Attachment letter

letter

LETTER submitted by Intelsat

letter

2004-12-03

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-19980417-00039 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD1998041700039_409474

sime saraoo—meerrauss Imatsat Nort Amenea LLC Intasat Amercas 7 «P Intelsat REcEIVED . pog December 3, 2004 Thomas S. Tyc o Chict, Satelite Division DEC — 8 2004 cesdass Interational Bureau in rpre Federal Communications Commission F***®XBzGRR®® Recéived" 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DEC 0 8 2004 Re: Loss of Service by Intelsat‘s IA«7 Satellite; Call Sign 52150 inoraiong Eusns Dear Mr. Tyer: On November 28, 2004, at approximately 2:30AM EST, Intelsat North America LLC‘s ("Intelsat") Intelsat Americas—7 satelit ("1A—7"), cll sign $2159, experienced a sudden and unexpected electrical distribution anomaly, which caused the loss ofall service by the satellite. Although it appeared that the satellte was not recoverable, Intelsat continued to command the satelite and look for signs oflife. Rarly Monday, November 29, 2004, sporadic telemetry was received indicating that the satellte had responded to some of these commands. With the assistance of Space Systems/Loral, the manufacturer of IA—7, and Loral Skynet, tsatellte‘s previous operator,Intelsat was able to regain contact and control and services have been restored on this satllite for several customers. TA—7 is a C—band and Ku—band hybrid geostationary satelltelcensed at 129° W.L. covering the Continental United States, Alask, Hawaii, Canada, and Central America. The satelite was launched in September 1999 and commenced service in November 1999 as Telstar 7. The spacecraft‘s predieted end—oflife is 2015. On March 17, 2004, Intelsat acquired the satellte under the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement with Loral Space & Communications Corporation (Debtor—in—Possession), Loral SpaceCom Corporation (Debtor—in—Possession), and Loral Satelite, Inc. (Debtor—in—Possession). Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need additional information. Sinc David B. Meltzer cc: Andrea Kelly Robert Nelson Jabin Vahora un Goou Servccopoator


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