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Approved by OMB 3060—0678 Date & Time Filed: Nov 30 2004 6:44:34:856PM File Number: SAT—STA—20041 130—00214 Callsign: FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONS CoMISSION APPLICATION FOR SPACE STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORTY ror OFFICIAL UsONtY APPLICANT INFORMATION Enter description ofthis application to identfy it onthe main menu: STA Request to mave AMC—15 to 117 degrees WL. 1: Applicant Name: SES AmericomInc. Phone Number: 609—987—4000 xat87 DBA Name: Fax Number: co0—0st—a233 Streets 4 Research Way E—Mail: nancyeskenazi@ses—americom. com Cit: Princeton State: w Country: USA Zipeode: ossio — Attentions Ms Nancy J. Eskenazi *h | #_S@r. s7o A 8 | > Laee #iso ‘Coz dfSign $ ty . 272IEC_. GratDae 12. 10 [oxy j LlL_m ho zsff“é h \lg Ne e oTh liewy breoch Chret

ATTACHMENT Conditions of Authorization: SAT—STA—20041130—00214 Call Sign: S2180 Grant Date: December 10, 2004 SES Americom, Inc.‘s(°SES Americom*) requestfor Special Temporary Authority (STA), File No. SAT—STA—20041 130—00214, to relocate the AMC—15 KuKa—band hybrid sateliteto the 117° WL. orbitallocation and to temporaily stop atte 117° W.L. orbitallocation 18 GRANTED. Accordingly, SES Americom is authorized to operate the AMC—15 satelite‘s Tracking, Telemetry, Commund and Monitoring (TTC&M) during the driftothe 117° W.L. orbtal location and during is temporary stop at the 117° W.L. orbital location forthe period of 30 days from December 10, 2004 untilJnuary 9, 2005, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specificationsset forth in it application and this Attachment; and (1) Duringthe dif of the AMC—15 satelte to the 117° W.L. orbital location and duringits 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 satelftes to ensure that no unacceptable interference result from is TTC&M operations during the drif. (3) During the drf othe stelite t the 117° W.L. orbiallocation and during is temporary stop at the 117° W.L. orbiallocation, no harmfulintrference shallbecaused by the AMC—15 satelite to any other lwfully operating satelitesor radiocommunication systems. Operations ofthe AMC—15 satelite shall cease immediately upon notifcation ofsuch interference and SES Americom shall inform the Commission in writing immediately of such an event. (4) SES Americom is required to acceptinterference from othelawfully operating in—orbit satelltes (5) Any action taken or expense incurred as a result ooperations pursuant to this special authority is solely at SES Americom‘s own risk. (6) Grant of the STA is withoutprejudiceto our action on SES Americom‘s pending request, File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198, to operate the AMC—15 Ka—hand payload for a period oftwo months at the 117° W.L.orbital lcation and t also operate the AMC—15 Ka—band payload at the 113° WL.orbital location at a later date (7) SES Americom shall notify the Cmmissionin wn shan three business days after_ AMC—15 has arived atthe 117° W. amm "RATSEPOOT3G zy CallSin_22150 one $3156 (orother ideiiien 7 TA fite \Z‘LC“C:’ Te t« _1 qo_i ! 8EAmericom has advised the Coomnss locaton hasbeen completed and the «gBviin: 105° W.L. orbtaocation parsuant o a previously grant ‘Se leter from Karis asings, Ex Hogan & HartsonL.L P, to Marlene H. Dortch, Sccetary, Federal Communications Commission, December9,2004 (rgarding File No. SAT—STA—20040622—00118)

2. Contact Name: KarisA. Hastings, Bs Phone Number: anr—s37—5767 Company: Hogan & Harson LLP Fax Number: anr—637—sor0 Street: 555 Thireenth Street, NW E—Mai: KAHastings@HHLawccom City: Washington State: s Country: USA Zipeote: 20004 =1100 Contact Relationship: Legal Counsel "ite: (1f your applcation is related to an application filed wit the Commission, enter the ie number below) 3. Reference File Number 4n.Is fee submited with tis application? @ If Ves,complete and atach FCC Form 159. If No,indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 CFR.Section 1.1114). Govemmental Enti y Noncommerciaeducationallicensce @ Other(please explain} h. Fee Classifcation CRY — Space Sution (Geostaionary) 5. Type Request @ ChangeStation Location & Extend Expiration Date g Oher 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended ExpirationDare 117 degrees W.L

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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 30 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 seoks 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. ‘ File No. SAT—8TA—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.L. 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—20040622—00118, granted Aug. 18, 2004. * See Petition to Deny of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (‘NRTC), File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198 (fled Nov. 22, 2004); Comments of Telesat Canada ("Pelesat‘), File No. SAT—STA—20041012—00198 (Gled Nov. 22, 2004). 2

current Telesat operations, 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.® n 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 harmful interference will be caused to any lawully operating satellite network or radio communication system and SES Americom operations will cease immediately uon 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. (¢) ES Americom will accept interference from any lawfully operating satellite network or radio communication system. (@) Temporary authority is limited to the Ku—band TT&C frequencies for which the AMC—15 satellite is authorized. (€) The authorization is subject to change in any of its terms or cancellation in its entiety at any time upon reasonable notice, but without hearing, ifin the opinion of the Commission circumstances require. 5_ The Ku—band telemetry beacons on AMC—15 operate at 11702.0 MHz and 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 5301 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 80 days to relocate AMC—15 to 117° W.L. and to operate only the Ku— band TT&C payload at that location. SBS Americom requests expedited action on this application to permit relocation to commence as soon as possible. Respectfully submitted, SES Americom, Inc. By: /s/ Nancy J. Eshenazi Nancy J. Bskenazi C 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 30, 2004


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