Attachment GRANT

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20041130-00214 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Approved by OMB 3060—0578 Date & Time Filed: Nov 30 2004 6@44:34:8GPM File Number: SAT—$TA—20041130—00214 Callsign: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ArPLICATION FoR SPACE STATION SPECIALTEMPoRARY AuTHORITY FOROFFICIAL USE ONLY APPLICANT INFORMATION Enter a description ofthis application to identify it on the main menu: STA Request to move AMC—15 to117 degrees WL. 1: Applicant Name: SES Americom,Inc. Phone Number: 609—987—4000 x187 DBA Name: Fax Number: so—ss7—a233 Streets 4 Research Way E—Mait: nancyeskenaziQ@ses—americom. com Clity: Princeton State: w Country: USA Zipeode: o8si0 ® Atentions Ms NaneyJ.Eskenari rominess. I % | Fike# _§8T—®. 870 . —, S94130 ,} «lS ‘Coan, in $250 Grant Do lzlmcg, 6log ru ‘\Jw‘mfl\% l ag Bresch C H.v“,(\-

ATTACHMENT Conditions of Authorization: SAT—STA—20041130—00214 Call Sign: $2180 Grant Date: December 10, 2004 SES Americom, Inc.‘s (*SES Americom")requestfor Special Temporary Authority (STA), File No. SAT—STA—20041130—00214, to relocate the AMC—15 KuKa—band hybrid sateliteto the 117 W.L. orbitl location and to temporarily stop atthe 117° W.L. orbitl location 18 GRANTED Accordingly, SES Americom is authorized to operate the AMC—15 satelfite‘s Tracking, Telemetry, Command and Monitoring (TTC&M) during the driftot117° W.L. orbitallocation and during its temporary stop at the 117° W.L. orbital location for the perid of30 days from December 10, 2004 until January 9, 2005, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in it application and this Attachment; and (1) During the drif othe AMC—15 satelite to the 117° W.L.orbiallocation and during ts temporary stop atthe 117° W.L. orbital lcation, SES Americom shall not operate the communications payload on the AMC—15." (2) SES Americom shall coordinate ts TTC&M operations with existing geostationary satelfites to ensurethat no unscceptable interference result from its TTC&M operations during the drif. (3) During thdrif ofthsatelite to the 117W.L. orbiallocation and duringis temporary stop at the 117° W.L..orbital location, no harmfulinterference shallbe caused by the AMC—15 satelite to any otherlawfully operating satelites orradiocommunication systems. Operations ofthe AMG—15 satelfite shall cease immediately upon notification ofsuch interference and SES Americom shall inform the Commission in writing immediately ofsuch an event (4) SEAmericom is required to accept iterference from other lwfully operating in—orbit satelltes (5) Any action taken or expense incurred as a resultofoperations parsuantt this special authority is slely at SES Americom‘s own risk. (6) Grant ofthe STA is withoutprejudice to our action on SES Americom‘s pending request, File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198, to operate the AMC—15 Ka—band payload fora period of two months atthe 117° W.L. orbital location and to also operate the AMC—15 Ka—band payload at the 113° W.L.orbital location ata later date (7) SES Americom shall notify the Cmm onie wrt than three business days after AMC—15 has arrived atthe 117° W.H) orbi hew‘s 5 ~STE 20091130 e CallSign 52_\5@ d $ZizG~ (orotheriitiien c i}4loutal s s 2110oloy T= \2]i0(0 To: T * SES Americom has advisd the Comf yelite at 136° W.L. orbial . location has been complted and the 103° WL orbital location parsuant t a previously gran ie letrfrom Karis Hast ~~~ Hogan & Harton L.L P to MarleneH. Dortch, Secetry,Federal Communications Commission, December 9, 2004 (egardingFile No. SAT—STA—20040622—00118)

2. Contact Name: KarisA. Hastings, Bs Phone Number: ant—6s7—5767 Companys Hogan & Harton LLB Fax Number: an—637—5010 Streets 555 Thireenth Stret, NW E—Mai: KAHastings@HHLamcom Washington State: pe usa Zipeote: ano04 —1109 Relationship: Legal Counsel (1T your aplication s related to an application fled with the Commission, enter the file number below) 3. Reference File Number ‘a. Ts a foesubmited with this application? @ If ¥es, complete and attach FCC Form159. If No, indicate reason fofee exemption (see 47 C.F.R Section 1.1114) @ Govermmental Entity gy Noncommercialeducationl licensee g Oterfplease explain) fi. Fee Classifcation CRY — Space Station (Geostationay) 5. Tope Request @ ChanseStrtion Location > Extend Expiration Date g Oer 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date 117 degrees W. L

3. Description —(If the complete description does not appear in this box,please go tothe end of the form to view it in its entirey.) lses americon, inc. hereby respectfully requests special temporary authority for 30 days to relocate the AMC—15 Ku/Ka—band hybrid satellite imnediately to the 117 degrees W.L. lorbital position and to operate the satellite‘s Ru—band TT&C payload at that position. 9. By checking Yes the undersigned certfes hat neither aplicant nor any other partytothe application is subject @ Yes ¢ No to a denial ofFederal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursiant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 8G2, because ofa conviction for possession or distibation ofa contrlledsubstance. See 47 CFR 1—2002(b)for he meaningof &quotparty to the application&quo,forthese purposes 10. Name of Peron Signing 11 Tite ofPeson Signing Nancy . Eskenazi [Vice President and Associte General Counsel 12 Please supply any need Atachment 1: A. 1 Atachment 2: Atachment 3: WiLLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S, Code, Tile 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Tite 47, Section 312(a)(), AND/OR FORRETTURE (U.S. Code, Tite 47, Section 503).

