AMC-4 Ltr on Commenc

LETTER submitted by SES Americom, Inc.

AMC-4 Commencement Letter

2010-11-24

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-19940310-00007 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com November 24, 2010 By Electronic Filing Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Commencement of Operations Date for AMC-4 (Call Sign S2135) File Nos. SAT-MOD-20100623-00144 & SAT-LOA-19940310-00007 Dear Ms. Dortch: SES Americom, Inc., (“SES Americom,” doing business as “SES WORLD SKIES”1), by its attorneys, hereby supplements the record in the above-referenced proceedings concerning the AMC-4 spacecraft to provide information regarding the date AMC-4 commenced operations. In its grant of the modification application referenced above, the Commission indicated that the expiration date for the AMC-4 license was November 13, 2014.2 This date corresponds to fifteen years following the AMC-4 launch, which occurred on November 13, 1999. However, under the Commission’s rules, the fifteen-year period of a satellite license begins to run on the date that the satellite commences service, which is typically several weeks after its launch date.3 SES WORLD SKIES’ practice for each of its satellites is to file a letter notifying the Commission of the date operations commenced. We have been unable to locate a copy of such a letter regarding AMC-4 in our files, but our records reflect that AMC-4 commenced operations on December 22, 1999. Accordingly, we respectfully request that the Commission correct paragraph 13 of the AMC-4 Modification to reflect a license expiration date of December 22, 2014 for AMC-4. 1 SES WORLD SKIES is the commercial brand name for the integrated operations of two indirect subsidiaries of SES S.A.: SES Americom and New Skies Satellites B.V. (effective January 1, 2009). The brand name does not affect the underlying legal entities that hold Commission authorizations or U.S. market access rights. 2 File No. SAT-MOD-20100623-00144, Call Sign S2135, grant-stamped Nov. 4, 2010 (the “AMC-4 Modification”), Attachment at ¶ 13. 3 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.121(d). Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. Hogan Lovells refers to the international legal practice comprising Hogan Lovells US LLP, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Hogan Lovells Worldwide Group (a Swiss Verein), and their affiliated businesses with offices in: Abu Dhabi Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Berlin Boulder Brussels Caracas Chicago Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston London Los Angeles Madrid Miami Milan Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Philadelphia Prague Rome San Francisco Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Tokyo Warsaw Washington DC Associated offices: Budapest Jeddah Riyadh Zagreb

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch -2- November 24, 2010 Please address any questions regarding this matter to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Karis A. Hastings Karis A. Hastings Counsel for SES Americom, Inc. karis.hastings@hoganlovells.com D +1.202.637.5767 Cc: Stephen Duall Jay Whaley


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