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COMMENT submitted by Telesat Canada

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2004-12-06

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

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atanue Commission RECENEDC Pederal Communications C PY Washington, DC 20554 DEC — 6 2004 In the Matter of Application of. Foteal WW Ses ampiicon, inc. File No. SAT—STA—20041130—0@8cgiygqy For Special Temporary Authority To Relocate AMC—15 to 117° W.L. DEC 1 5 2004 _ Polcy B lematonalBreay CoOMMENTS OF TELESAT CANADA Telesat Canada ("Telesat"), by its attomeys, hereby comments on SES Americom, Inc.‘s ("SES") November 30, 2004 Application for Special Temporary Authorization ("Application") in the above—captioned proceeding." SES‘s Application seeks special temporary authorization (*STA") to locate and operate the Ku—band TT&C frequencies of ts AMC—15 satelite at the 117° W.L. orbital location for thirty days.* Telesat, the authorized Ku—band satellite operator at the 118.7° W.L. orbital location,® reminds the Federal Communications Commission ‘ SES Americom, Inc. Application ofSES Americom, Inc. For Special Temporary Authority To Relocate AMC—15 to 117W.L., File No. SAT—STA—20041130—00214 (filed Nov. 30, 2004). * In a separate proceeding, SES seeks STA to relocate and operate the Ka—band payload and Ku— band TT&C frequencies ofAMC—15 at 113° W.L. for two months and at 117° W.L. for two months. SES Americom, Inc., Application ofSES Americom, Inc. For Special Temporary Authority To Operate AMC—13 at 117° W L. and 113° W .L., File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198 (filed Oct. 12, 2004). Grant ofpresent Application, which requests narrower operational authority, should have no bearing on the outcome of that proceeding. * Telesatis licensed by Industry Canada to operate the Ku—band payload on the Anik E2 satellite at 118.7° WL. See Industry Canade, Authorized Canadian Satellies, at hitp:/strategisis.go.cafepicinternet/insmt—astnst/en/sf05343¢.himl (updated Sept. 23, 2004), In addition, the ECC has approved Telesatto serve the United States using the Ku—band payload of Anik E2. FCC, Permitted Space Station List, at hitpiwwnsfee.govibisd/se/permittedhtml (updated Nov. 4, 2004). Moreover, Telesat is authorized by Industry Canada to operate Anik F3, a future Ku— and Ka—band Fixed Satellte Service (*FSS") satellite,from the 118.7° W.L. orbital location. In June 2001, Telesat received an "Approval in Principle"from Industry Canada authorizing Telesat to operate Anik F3 from the 118.7° W.L. orbital location. See Industry Canada, Approvals in Principle, at btip:/Istrategis.ic.gc.colepic/intemevinsmt« ust nsffen/sf0187%e html#ApprovalsinPrinciple (last visited De. 3, 2004).. Pursuant to Industry Canada‘s licensing procedures, Telesat will receive a pro yorma license for Anik F3 coincident with launch. Telesat plans to launch Anik F3 in mid—2006.

(‘Commission®) that SES‘s requested Ku—band TT&C operations at 117° W.L.lin a portion of the are subject to the 1988 Trilateral Arrangement between the United States, Canade, and Mexico." SES‘s proposed authority would be at an orbital position not listed as a USA position and therefore would not conform to the 1988 Trilateral Arrangement. The Ku—band authority requested, although it relates solely to TT&C frequencies, is subject to the terms of the Arrangement. Exceptions to the 1988 Trilateral Arrangement may be made only after "consultation and with the agreement of"" Canada and Mexico." To the best of Telesat‘s knowledge, no such consultations have occurred. Telesat further advises the Commission that SES has coordinated its proposed Ku—band operations at 117° W.L. with Telesat. As a result, Telesat has no technical objections to SES‘s requested temporary Ku—band TT&C operations at 117° W.L., and the Commission may bring forward this fact n its consultations with Canada and Mexico. Respectfully submitted, TuesstCanapa Bert W. Rein Carl R. Frank Amy E. Bender of Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP 1776 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006—2304 202.719.7000 Its Attomeys December 6, 2004 * Under the terms of the 1988 Trilateral Arrangement, U.S. satellites may not operate in the Prilateral conventional C— or Ku— frequencies in the are of 105° W.L. to 1219 W.L. See Mexico, Arrangement Regarding Use ofthe Geostationary Orbit Reached by Canada, and the United States, Public Notice(Sept. 2, 1988) (*1988 Trilateral Arrangement® or "Arrangeme nt"), available at hitpPsrwewfee.govib/send /agree/filessateitetilat.pol. 5 See id. t Art. 4.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1, Vanesse Lansdowne, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy ofthe foregoing Comments of Telesat Canada was sent by frst—class mail, postage prepaid, this 6th day of December 2004, tothe following: Nancy J.Eskenazi Peter A. Rohrbach ‘Vice President & Associate General Counsel Karis A. Hastings SES AMERICOM, Inc. Hogan & Hartson L L.P. Four Research Way 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Princeton, NJ 08540 Washington, D.C. 200041109 (202) 637—5600 Counsel to SES AMERICOM, Inc. ; Y Vanessa Lansdowne


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