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LETTER submitted by PanAmSat

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2004-12-23

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20041215-00221 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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uw ornices ez nhereenm stmeer, nw GoLDBERG, GODLES, WIENER & WRIGHT washinaton, D.c.200se—2013 ORIGINAL nenry corosera gon csauce Josern Jonmuwa .contes menen Teuccoren: anmo. strawoeeno wed gon esre taur steru ecsiv m nenmierm wmiowt : gemnldgtntcon Trouas a. axemanot, ro. n 9 7008 wetstecimigare.con comse. December 23, 2004 ByHaxp RECEIVED Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary DEC 2 3 2004 Federal Communications Commission f The Portals, 445 12® Street, SW. _ ieC Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Galaxy 3R Request for Special Temporary Authority ECC File No. SAT—STA—20041215—00221 Dear Ms. Dortch: On December 15, 2004, PanAmSat Licensee Corp. ("PanAmSat") requested. special temporary authority ("STA") for 30 days to:(1) relocate Galaxy 3R from 111.0° W.L. to 73.95° W.L; and (2) operate the tracking, telemetry, and command ("TT&C") payload on the satellite during the relocation and once Galaxy 3R is on station at 73.95° W.L. This letter supplements PanAmSat‘s STA request to provide a fuller explanation of the need for PanAmSat to relocate Galaxy 3R. The Commission has granted PanAmSat licenses to operate two space stations in the vicinity of 74° W.L: (1) Galaxy 12, a C—band satellite that is assigned to 74.0° W.L.; and (2) SBS—6, a Ku—band satellite thatis assigned to 74.05° W.L. Pursuant to an STA, however, Galaxy 12 has been relocated 125° W.L.* where it has been servingas an in— orbit spare while Galaxy 5 approached the end of ts usefullife and where it will serve as the replacementfor Galaxy 5, on an interim basis, when Galaxy 5 is retired from service next month.2 * More precisely, Galaxy 12 intally was stationed at125 25" W.L.and is being relocated to 125.05° WL. See FCC File Nes. SAT—STA—20011200—00216,SAT—STA—20040708—00130. * The Commission has authorized PanAmSatto operate Galaxy 14 as a replacement for Galaxy 5. Galany 14, however, willnot be launched unt after Galaxy 5 needs to be decommissioned:

w Ms. Marlene H. Dortch December 23, 2004 Page2 PanAmSat seeks to relocate Galaxy 3R in order to maintain C—band capabilities in the vicinity of 74° W.L. while Galaxy 12 is on temporary assignment at 125° W.L. PanAmSat will be filing a second STA request in the near future seeking to extend the deployment of Galaxy 3R at 73.95° W.L. for a full 180 days and requesting authority to operate the satellite at that orbital location.® PanAmSat also is in the process of re— evaluating its long term deployment plans for 74° W.L. and 125° W.L. and may be making additional filings in the future. Please direct any questions concerning this matter to the undersigned. c: Robert Nelson, ECC > Hased on customer requirements, PanAmSat may seek authority to operate both the C—band payload and the Ku—band payload on Galaxy 3R whiit is located at 7395° WL., in which case it will coordinate the Ku—band operations on Galaxy 3R and SBS—6 to avoid frequency conflis. GoLDBERG, GODLES, WIENER & WRIGHT


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