SES AMC-5 Inclined O

LETTER submitted by SES Americom, Inc.

AMC-5 (S2156) Letter

2010-06-16

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20100525-00110 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2010052500110_822825

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 June 16, 2010 By Electronic Filing Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Inclined Orbit of AMC-5 (Call Sign S2156) Dear Ms. Dortch: SES Americom, Inc., (“SES Americom,” doing business as “SES WORLD SKIES”),1 by its attorneys and pursuant to Section 25.280(a) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.280(a), hereby advises the Commission that its AMC-5 spacecraft is now in inclined orbit at the 78.95° W.L. orbital location. Inclined orbit operation commenced on June 13, 2010, with an initial inclination of 0.05 degrees. SES WORLD SKIES projects that the inclination will change at a rate of 0.8 degrees per year. SES WORLD SKIES has requested Commission authority to relocate AMC-5 to 79.05° W.L. upon arrival of the AMC-2 spacecraft at the nominal 79° W.L. orbital location in early July.2 The expected end-of- life of AMC-5 at 79.05° W.L. accounting for its inclined orbit is October 2011. 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 Kathyrn Medley 1 On September 7, 2009, SES S.A. announced that the newly integrated operations of its two indirect subsidiaries, New Skies Satellites B.V. and SES Americom would be conducted under a single brand name, SES WORLD SKIES. The new brand name does not affect the underlying legal entities that hold Commission authorizations or U.S. market access rights. 2 File No. SAT-MOD-20100525-00110 (Call Sign S2156). 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


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