Attachment letter

letter

LETTER submitted by Loral

letter

2001-07-19

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-19980508-00043 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA1998050800043_508430

703 414 1671 TO 922824188748 P. 02/02 JUN (OJ ' W 1b:3kJ PK LWHL LtLilSLf4IIVE S p a n 6 Communiationr Lld. 17% leffmon Davis Hwy. John P. Stern Suite 100? Deputy General Counsel Arlington. VA 222QS35Cn (703)414-1060 Far: (7034016-1079 July 19, 2OOl Mr. momass. Tym Chief SateWi 8 RadiocommunicationDivision InternationalBureau Fedeml Communications Commission 445 lzh Street SW, 6* Floor Washington, DC 20554 c Dear Mr.Tycz: We writs to request that the Intematiocal Bureau reconsider and adjust the construction milestone datesin its Order (released. une 19,2001) granting Loral Space 8 Communications Ltd. authority b launch and operate a Vu-band satellite at 37.5 W.L. to replace Telstar 11 which is now operatingat that location. In the unt 19 Order the Bureau imposed the following construction milestones: Commence Construction: November 2001 Complete Construction: January 2C 03 Launch February 2303 It appears that the Bureau adopted the aunch milestone date as praposed in the application that Lomi filed in May 1398, and that the Bureau set the other milestone dates accordingly. Given the more than three years that elapsed betmen the filing of the Telstar 11 application and 'k grant, that launch date is no longer feasible. Accordingly, Loral requests that the construction milestonessot forth in paragraph 18 of ttie Order be adjusted as follows: Commence Construction: June 2002 Complete COrrWction: December 2004 Launch January 2035 These proposed adjusted milestone dates are realistic based on the date ofauthorization and are consistent with the rOutinc milestone scnedule that the Bureau attaches to FSS satellite authorizations. Moreover, the current prjection for the end of the useful life of Telstar 11 is May 2005.Correctingthe milestone dates as we have proposed would serve the public interest by maximizingthe useful life of Telstar 11 arrd permitting adequate time to construct and timely launch the authorized satellite that Will replace Telstar 11 at the end of its useful life. \ Sincerely, 6 - % John Stern cc: Peter A. Rohrbach - '. *- I ,I Paul R. Rodriquez


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