Attachment Exhibit B

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20100527-00112 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2010052700112_819558

Exhibit B Description of Application SkyTerra Subsidiary LLC (“SkyTerra”) hereby requests authority to extend the MSAT-2 license term, which expires on August 21, 2010, until December 31, 2011, i.e. approximately sixteen months. The next-generation replacement satellite for MSAT-2, SkyTerra 1, is scheduled for launch in the August to October 2010 window and will require several months of testing. Further, SkyTerra estimates that it will take approximately eight months to transition traffic from MSAT-2 to SkyTerra 1. Accordingly, an extension of the MSAT-2 license term is necessary to maintain continuity of service to customers. Apart from the changes already proposed in the modification application this filing amends, SkyTerra proposes no changes to the current operations of MSAT-2 and incorporates by reference the most recent technical parameters for the satellite on file with the Commission.1 The proposed extension does not impact the orbital debris mitigation plan for the satellite. SkyTerra has confirmed that at the conclusion of the requested extension period MSAT-2 will have sufficient fuel to de-orbit to a disposal altitude that complies with the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee standard, as stated in the MSAT-2 orbital debris mitigation plan.2 For the above reasons, SkyTerra submits that grant of this application serves the public interest. 1 See Application, File Nos. SAT-AMD-20100514-00101, SAT-MOD-2010041200075 (requesting authority to relocate MSAT-2 to 103.3°W); see also Technical Narrative, File No. SES-MFS-20070530- 00731. 2 Technical Narrative, File No. SES-MFS-20070530-00731, at 25. 402025151v1


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