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This document pretains to SAT-STA-20050316-00065 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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me a_OBT STA ~ZpcpBi6 —canf5 ei e e aC omsnSCIS_ onmbae frirch 31 2005 aten Approved by OMB 3060—0678 s Clilges Date & Time Filed: Mar 16 2005 3:55—35—430PM File Number: SAT—STA—20050316—00068 Nee e larral Calisign: Rabrt £. Abbr fep—v— g\,\_c(\ FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ArPLICATION FoR SPACE STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY ror OFFICIAL USE ONtY APPLICANT INFORMATION Enter a description ofthis application t identify it on the main men: ANMC—12 STA at37.45 WL. 1 Applican Name: Colurmbia Communications Phone Number: 609—987—4000 taas Corportion DBA Name: Fax Number: en—ost—am Street: 4 Research Way R—Maile nancy:eshenazifixes—americom com : Princcion State: w Country:— USA Zipeode: ossso Attention: Ms. Naney J. Estenazi

Attachment Conditions of Authorization — SAT—STA—20050316—0006 Call Sign 82415 March 31, 2005 Columbia Communications Corporation‘s (Columbia‘s) application, File No. SAT—STA—20050316—00065, for Special Temporary Authority 18 GRANTED and Columbia is authorized to operate the AMC—12 satelite, Call Sign S2415, at the 37.45° W.L. orbital position in the 3700 — 4200 MHz (space—to—Rarth), 5025 — 6425 MHz (Rarth—to—space), frequency bands for a period of 60 days commencing on April 1, 2005, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in its application, this Attachment, and the Federal Communications Commission‘s Rules. This grant of special temporary authoritis necessitated by the following circurmstances: (1) the AMC—12 satellteis currently drifting tothe 37.5° W.L. orbital position pursuant to previously granted authority and is scheduled to arrive at the 37.5° W.L.orbital position by April 3, 2005; and (2) temporary operations at 37.45° W.L. will facilitate the transition and continuity of service from satellites atthe nominal 37.5° W.L. orbital position. No harmful interference shall be caused by AMC—12 to any other lawfully operating in—rbit satllite and operations of the AMC—12 satellite shall cease immediately upon notifiation of such interference. Columbia is required to accept iterference from other lawfully operating in—orbit satellites. This Special Temporary Authorityis granted without prejudice to our final determination of Columbia‘s modification request SAT—MOD—20050325— 00077 for regular operational authority at 37.45° W.L. This special temporary authority is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 ofthe Commission‘s rules on delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective upon release.

2. Contaet Name: KarisHastings Phone Number: an—sar—ster Company: Hogan & Hartson LLP. Fax Number: an>—6a7—so10 Street: 585 13th StreetNW. r—ma ahastings@hlawcom Cig: Washington State: nc Country: USA Zipeote: 20004 —1109 Contact Relationship: Legal Counsel To (Ifyour applcation related to an appication fled with the Commision, enter te ie mmber blow) 3. Rference File Number d Isa fee submited withths application? @ 1fVes,complete and atach FCC Form 159. IfNo,indcate reason for fe exemption fee 47 CER Section 1.111), & Govemmental Entity gp Noncommercial educational ensee @ Othertplease explain (ib: Fe Clasification CRY ~ Space Station (Geontationary) 6. Tope Reqest @ Change Stion Location @ Extend Expirtion Date g Oner 6. Temporay Orbit Location 7. Requeste Extended Expiration Date 3ras w

