Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20130730-00098 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2013073000098_1005539

REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION (Call Sign S2369) DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (“DIRECTV”) hereby requests that its authorization to operate the DIRECTV 1R spacecraft at the 55.8º E.L. orbital location be modified to reflect the amendment of DIRECTV’s operational agreement with New Skies Satellites, B.V. (“New Skies”). In accordance with Section 25.117(d)(1) of the Commission’s rules, DIRECTV identifies in this Application only those items of information that should be changed from its original application. DIRECTV hereby certifies that the remaining information in its original application has not changed. On December 21, 2012, the Commission granted DIRECTV authority to operate DIRECTV 1R at the 55.8° E.L. orbital location. 1 Condition 4 of that grant states that operations of the spacecraft “must conform to the operational agreement reached between DIRECTV and New Skies, dated December 20, 2012.” The parties recently concluded an amendment to that operational agreement. Accordingly, DIRECTV requests that its authorization be modified to provide that operations of DIRECTV 1R at this orbital location “must conform to the operational agreement reached between DIRECTV and New Skies, dated December 20, 2012, as amended from time to time.” This modification will enable DIRECTV to conform its operations to the most recent agreement with New Skies immediately, and also enable the parties to make further adjustments to that agreement in the future as appropriate without further involvement of the Commission. Grant of this application will serve the public interest by enabling DIRECTV to conform the operations of DIRECTV 1R to the parameters of its most recent agreement with New Skies, ensuring intensive use of valuable orbital/spectrum resources without risk of causing harmful interference to the adjacent satellite operator. 1 See Grant Stamp, IBFS File Nos. SAT-A/O-20120817-00137, SAT-AMD-2012824-00142, and SAT- AMD-20120913-00148 (granted Dec. 21, 2012).


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