Intelsat 801 - Suppl

SUPPLEMENT submitted by Intelsat North America LLC

Supplement

2010-05-10

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20100316-00050 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2010031600050_815553

May 10, 2010 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority to Drift and Operate Intelsat 801, Call Sign S2391 Intelsat North America LLC (“Intelsat”) herein supplements the above- referenced pending request for a 60-day extension of its Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) to drift and operate Intelsat 801 (call sign S2391) at 29.5º W.L.1 Intelsat seeks to include in its STA extension request a request for waiver of Section 25.210(j) of the Commission’s rules2 to permit Intelsat to operate the Intelsat 801 satellite at 29.5º W.L with an East/West station-keeping tolerance of +/- 0.09º. Intelsat has included this same request for waiver of Section 25.210(j) in a pending amendment to its request for modification of authorization to operate Intelsat 801 at 29.5º W.L.3 The information to support grant of the requested waiver in the amendment has not changed and is incorporated by reference.4 As explained in the amendment, good cause exists for granting a waiver of Section 25.210(j). Expansion of the station-keeping box to +/- 0.09º will decrease the frequency of the satellite’s station-keeping maneuvers, allowing Intelsat to ensure safe station-keeping of the co-located Intelsat 801 and Intelsat 705 (call sign S2395) satellites. The proposed change will not result in harmful interference to adjacent satellite operators. Furthermore, grant of the waiver will not affect the station-keeping of any other spacecraft. No objections have been filed since Intelsat’s request for amendment was put on Public Notice. All of the technical information for the Intelsat 801 satellite already on file with the Commission has not changed and is incorporated by reference.5 1 See Request for Extension of STA to Drift and Operate Intelsat 801 at 29.5 º W.L., File No. SAT-STA-20100416-00079 (filed Apr. 16, 2010). 2 47 C.F.R. § 25.210(j). 3 See Intelsat North America LLC, Amendment to Modification to Relocate Intelsat 801 and Operate at 29.5 W.L., File No. SAT-AMD-20100316-00050 (filed Mar. 16, 2010); Intelsat North America LLC, Application to Modify Authorization for Intelsat 801 (S2391), File No. SAT-MOD-20100208-00024 (filed Feb. 8, 2010). 4 Id. 5 Intelsat North America LLC, Application to Modify Authorization for Intelsat 801 (S2391), File No. SAT-MOD-20100208-00024 (filed Feb. 8, 2010).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch May 10, 2010 Page 2 For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission grant Intelsat’s pending STA extension request as supplemented with this request for waiver. Sincerely, /s/ Susan H. Crandall Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation cc: Robert Nelson Kathryn Medley Stephen Duall


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