Attachment 2002Public Notice DA

2002Public Notice DA

PUBLIC NOTICE submitted by IB, FCC

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2002-11-15

This document pretains to SAT-PDR-20010309-00020 for Petition for Declaratory Ruling on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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466885 0 € f PUBLIC NOTICE o Federal Communications Commission News Media Information 202 / 418—0500 445 12"" St., S.W. Internet: http://www.fce.gov Washington, D.C. 20554 TTY: 1—888—835—5322 SPB—181 DA 02—3179 Released November 15, 2002 REVISION OF PERMITTED LIST ENTRY FOR THE NSS—7 SATELLITE TO REMOVE COORDINATION CONDITIONS File Nos. SAT—PDR—20010309—00020 and SAT—PDR—20011016—00137 On May 28, 2002, the Chief of the International Bureau‘s Satellite Division released an Order in the above referenced proceedings placing NSS—7, a satellite launched and operated by New Skies Satellites N.V. ("New Skies"), on the Permitted Space Station List (the "Permitted List") at the 21.5° W.L. (338.5° E.L.) orbital location.‘ By this Public Notice, we revise NSS—7‘s entry on the Permitted List to lift conditions imposed on New Skies by the NSS—7 Order since New Skies has agreed, with the concurrence of the Netherlands administration, and as required by that Order, to undertake certain coordination commitments." Because NSS—7 does not meet all of the Commission‘s technical rules adopted to ensure compatibility of satellite systems operating with at least two—degrees of orbital spacing, the NSS—7 Order imposed certain conditions on the authorization of earth stations communicating with NSS—7. Specifically, the NSS—7 Order provides that New Skies is required to coordinate in good faith with any future U.S.—licensed services over a U.S.—licensed or non—U.S.—licensed satellite that complies with the Part 25 technical requirements and is located as close as two degrees away from NSS—7." If a coordination agreement cannot be reached, New Skies is required to operate on a non—harmful interference basis relative to the compliant U.S.—licensed services.* The NSS—7 Order further states that these conditions will be lifted if New Skies, with the concurrence of the Netherlands government, undertakes the following commitments. First, compliant U.S. services over U.S.—licensed or non—U.S.— licensed satellites serving the U.S. market spaced two—degrees or more from NSS—7 are assumed to be fully coordinated. Second, non—compliant U.S. services over U.S.—licensed or non—U.S.—licensed satellites serving the U.S. market spaced two degrees or more from NSS—7 will be coordinated on an equal basis, irrespective of the relative dates of receipt of the coordination requests at the International Telecommunication Union for the relevantsatellite networks." ‘ New Skies Satellites N.V., 17 FCC Red. 10369 (Int‘l Bur. 2002)("NSS—7 Order"). > Id. at 11 32. } Id. at 21. * 1d. * ~Id m 4 32.

By letter dated September 19, 2002, the Radiocommunications Agency of the Netherlands informed the Federal Communications Commission that New Skies has agreed, with the written concurrence of the Netherlands administration, to undertake the coordination commitments specified in the NSS—7 Order.° Accordingly, we remove the following conditions on earth stations accessing the NSS—7 satellite: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each earth station with "ALSAT" designated as a point of communication may communicate with NSS—7, only under the following conditions, unless New Skies Satellites, N.V., undertakes the commitments set forth in paragraph 21, and the Administration of the Netherlands gives its concurrence, in writing, to those commitments. (a) In the future, should the Commission authorize access to the U.S. market by a satellite that is two— degree spacing compliant, and is located as close as two—degrees from a New Skies satellite, New Skies would be expected to coordinate, in good faith, with the licensee of this satellite. (b) If a coordination agreement is not reached, New Skies‘s operation of NSS—7 must be on a non— harmful interference basis relative to U.S. services being provided by the compliant satellite. (c) If a coordination agreement is not reached, these satellite networks shall not cause harmful interference to, nor shall operators accessing these satellite networks claim protection from, U.S. services provided over U.S.—authorized satellite networks, and/or U.S.—authorized services provided over non—U.S.—authorized satellite networks that are providing service to the United States that are compliant with the Commission‘s two—degree spacing rules. (a) In addition, operation of NSS—7 in the conventional C—band, shall cease immediately upon notification of harmful interference. Complaints of all radio interference shall be forwarded to the Commission in writing.‘ — FCC— ° Letter from A.J. van Dijken, on behalf of The Minister for Economic Affairs, Head Frequency Planning and Co— ordination Section, Radiocommunications Agency of the Netherlands, to Donald Abelson, Chief, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, (dated 19 September 2002). ‘ NSS—7 Order at T 31.


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