Intelsat 8 to 169.0

SUPPLEMENT submitted by Intelsat License LLC

Intelsat 8 Mod Application Supplement

2012-12-14

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20120619-00100 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2012061900100_978369

December 14, 2012 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Supplement to Application for Modification of Authority for Intelsat 8 Call Sign S2460; File No. SAT-AMD-20120815-00131; SAT- MOD-20120619-00100 Dear Ms. Dortch: In response to a request from the FCC staff, Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) hereby clarifies Intelsat’s waiver request in the above referenced application, as amended, to operate Intelsat 8 at 169.0° E.L. in the 12250-12750 MHz frequency band. Specifically, Intelsat’s request to extend the waiver “to any earth station in International Telecommunication Union (“ITU) Region 2”1 means that Intelsat seeks authority to operate in the 12250-12750 MHz frequency band in the entirety of the coverage area of the following Intelsat 8 downlink beams: Australia and Global Telemetry beams. The coverage of these beams -- each of which includes at least part of ITU Region 2 -- is set forth in Exhibit 2-7 and Exhibits 2-11 through 2-13 at page 21 and pages 25-27, respectively, of the Engineering Statement included in the amendment to the modification application SAT-AMD-20120815-00131 and attached hereto for the Commission’s convenience.2 These beam patterns show that Intelsat 8 will operate in a small portion of the United States in the 12250- 12750 MHz frequency band -- specifically, only in Hawaii, Alaska, and the far western United States. Intelsat 8 will transmit to multiple earth stations within these beams, including to mobile antennas. 1 See Policy Branch Information; Satellite Space Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-00883, File No. SAST-MOD- 20120619-00100 (July 20, 2012) at 4. 2 See Policy Branch Information; Satellite Space Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-00895, SAT-AMD-20120815- 00131 (Sept. 7, 2012) (Public Notice).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch December 14, 2012 Page 2 Please direct any questions to the undersigned at (202) 944—7848. Sincerely, (ACAM, Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation ce: Andrea Kelly Stephen Duall Jay Whaley Cindy Spiers

Exhibit 2-7: Ku-Band Australia Downlink Beam [Schedule S Beam Designation: AKHD] Beam Peak Gain: 34.0 dBi Beam Polarization: Horizontal Beam Peak EIRP: 52.7 dBW

Exhibit 2-11: Telemetry Downlink Beam [Global Horn Antenna] [Schedule S Beam Designation: TMGV] Peak Beam Gain: 22.8 dBi Polarization: Vertical Peak EIRP: 17.1 dBW

Exhibit 2-12: Telemetry Downlink Beam [Global Horn Antenna] [Schedule S Beam Designation: TMGH] Peak Beam Gain: 22.8 dBi Polarization: Horizontal Peak EIRP: 17.1 dBW

Exhibit 2-13: Telemetry Downlink Beam [+Z / -Z Antennas] [Schedule S Beam Designation: TMP] Peak Beam Gain: -2 dBi Polarization: Left Hand Circular Peak EIRP: 8.3 dBW


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