. Deseription (Ithe complete description does not appearin thisbax, please go to the end of the form to view it in is entireds) Colunbia Communications Corporation seeks special. temporary authority to relocate and loperate the ANC—12 spacecraft at 37.45 degrees W.1. 9. By checking Yes,the undersined crtifesthat neither applicant nor any other party tothe application is subject @y ¥es gy No to a denial ofFederal benefits that includes FCCbenefits prsuant to Section 5301 ofthe Anti~Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section $62,becauseo a conviction for possessionodistrbution ofa contrlled substance. See 47 CFR 1,2002(b) for the meaning of &quotparty to theaplication@iquot; fr hese purposes: 10. Name of Person Signing 11. Tite ofPeson Signing Naney J. Estnazi Assistant Secrclay 12. Please supply any need atachments. Atachment ; Awct Atachment 2: Atachment 3 WiLLEUL FALSE STATEMENTS NADE ON THIs FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BV FINE AND / OR INPRISONVENT (US, Code, Te 18, Stion 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (US. Code, Tite 47, Section 312(ay(1), AND/OR FORFETTURE (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 COLUMBIA COMMUNICATIONS corP. File No. SAT—STA— For Special Temporary Authority to Operate AMC—12 at 37.15° W.L. EXPEDITED ACTIONREQUESTED APPLICATION OF COLUMBIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Columbia Communications Corporation (‘Columbia®) hereby respectfully requests special temporary authority for a period of sixty days to relocate AMC—12 to 37.45° W.L. and operate the spacecraft at that location. Columbia is separately filing an application for modification of the AMC—12 license to assign the spacecraft to the 37.15° W.L. orbital position. Columbia seeks to operate at a slight offset from the 37.5° W.L. orbitalposition originally assigned to AMC—12 in order to effectuate an agrcementon stationkeeping coordination with Loral Skynet, whose Telstar 11 spacecraft is also assigned to the 37.5° W.L. nominal orbital location. Grant of the instant request will serve the public interest. AMC—12 is a C—band satellite that was launched on February 2, 2005, and is licensed to operate at the 37.5° W.L. orbital position.\ AMC—12 recently 8 See Columbia Communications Corporation, Order and Authorization, DA 05—244 (Gat. Div. rel. Jan. 28, 2005)(the "AMC—72 Order").

completed testing at 67.5° W. and Columbia is preparing to drift the satellite to its assigned orbital location. Columbia‘s parent, SES Americom, Inc.,is currently providing C—band service at 37.5° W.L. using its Satcom C—1 spacecraft* Satcom C—1 is collocated with Loral Skynet‘s Telstar 11, and the two spacecraft have been flying in formation to permit sharing of the same stationkeeping volume (37.5° W.L. +/— 0.05 dogrees). This arrangement has worked successfully, but requires a high degree of collaboration on the part of the two operators and an increased number of maneuvers to maintain an appropriate separation between the spacecraft. In order to simplify stationkeeping on a going forward basis, Columbia and Loral Skynet have conducted discussions regarding operation of AMC—12 and Telstar 11 at offeets from the 37.5° W.L. nominal orbital position.. As a result of those discussions, Columbia has agreed to seek authority to operate AMC—12 centered at 37.45° W.L. with +/0.05 degree Bast/West stationkeeping, and Loral Skynet has agreed to seek authority to operate elstar 11 at 37.55° W.L. +/~ 0.05 degrees. This arrangementwill climinate any overlap of the stationkeeping volumes of the two spacecraft, thereby facilitating joint operations. Grant of the requested authority will not adversely affect any other operators. The adjacent C:band satellites to AMC—12‘s assigned location are New Skies 806 at 40.5° W.L. and Intelsat 903 at 34.5° W.L., each with 3° separation from f See AMC—12 Order at * 16.

37.5° W.L. Although the proposed offset would result in AMC—12 being slightly closer to Intelsat 903, the satellites will still be spaced 2.95 degrees apart, and there will be no material change to the existing interference environment.®. AMC—12 is fully compliant with the Commission‘s requirements with respect to operation at two—degree spacing Columbia incorporates by reference herein the technical information it has already provided with respect to AMC—125 In particular, Columbia provided an interference analysis with its amendment to demonstrate that operation of AMC—12 was compatible with the adjacent satellites at 37.5° W.L. with the existing three— degree spacing or assuming two—degree spacing.5 Columbia is not submitting new contour maps with the instant application because the proposed shift in orbital location will not materiallyaffect coverage of the spacecraft as shown on the maps already on fle. Columbia hereby certifies that no party to this application is subject to a denial of federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862. Columbia waives anyclaim to the use of any particular frequency or of the electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the 3 Columbia has calculated that implementation of the proposed offset would result in a change of less than 0.18 dB in the interference environment of bwo— degree compliant earth stations communicating with Intelsat 909. 4 See AMC—12 Order at 5 810. 5 See File Nos. SAT—MOD—20020517—00078 & SAT—AMD—20040826—00161. # See File No. SAT—AMD—20040826—00161, Narrative at 2—1 & Tables 1—4. 3

