Attachment application.pdf

This document pretains to SAT-STA-19960815-00104 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Approved by OMB 3060—0589 FCC REMITTMANCE ADVICE Expires z22807 pacEno. _1 or 1 (RESERVED) SPECIAL USE FCC USE ONLY (Read instructions carefully BEFORE proceeding.) PAYOR INFORMATION (1) FCC ACCOUNT NUMBER Did you have a number prior to this? Enter it. (2) TOTAL AMOUNT PAID (dollars and cents) o [9 |s [3 [« |s |6 [« [9 I7 | | | | | | | | | | s 575 e 00 (3) PAYOR NAME (If paying by credit card, enter name exactly as it appears on your card) Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. PocEaspCC _ (5) STREET ADDRESS LINE NO. 2 75034AF6 (6) crry (7) STATE (8) ZIP CODE Long Beach CA 20810—9928 (9) DAYTIME TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (10) COUNTRY CODE (if not U.S.A.) (310) 525—5000 ITEM #1 INFORMATION (11A) NAME OF APPLICANT, LICENSEE, REGULATEE, OR DEBTOR FCC USE ONLY Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. sBs—41 ppgeyomecone (124) FCC CALL SIGN/OTHER ID (18A) ZIP CODE (14A) PAYMENT TYPE CODE (15A) QUANTITY (16A) FEE DUE FOR : C [R Y 1 $ 575.00 (17A) FCC CODE 1 (18A) PCC CODE 2 (19A) ADDRESS LINE NO. 1 (20A) ADDRESS LINE NO. 2) (21A) CITY/STATE OR COUNTRY CODE ITEM #2 INFORMATION (11B) NAME OF APPLICANT, LICENSEE, REGULATEE, OR DEBTOR FCC USE ONLY (12B) FCC CALL SIGN/OTHER ID (13B) ZIP CODE (14B) PAYMENT TYPE CODE (15B) QUANTITY (16B) reE DUE FOR PAYMENT TYPE CODE TN BLOCK14 $ (17B) FCC CODE 1 (18B) FCC CODE 2 (19B) ADDRESS LINE NO. 1 (20B) ADDRESS LINE NO. 2 (21B) CITY/STATE OR COUNTRY CODE oo crreorr card PaAymENnt INFORMATION (22) MASTERCARD/VISA ACCOUNT NUMBER: []] Mastereard EXPIRATION DATE: x Month Year D Visa > . AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE DATE (23) I hereby authorize the FCC to charge my VISA or Mastercard iz for the service(s)/authorization(s) herein describe. See public burden estimate on reverse. ~"C FORM 169

HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS A HUGHES ELECTRONICS COMPANY August 14, 1996 Federal Communications Commission Satellite and Radiocommunication Division P.O. Box 358160 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15251—5160 Attention: Fern J. Jarmulnek, Chief Satellite Policy Branch Re: Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. Request for Further Special Temporary Authority for Its SBS—4 Fixed Service Satellite Dear Ms. Jarmulnek: Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. ("HCG"), licensee of the SBS—4 fixed—service satellite, hereby requests a further grant of special temporary authority to continue to operate that satellite at its current location of 77° W.L. for an additional period of 180 days. On August 29, 1994, HCG filed an application for modification of the license of SBS—4 to extend the satellite‘s license term, or, alternatively, for special temporary authority to continue to operate the satellite for a period of 180 days following the expiration of the satellite‘s license term.l HCG‘s application was placed on public notice on September 14, 1994,2 and NBC subsequently filed comments in support of the application. The Commission has not yet ruled on the application. Since the 180—day period requested in HCG‘s original STA request was about to expire, HCG requested a further grant of authority on February 28, 1995, to continue operating the satellite for an additional 180 days. HCG subsequently filed requests for further grants of special temporary authority approximately every 180 days. Now that the 180—day period that ‘Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc., FCC File Nos. 59—DSS—ML— 94, 60—DSS—STA—94. 2Common Carrier Services Information, Report No. DS—1457 (released Sept. 14, 1994). HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RO. Box 9712, Long Beach, California 90810—9928 Telephone 310.525.5000

