Attachment Grant of Authority

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-20030827-00249 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA2003082700249_348481

Approved by OMB 3060-0678 APPLICATION FOR SATELLITE SPACE STATION AUTHORIZATIONS FCC Use Only FCC 3 12 MAIN FORM FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 1-8. Legal Name of Applicant Name: Rainbow DBS Company LLC Phone Number: 5 16-803-2569 DBA Name: Fax Number: 516-803-4824 Street: 200 Jericho Quadrangle E-Mail: dadeitch@rainbow-media.com City: Jericho State: NY Country: USA Zipcode: 11753 - Attention: David A Deitch Esq

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of the Application of ) Rainbow DBS Company LLC 1 File No. ) For Authority to Construct, Launch and ) Operate a Ka-Band Communications Satellite System APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY Rainbow DBS Company LLC (“Rainbow DBS”),” pursuant to Sections 308,309, and 319 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,2/hereby requests authority to construct, launch, and operate a two-satellite geostationary (“GSO”) communications satellite system using the Ka-band frequencies specified herein (“Rainbow Ka System”).3/ One satellite - Rainbow Ka 4 - is to be located at 71” W.L., while the second satellite - Rainbow Ka 5 - is to be located at ’I 119” W.L. The narrative to this application demonstrates how the Rainbow Ka System will comply with Sections 25.1 14 and 25.140 of the Commission’s rules for Ka-band satellite systems and I/ Rainbow DBS is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (“Cablevision”). 47 U.S.C. 66 308,309,319. 31 The Commissjon’s rules permit an applicant proposing more than one space station to provide the required information in a consolidated system application. 47 CFR 5 114(a). Simultaneous with the filing of this application, Rainbow DBS is submitting two other applications for Ka-band satellites to be located at 62” W.L., 87” W.L. and 129” W.L. The grant of any, or all, of these applications will enable Rainbow DBS to implement its objectives. The three applications,requesting five satellites, are within the five satellite per frequency limit placed on new applicants by the Commission’s rules. See 47 CFR 0 25.159(a).

Attachment Conditions of Authorization 11/21/2003 1. Rambow DBS Company LLC's application, SAT-LOA-20030827-00249, Call Sign S2555, IS GRANTED and Rainbow DBS Company LLC is authorized to launch and operate its Rainbow Ka 5 satellite at 119' W.L., in the frequency bands 18.3-18.8 GHZ, 19.7-20.2 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz, and 29.25-30.0 GHz, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in its application and this Attachment. 2. Rainbow Ka 5 must be constructed, launched, and placed into operationin accordance with the technical parameters and terms and conditions of this authorization by these specified time periods following the date of authorization: a. e x a t e a binding contract for construction within one year (1 1/21/2004) b. complete the Critical Design Review within two years (1 1/21/2005) c. commence construction within three years (1 3/21/2006) d Launch and begin operations within five years (1 1/2 1/2008) e. Rainbow DBS Company LLC must file a bond with the Commission in the amount of $5 million, pursuant to the procedure set forth in Public Notice,DA 03-2602,18 FCC Rcd 16283 (2003), within 30 days of the date of this grant (l a 2 1/2OO3). F a h e to meet any of these dates shall render this authorization null and void 3. Rainbow DBS Company LLC shall prepare the necessary infarmatiion, as may be required, for submission to the International Telecommunication Union 0 to initiqte and complete the advance publication, international coordination, due diligence, and notification process of this space station, in accordance with the ITURadio Regulations. Rainbow DBS Company LLC shall be held respons%le for all cost recovery fees associated with these I"'U filings. We also note that no protection fiom interference caused by radio stations authorized by other administrations is guaranteed unless coordination and notification procedures are timely completed or, with respect to indivibl administrations, by successllly completing coordination agreements. Any radio station authorization for which coordination has not been completed may be subject to additional terms and conditions as required to effect coordination of the frequency .. assignments of other adrrrrmstrations. See 47 C.F.R 0 25.1 11(b). 4. The license term for the Rainbow Ka 5 satellite, Call Sign S2555, is fifteen years and will begin to run on the date that Rainbow DBS Company LLC certifies to the Commission that the satellite has been successfully placed into orbit and its operation fully c o n f m to the terms and conditions of this authorization. 5. Rainbow DBS Company LLC must coordinate its downlink operations in the bands 18.3- 18.8 GHZ and 19.7-20.2 GHz with U.S. G0v-d Systems, including G o v m e n t operations to earth stations in foreign countries, in accordance with footnote US334 to the Table of Frequency Allocations, 47 C.F.R. 0 2.106. 6. Rainbow DBS Company LLC must conduct its operations pursuant to this authorization in a manner consistent with the power flux-density requirements of footnote US255 to the Table of Frequency Allocations, 47 C.F.R. 9 2.106, and 47 C.F.R. 0 25.208, of the Commission's Rules.

7. This grant does not in any way constitute an approval of Rambow DBS Company LLC's post-mission disposal plans for Rainbow Ka 5. 8. Rainbow DBS Company LLC must provide a written statement to the Commission within 60 days of the date of this grant that identifies any known satellites located at, or planned to be located at, Rainbow DBS Company LLC's assigned orbital location, or assigned in the vicinity of that location such that the station-keeping volume of the respective satellites might overlap, and that states the measuresthat will be taken to prevent in-orbit collisions with such satellites. This statement should address any licensed FCC systems, or any systems applied for and under consideration by the FCC. The statement need not address every filing with the ITU that meets these criteria, but s h d d assess and address any systems reflected in ITU filings that are m operation pr that Rainbow DBS Company LLC believes may be progressing toward launch, e.g., by the appearance of the system on a launch vehicle manifest. If Rainbow DBS Company LLC elects to rely on coordination with other operators to prevent in-orbit collisions, it shall provide a statement as to the manner in which such coordination will be effected. 9. Rainbow DBS Company LLC is afforded thirty days fiom the date of adoption of this grant and authorization to decline this authorization as conditioned. F a k e to respond within this period will constitute formal acceptance of the authorization as conditioned. 10. This grant is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules on delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. 0 0.261, and is effective upon adoption. Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1,106 or applications for review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. $5 1.106,1.115, may be filed within 30 days of the date ofthe public notice indicating that this action was taken. 2


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