United States because of the previous use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests an authorization in accordance with this application. Por the foregoing reasons, Columbia seeks authority for a period of sixty days to relocate AMC—12 to 37.15° W.L. and operate the spacecraft at that location. Columbia requests expedited action on this application. Respectfully submitted, COLUMBIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP. By: /s/ Naney J. Eshenasi Nancy J. Eskenazi Counsel Assistant Secretary Peter A. Rohrbach Columbia Communications Corp. Karis A. Hastings Four Research Way Hogan & Hartson LLLP. Princeton, NJ 08540 Washington, D.C. 20004—1109 Tel: (202) 637—5600 Fax: (202) 637—5910 Dated: March 16, 2005

HOGAN & HARTSON LLB commmusooue .rommen hm rerex . roimmict wiunoron,neromcam i m cod tten nroniniciinitee.co March 25, 2006 m ooeruo mx coneane wnncrmmrcon By HAND DELIVERY gflflm aF Ms. Marlene H. Dortch RECEIVED Secretary Pederal Communications Commission war 2 5 2005 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Futealconnintaton Crmmin _ oneeatSiewiy Re: STA Request to Operate AMC—12 at 37.45° W.L. File No. SAT—STA—20050316—00065, Call Sign $2415 Dear Ms. Dortch: Columbia Communications Corporation (‘Columbia®), by its attomneys, hereby supplements the record with respect to ts above—referenced application for special temporary authority to operate AMC—12 at 37.45° W.L. rather than its assigned orbit location of 37.5" W.L. AMC—12 is currently drifting towards 37.5° W.L. and is scheduled to arrive there on April 3. For the reasons discussed herein, Columbia seeks expedited grant ofits STA request prior to that date. AMC—12 will provide follow—on C:—band capacity for Satcom C—1, which is liensed to Columbia‘s parent company, SES Americom, Inc. (‘SES Americom‘). There is only a single customer that will transition from Sateom C—1 to AMC—12. Columbia and SES Americom are currently working with that customer to develop a transition plan. The transition is not a simple "hot cut" because the customer will not be remaining on the same frequency. The most likely scenario is that Columbin will turn on and configure all of AMC—12 except for the frequency the Satcom C—1 customer is currently using. When the customer transitions over to ts new frequency on AMC—12, SES Americom will terminate communications services over Satcom C—1, and Columbia will activate the remaining frequencies on AMC—12. This process may occur over several days, between approximately April 5 and April7. Sateom C—1 is currently collocated at 37.5° W.L. with Loral‘s Telstar 11 Ku—band spacecraft. Both Satcom C—1 and Telstar 11 are in inclined orbit. The motion of these spacecraft occupies a large amountof the stationkeeping volume at 87.5° W.L. However, currently the motion is somewhat synchronized, and the weevom. mmon waze ios some sonom coonsoumes isecnm

HOGAN&HAKISON tie Ms. Marlene H. Dortch March 25, 2005 Page 2 operators have been maintaining separation of the two by eccentricity. Bringing a fully stationkept satellite into that same area presents a risk to safe operation of the satellites because the new spacecraft would not have the same daily motion in the box that the two inclined spacecraft do. Thus, what is currently a difficult task of maintaining two inclined orbit satellites in the same stationkeeping volume will become much more complicated if AMC—12 must also share the same volume when it arrives. Service to customers could also be adversely affected. A high eccentricity would be required to maintain separation of AMC—12 from the other satellites. The eccentricity would not affect the video service customer currently using Satcom C—1 but could impact the performance of smaller signal customers that are expected to use capacity on AMC—12. To avoid these risks, Columbia urges the Commission to grant the AMC—12 STA request and Loral‘s pending request to operate elstar 11 at 87.50° W.L. (File No. SAT—STA—20050321—00067) on an expedited basis. Ploase direct any questions regarding this submission to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, J faaile__— Peter A. Rohrbach Karis A. Hastings Counsel for Columbia Communications Corp. cc: Pern Jarmulnck Andrea Kelly Robert Nelson


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