Federal Communications Commission August 14, 1996 Page 2 HCG last requested is expiring, HCG requests further authority to continue operating the satellite for an additional 180—day period. As HCG stated in its original application, its ten—year license term for SBS—4 has expired. Pursuant to Commission authorization, SBS—4 was launched on August 29, 1984, and successfully placed into geosynchronous orbit on approximately September 7, 1984. The satellite was put into service in November 1984, and it has operated successfully to date. Pursuant to Commission approval, SBS—4 was moved to 77° W.L. in February 1993 . At the 77° W.L. location, SBS—4 is fully dedicated to the NBC network. HCG‘s business arrangement with NBC allows NBC to utilize SBS—4 until the end of the satellite‘s useful life. In order to conserve fuel and prolong the useful life of the satellite, and pursuant to Commission authority,3 HCG is operating the satellite in an inclined orbit. HCG currently estimates that SBS—4 has sufficient fuel remaining to continue to provide service for approximately eight and one—half more years. HCG has proposed to continue to operate the SBS—4 satellite within the terms of its current license. Specifically, HCG has requested that the Commission modify the license for SBS—4 to extend HCG‘s license term at 77° W.L. In the past, the Commission has concluded that granting an application for modification of a satellite‘s license term to extend operating authority beyond the original term serves the public interest by "provid[ing] an opportunity for the public to continue receiving services" from the satellite.4 HCG has urged the Commission to reach the same result here. In the alternative, HCG has requested that the Commission grant it an STA for a period of 180 days (the maximum time permitted under the Commission‘s rules") so that it may continue to operate SBS—4 following the expiration of its license, and it hereby renews that request. HCG acknowledges that, in the recent C and Ku band processing round, the Commission assigned the 77° W.L. orbital location that SBS—4 presently occupies to Loral Space and Communications Ltd. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc., 9 FCC Red 2155 (1994) . 4American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 8 FCC Red 8741 (1993) . 547 C.F.R. § 25.119(b) .

Federal Communications Commission August 14, 1996 Page 3 for the Loral 2 hybrid (C and Ku band) satelliteS® and that, upon the launch of the Loral 2 satellite into the 77° W.L. orbital location, HCG will need to relocate the SBS—4 satellite. Grant of HCG‘s request will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity. It will allow HCG to continue to provide essential, valuable satellite services over SBS—4 without disruption to the NBC network and without requiring NBC to repoint all of its earth stations. Significantly, grant of HCG‘s further STA request will not have any adverse effect on other users of the orbital arc. Accordingly, HCG requests a further grant of special temporary authority to continue to operate its SBS—4 satellite at 77° W.L. for an additional period of 180 days. _ The undersigned certifies on behalf of HCG that neither HCG nor its parent company, Hughes Communications, Inc. ("HCI"), nor any of the officers or directors of HCG or HCI, is subject to a denial of federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862. Respectfully submitted, HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS GALAXY, INC. By : / Scott B. Tollefsgen Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary OAssignment of Orbital Locations to Space Stations in the Domestic Fixed—Satellite Service, DA 96—713 (released May 7, 1996) .

LATHAM & WATKINS paut R. warkins ussscie7s) ATTORNEYS AT LAW JrrsEy DANA LATHAM 18 98—1974) 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W. onE NEWARK CENTER NewaARK, NEW uersey o7ioi—a174 Micaso surme 1300 TeLEPNONE (2on eag—i234 Fax c2on ea0—7208 sears tower, suite 800 cHicaao, iLLiNGis eoscs washinaton, D.c. 20004—2505 york recerHone taia) a78—7700 TELEPHONE (202) ea7—2200 sas Thirp avenus, suire 1000 rax caie) no8—0767 Fax (@202) ea7—220! wew york, New york 10022—4802 TELEPHoNE (212) eo6—1200 orrics. rax (2im) 7siase4 one anokt court Lowbon Eczm 7HJ ENGLAND county TELEPHONE + a4—i7l—a74 a44a eso town center phivE, suitt 2000 FAX + aa«7ia74 a460 costa mesa, caLiorniA ©2eae—1028 tererHone (Zia) s40—i235 ANGFLES rax (iai 758—0200 eaa west rirth stheet, suite 4000 Los aNGELES, CALIFGRNIA ©0071—2007 mAM_DIEGO TeLEPHoNE (ala) a4os—4234 7oi ‘a" staret, suite 2100 rax «@iarsore7es August 15, 1996 saN bicGo, CALIFORNIA ©zi0f—8i97 Teuephone (ei0) age—i294 mescow rax (eie) eos—7a4i0 lia/ Lewinaky Prospect, suite c2oo moscow, RussiA i17i9e rRancisco TeLEPHoNE + 7—803 ose—ssss sos monTeomERy sTREET, suITE 1900 rax + 7—50a ase—ssso san FRaNciSCO, caLifoRNiA ©4ili—2502 TELEPHONE (4is) a9i—0800 Fax cais) 305—8008 DELIVERED Federal Communications Commission International Bureau —— Satellites P.O. Box 358210 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15251—5210 Attn: Fern J. Jarmulnek, Chief, Satellite Policy Branch Re: Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. Request for Further Special Dear Ms. Jarmulnek: Enclosed on behalf of Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc., licensee of the SBS—4 fixed—service satellite, are an original and four copies of a request for a further grant of Special Temporary Authority to continue to operate that satellite at its current location of 77° W.L. for an additional period of 180 days. Also enclosed are an FCC Form 159 and a check for $575.00 in payment ofthe filing fee for this STA request. The enclosed request contains an Anti—Drug Abuse Act Certification. Please contact me if you have any questions. Very truly yours, «—Aerevabkezec Teresa D. Baer Enclosures ce (w/enclosures): FCC Columbia Operations Center Kathleen Campbell (hand delivered)


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