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Application by SES AMERICOM, INC. File No. SAT—STA— For Special Temporary Authority To Relocate AMC—15 to 117° W.L. EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED APPLICATION OF SES AMERICOM, INC. SES Americom, Inc. (‘SES Americom") hereby respectfully requests special temporary authority for 0 days to relocate the AMC—15 Ku/Ka—band hybrid satellite immediately to the 117 W.L. orbital position and to operate the Ku—band TT&C payload at that location. SES Americom seeks to commence the relocation of AMC—15 now but would not provide services over the satellite until the Commission acts on SES Americom‘s separate pending request to operate the Ka—band payload of AMC—15 for a period of two months at 117° W.L.\ Grant of the instant request will permit SES Americom to put AMC—15 in position in order to meet the time— critical requirements of SES Americom‘s customer for service at 117° W.L. and will free up ground equipment needed to support the launch of AMC—16 on December 16. 1 File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198 (the "October STA Request). The October STA Request also sought authority to operate AMC—15 at 113° W.L. at a later date. However, the application here only requests authority to place the satellite at 117° W.1.. pending grant of further authority to operate and relocate the spacecraft.

AMC—15 is a Ku/Ka—band satellite that was launched on October 15 and is licensed to operate at the 105° W.L. orbital position.® SES Americom was authorized to test the Ku— and Ka—band payloads of AMC—15 at the 136° W.L. orbital location.® That testing has now been completed. SES Americom proposes to relocate AMC—15 from 136 W.L. to 117° W.L. at the company‘s own risk pending action on the October STA Request. The public notice period for that request recently closed, and two parties made filings relating to the application.+ SES Americom will be responding later this week to the NRTC and Telesat filings, and will demonstrate that neither party has presented a legitimate obstacle to grant of the October STA Request. For present purposes, however, the Commission need only determine that permitting SES Americom to relocate AMC—15 to 117° W.L. and to operate its Ku—band TT&C payload at that location is consistent with the public interest. Telesat has raised concerns regarding coordination of AMC—15 at 117 W.L. with Telesat‘s existing and future operations at 118.7° W.L. SES Americom reiterates the commitment it made in the October STA Request to coordinate with Telesat. SES Americom has determined, based on information available to it concerning the * See File Nos. SAT—LOA—20030219—00013; SAT—AMD—20030422—00069; SAT— AMD—20040615—00117; & SAT—MOD—20030214—00011, granted Aug. 18, 2004. ® See File No. SAT—STA—2004062200118, granted Aug. 18, 2004. + See Petition to Deny of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198 (Ailed Nov. 22, 2004); Comments of Telesat Canada (‘Telesat"), File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198 (led Nov. 22, 2004). 2

current Telesatoperations, that there is no overlap of AMC—15‘s Ku—band TT&C frequencies with the Ku—band transponders or TT&C frequencies on Telesat‘s Anik E2 spacecraft at 118.7° W.L.3 In these circumstances we do not anticipate any problem in completing coordination of the limited Ku—band TT&C operations of AMC—15 proposed here. SES Americom seeks temporary authority to relocate AMC—15 to 117° W.L. and to operate its Ku—band TT&C payload at that location pursuant to the following conditions: (a) SES Americom will coordinate its TT&C operations with all potentially affected operating satellite networks. (b) No harmfulinterference will be caused to any lawfully operating satellite network or radio communication system and SES Americom operations will cease immediately upon notification of harmful interference. Purther, SES Americom shall notify the Commission in writing that it has received such a notification within 14 days of receipt. (¢) SBS Americom will accept interference from any lawfully operating satellite network or radio communication system. (d) Temporary authority is limited to the Ku—band TT&C frequencies for which the AMC—15 satellite is authorized. (e) The authorization is subject to change in any of its terms or cancellation in its entirety at any time upon reasonable notice, but without hearing, if in the opinion of the Commission circumstances require. s The Ku—bandtelemetzy beacons on AMC—15 operate at 11702.0 MHzand 12198.0 MHz, and the AMC—15 command frequency is at 14001.5 MHz. These frequencies are outside the range of the Anik E2 Ku—band transponders, which operate between 11703 and 12197 MHz on the downlink, and between 14008 and 14497 MHz on the uplink. Similarly, there is no overlap with the Anik E2 TT&C frequencies. Anik E2 has beacons operating at 12199 and 12199.5 MHz and has a command frequency at 14499.25 MHz.

(0 SES Americom shall notify the Commission in writing no later than seven days after it has commenced the move of AMC—15 to 117" W.L. SES Americom hereby certifies that no party to this application is subject to a denial of federal benefits pursuantto Section 5801 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862. SES Americom waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or of the electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the previous use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests an authorization in accordance with this application. For the foregoing reasons, SES Americom seeks temporary authority for a period of 30 days to relocate AMC—15 to 117° W.L. and to operate only the Ku— band TT&C payload at that location. SES Americom requests expedited action on this application to permit relocation to commence as soon as possible. Respectfully submitted, SES Americom, Inc. By: J. Nancy J. Eskenazi f Counsel Vice President and Peter A. Rohrbach Associate General Counsel Karis A. Hastings SES Americom, Inc. Hogan & Hartson LL.P. Four Research Way Washington, D.C. 20004—1109 Princeton, NJ 08540 Tel: (202) 637—5600 Dated: November 80, 2004


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