Attachment GRANT

GRANT

DECISION submitted by IB,FCC

GRANT

2008-07-01

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20080627-00132 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2008062700132_651001

Approved by OMB 3060-0678 Date & Time Filed: Jun 27 2008 2:54:05:010PM File Number: SAT-STA-20080627-00132 Callsign: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR SPACE STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPLICANT INFORMATION Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: Application for Special TemporaryAuthority for Galaxy 12 (S2422) to 122.9 WL 1. Applicant Name: PanAmSat Licensee Corp. Phone Number: 202-944-7848 DBA Name: Fax Number: 202-944-7870 Street: c/o Intelsat Corporation E-Mail: susan.crandall@intelsat.com 3400 International Drive, N. W. City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20008 -3006 Attention: Susan H. Crandall 1

Attachment File No. SAT-STA-20080627-00132 Call Sign S2422 July 1,2008 PanAmSat Licensee Corp.3 request, File No. SAT-STA-20080627-00132, is granted. Accordingly, PanAmSat Licensee Corp. (PanAmSat) is authorized, for a period of 60 days commencing on July 1,2008, to conduct Telemetry, Tracking, and Command TT&C) operations with the Galaxy 12 satellite to effect the drift of the Galaxy 12 satellite from the 125.1' W.L. orbital location to the 122.9' W.L. orbital location and while operating at the 122.9' W.L. orbital location. During the drift from 125.1' W.L. to 124.0' W.L., PanAmSat is authorized to use 6424.50 MHz (verticakight-hand-circular polarization) for command, and 4 198.0 MHz (horizontal/left-hand-circularpolarization), and 4 199.875 MHz (horizontal/ left-hand-circular polarization) for telemetry. During the drift from 124.0' W.L. to 122.9' W.L. and while operating at the 122.9' W.L. orbital location, PanAmSat is authorized to use 6424.5 MHz (horizontalhght-hand-circular polarization) for command, and 4 198.O MHz (vertical/left-hand-circular polarization) and 4 199.875 MHz (vertical/left-hand-circular polarization) for telemetry. This authorization shall be in accordance with the technical specifications set forth in PanAmSat's application, this Attachment, and the Commission's rules and subject to the following conditions: 1. All operations during the drift and while at the 122.9' W.L. orbital location shall be on an unprotected and non-harmful interference basis, i.e., PanAmSat shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from, interference caused to it by any other lawhlly operating radiocommunication station. 2. In the event of any harmful interference during Galaxy 12's drift to the 122.9' W.L. orbital location, or while at the 122.9' W.L. orbital location, PanAmSat shall cease operations immediately upon notification of such interference and PanAmSat shall inform the FCC in writing within three days of such an event. 3. During the drift to the 122.9' W.L. orbital location, PanAmSat may not operate Galaxy 12's communications payload. 4. Once Galaxy 12 has arrived at the 122.9 'W.L. orbital location, we authorize PanAmSat to operate the C-band payload using the 3700-4200 MHz downlink (space-to-Earth) and 5925-6425 MHz uplink (Earth-to-space) frequency bands for a period of 72 hours in the event that emergency restoration service for Galaxy 18 becomes necessary. 5. While at the 122.9" W.L. orbital location, PanAmSat shall maintain the Galaxy 12 spacecraft with an east/west longitudinal station-keeping tolerance of 0.05 degrees. 6. This grant of special temporary authority is without prejudice to any action on IBFS File No. SAT-MOD-20080630-00133.

7. Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this special temporary authority is solely at PanAmSat’s own risk 8. This action is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission’s rules on delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective immediately. Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for review under Section 1.1 15 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §Q 1.106, 1.1 15, may be filed within 30 days of the date of the public notice indicating that this action was taken.

