. to the 79.10º W.L. orbital location and to maintain the AMC-5 space station at 79.10º W.L. as an in-orbit spare with an east-west station-keeping tolerance of +/-0.1 degrees. SES Americom did not request, and was not granted, authority to activate the conventional Ku-band communications payload of AMC-5 at 79.10º W.L. as part of this license modification. SAT-STA-20110727-00138 E S2399 Intelsat License LLC Special Temporary Authority Grant of Authority Effective Date: 09/14/2011 On September 14, 2011, the Satellite Division granted, with conditions, special temporary authority to Intelsat License LLC for a period of 180 days to continue to conduct telemetry, tracking, and telecommand operations with the Intelsat 603 space station and to continue to provide Fixed-Satellite Service temporarily in certain C- and Ku-band frequencies from the 11.5º E.L. orbital location. Specifically, Intelsat is authorized to provide FSS from this location in the 3700-4200 MHz (space-to-Earth), 5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to-space), 10950-11200 MHz (space-to-Earth), 11450-11700 MHz (space-to-Earth) and 14000-14500 MHz (Earth-to-space) frequency bands, and to conduct TT&C using the following frequencies: 6173.7 MHz, 6176.3 MHz, 3947.5 MHz, 3948.0 MHz, 3952.0 MHz, and 3952.5 MHz. INFORMATIVE SAT-LOA-20030827-00174 S2487 MSV International, LLC On June 12, 2006, MSV International, LLC surrendered its authorization to operate a space station at the 63.5° W.L. orbital location. Letter from Jennifer Manner, Counsel for MSV International, LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (June 12, 2006); Letter from Bruce Jacobs, Counsel for LightSquared L.P., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (August 17, 2011). The Ku-band feeder link frequencies, 10.7-10.95 GHz, 11.2-11.45 GHz, and 12.75-13.25 GHz, previously assigned to MSV at the 63.5° W.L. orbital location are now available for reassignment pursuant to the Commission's first-come, first-served licensing process effective 2:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. At that time, applicants may file applications for new space stations, market access by non-U.S. licensed space stations, modifications to licensed space stations, or amendments to pending applications taking this announcement into account. Applications for the spectrum filed prior to this date and time will be dismissed as premature without prejudice to refiling. The L-band spectrum frequencies on the surrendered authorization are not available for reassignment. Page 1 of 2

For more information concerning this Notice, contact the Satellite Division at 202-418-0719; TTY 202-418-2555. Page 2 of 2


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