Attachment 1990HCG ltr dec 19.p

1990HCG ltr dec 19.p

REQUEST submitted by Hughes

STA Request

1990-12-19

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-19901219-00070 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD1990121900070_1080012

LATHAM & WATKINS PAUL R. WATKINS (1899—1973) DANA LATHAM (1898—1974) ATTORNEYS AT LawW NEW YORK OFFicE 885 THIRD AVENUE, sUITE 1000 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022—4802 suITE 1300 TELEPHONE (212) 908—1200 FAX (212) 751—4864 CHICAGO OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004—2505 ORANGE COUNTY OFFICE SEARS TOWER, SUITE 5800 TELEPHONE (202) 637—2200 650 TOWN CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2000 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS eos06 FAX (202) 637—2201 COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA g2s268—1918 TELEPHONE (312) 878—7700 TLX 590775 TELEPHONE (714) 540—1235 FAX (312) 993—9767 FAX (714) 755—8290 LONDON OFFICE ELN 62793269 SAN DiEGO OFFICE 12 COPTHALL AVENUE 701 ‘B" STREET, SUITE 2100 LONDON EC2R 7DH ENGLAND December 19, 1990 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA a2101—8197 TELEPHONE 071—374 4444 TELEPHONE (819) 238—1234 FAX 071—374 4460 FAX (619) eae—7419 LOS ANGELES OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE 633 WEST FIFTH STREET, SUITE 4000 580 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 500 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90071—2007 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104 TELEPHONE (213) 485—1234 TELEPHONE (415) 391—0600 FAX (213) 891—8763 FAX (415) 395—8095 BY_HAND RECEIVED Cecily C. Holiday, Chief DEC 19 1990 Satellite Radio Branch m Federal Communications Commission Domestic Facilities Divigic: 2025 M Street, N.W., Room 6324 Satellite Radic Branch Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Use of Westar IV, Westar V or Galaxy VI for the Provision of Intra—Caribbean Services. Dear Ms. Holiday: Pursuant to Section 21.25 of the Commission‘s Rules, Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. ("HCG") hereby requests special temporary authority ("STA") to use one of the transponders on Westar IV, Westar V or Galaxy VI for intra—, Caribbean transmissions, as described more fully in the attached letter requesting reqgular authority for such transmissions. This STA is being sought for the period beginning January 16, 1991 and ending March 16, 1991, in order to provide one—way occasional video services from points in St. Lucia to other points in the Caribbean, including St. Lucia, via one of the Westar IV, Westar V or Galaxy VI (formerly Westar VI—S) domestic satellites. HCG would like to begin testing this service on January 16, 1991, and initiate service on February 4, 1991. HCG will not initiate this service before receiving notification from the St. Lucia government that any necessary INTELSAT Article XIV procedures have been fulfilled.

LATHAM & WATKINS Cecily C. Holiday December 19 1990 Page 2 + Please direct any questions regarding this matter to one of us. Respectfully submitted, Ma B.f______ John P. Janka Karen Brinkmann Counsel for HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS GALAXY, INC. Attachment cc: John M. Coles International Facilities Division

7— pSSs— t 4 LATHAM & WATKINS PAUL R. WATKINS (1899—1973) DANA LATHAM (1898—1974) ATTORNEYS AT Law NEW YORK OFFICE 885 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 1000 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022—4802 suITE 1300 TELEPHONE (212) 906—1200 FAX (212) 751—4864 WASHINGTON, D.Cc. 20004—2505 cHicaeo ORANGE COUNTY OFFICE SEARS TOWER, SUITE 5800 TELEPHONE (202) 637—2200 650 TOWN CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2000 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS eo606 FAX (202) 637—2201 COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA g26286—1918 TELEPHONE (312) 876—7700 FAX (312) 993—9767 TLX 590775 TELEPHONE (714) 540—1235 FAX (714) 755—8290 LONDON OFFICE ELN 62793269 SAN DIEGO OFFICE 12 COPTHALL AVENUE 701 ‘B" STREET, SUITE 2100 LONDON EC2R 7DH ENGLAND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA a2101—8197 TELEPHONE 071—374 4444 December 19, 1990 TELEPHONE (619) 23e—1234 FAX 071—374 44860 FAX (619) sas—7419 ar"p STREET, SUITE 4000 FIFTH aaes.sn 633 WESTTon 2 rzcr i\v;’ED SAN FRANCISCO OFFiCE _ —.o (Ripfanopapstecs. SS FRANCISCO,_CA suite LOs ANGELES, CALIFORNIA g0071—2007 ucl 19 1990 TELEPHONE (415) 391—0800 TELii*;o(:fS;z;:i-:32-312“ C 48 FAX (415) s95—8095 BY_HAND Knisvoew raCht Division acitities Satellite Roco Branch Cecily C. Holiday, Chief Satellite Radio Branch Federal Communications Commission ?—bss— hu—94] 2025 M Street, N.W., Room 6324 Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Use of Westar IV, Westar V or Galaxy VI for the Provision of Intra—Caribbean Services. Dear Ms. Holiday: Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. ("HCG") hereby requests expansion of its authority to utilize one additional transponder on one of the Westar IV, Westar V, or Galaxy VI (formerly Westar VI—S) domestic communications satellites for occasional video programming distribution between Caribbean locations. HCG would like to commence testing of this service on January 16, 1991, and initiate service on February 4, 1991. HCG makes this request pursuant to Western Union Telegraph Co. (Memorandum Opinion, Order and Authorization), 60 Rad. Reg. 2d [P&F] 1659 (1986) ("Western Union"). In that decision, the Commission authorized the use of any one transponder on any one of the Westar satellites for the distribution of video program material from Aruba to a network of receive stations also located in the Caribbean. The Commission stated that it would not preclude Western Union from requesting authority to use additional transponders on the Westar satellites for intra—Caribbean transmissions in the future should the need materialize. 60 Rad. Reg. 2d at 1661. Since the Western Union decision, HCG acquired from Western Union Telegraph Company the Westar III, IV, V and VI—S

LATHAM & WATKINS Cecily C. Holiday December 19, 1990 Page 2 satellites. See 3 F.C.C. Red. 6792 (1988). Under the authority granted in Western Union, HCG is currently using one transponder on Westar V on an occasional basis for video transmissions from a transmit point in Aruba to a receive point in Aruba. HCG now requests that its authority be expanded to permit HCG to use one additional transponder on any of the Westar IV, Westar V and Galaxy VI domestic satellites for the provision of occasional video services between points in the Caribbean. HCG notes that the Commission need not consider any issues related to Article XIV of the INTELSAT Agreement in acting on HCG‘s request. See Western Union, 60 Rad. Reg. 2d at 1661. The services proposed herein will be neither U.S. domestic services nor "transborder" communications, but rather strictly intra—Caribbean transmissions. HCG initially plans to use the transponder that is the subject of this request to provide occasional video transmissions from points in St. Lucia to other points in the Caribbean (including St. Lucia itself), but the authority requested herein is for all intra—Caribbean transmission paths. The service being proposed herein need only be consulted under Article XIV of the INTELSAT agreement, if at all, by the St. Lucia government. HCG will not commence provision of this service before receiving notification from the St. Lucia government that any necessary INTELSAT Article XIV procedures have been fulfilled. For the foregoing reasons, HCG respectfully requests that its authority under Western Union be expanded to cover the use of any two transponders on Westar IV, Westar V or Galaxy VI for intra—Caribbean transmissions. Please direct any questions concerning this matter to one of us. Respectfully submitted, John P. Janka Karen Brinkmann Counsel for HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS GALAXY, INC. co: John M. Coles International Facilities Division


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