2. Contact Name: Susan H. Crandall Phone Number: 202-944-7848 Company: Intelsat Corporation Fax Number: 202-944-7870 Street: 3400 International Drive, N.W. E-Mail: susan.crandall@intelsat.corn City: Washington State: DC I Country: Attention: USA Susan H. Crandall Zipcode: Relationship: 20008 -3006 Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? @ If Yes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). 0 Governmental Entity 0 Noncommercial educational licensee Q Otherblease explain): 4b. Fee Classification CRY - Space Station (Geostationary) 5. Type Request Change Station Location 0 Extend Expiration Date 0 Other 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date 122.9 WL 2

8. Description (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.) PanAmSat requests Special Temporary Authority (STA) to drift Galaxy 12 to 122.9 degrees WL and to operate TT&C frequencies during the drift and at that location. PanAmSat also requests STA to operate the Galaxy 12 C-band payload at 122.9 degrees WL for 72 hours if the need to provide emergency restoration service should arise. 9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject Yes to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Act of 1988, 0 No 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes. I 10. Name of Person Signing Susan H. Crandall 11. Title of Person Signing Asst. General Counsel, Intelsat Corporation Attachment 1: G 12 STA Request Attachment 2: Attachment 3 : WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 3 12(a)(l)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503). 3

June 27,2008 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority for Galaxy 12 Call Sign: S2422 Dear Ms. Dortch: PanAmSat Licensee Corp. ("PanAmSat") herein requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA'7)1for 60 days beginning immediately to drift the Galaxy 12 (S2422) satellite from 125.10"W.L.2 to 122.9" W.L. and to operate the TT&C frequencies specified below during the drift and at that location. PanAmSat also seeks STA to operate the C-band payload on Galaxy 12 at 122.9" W.L. for a period of 72 hours if the need to provide emergency restoration service should arise. The proposed STA will permit PanAmSat to optimize Galaxy 12 as an in-orbit back-up satellite for the western edge of the U.S. arc. PanAmSat soon will file a fleet management notice of modification to allow Galaxy 12's permanent relocation to and operation at 122.9" W.L. During the drift of Galaxy 12 from 125.10" W.L. to 122.9" W.L., PanAmSat will utilize only TT&C frequencies on the satellite. Those TT&C frequencies are as follows: From 125.1" W.L. to 124.0"W.L.: Command: 6424.50 MHz (Vertical/RHCP) Telemetry: 4 198.0 MHz (HorizontaVLHCP) 4199.875 MHz (Horizontal/LHCP) From 124.0"W.L. to 122.9"W.L.: Command: 6424.5 MHz (Horizontal/RHCP) Telemetry: 4 198.0 MHz (Vertical/LHCP) 4199.875 MHz (VerticaVLHCP). 'PanAmSat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159 and a $790.00 filing fee electronically via the International Bureau's Filing System. File No. SAT-MOD-2005 1206-00262 (grant stamp Jan. 26. 2006 with conditions).

Grant of this STA request will serve the public interest as required under Section 25.120 of the FCC's Specifically, grant will enable PanAmSat immediately to commence relocation of the Galaxy 12 in-orbit back-up satellite to the optimal orbital location to ensure continuity of service to customers in the domestic cable arc in the event of an unanticipated satellite outage. More precisely, PanAmSat has determined that relocation of Galaxy 12 to 122.9" W.L. will enable the satellite to best serve as a "hot spare" for the recently launched Galaxy 18 at 123" W.L. and be well positioned to provide back-up service to satellites at the nominal 133" W.L., 127" W.L., 125" W.L., 99" W.L., and 91" W.L. orbital locations. The processing time associated with a request for modification would extend the period of time at which the Galaxy 12 satellite is at a less than optimal back-up location. For these reasons, grant of PanAmSat's request for STA serves the public interest. Moreover, grant of this STA request will not result in increased risk of harmful interference. At the nominal 123.0" W.L. location, PanAmSat currently operates its recently-launched Galaxy 18 ~atellite.~ As noted above, Galaxy 12 will be operated as a spare and there will be no simultaneous co-frequency operation with respect to Galaxy 18. PanAmSat and its sister company Intelsat North America LLC also operate C-band satellites at the adjacent nominal orbital locations 125" W.L. and 121" W.L. PanAmSat will operate Galaxy 12 at 122.9" W.L. in accordance with existing PanAmSat and Intelsat coordination agreements and the FCC's rules governing operations at the nominal 123.O" W .L. location vis-a-vis adjacent locations. For the reasons set forth above, PanAmSat respectfully requests that the Commission expeditiously grant this request. Sincerely, /s/ Susan H. Crandall Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation Attachments cc: Bob Nelson, Karl Kensinger, Steven Spaeth, Andrea Kelly, Kathryn Medley 47 C.F.R. 0 25.120. Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-00477, File No. SAT-RPL-20070222-00035 (Oct. 26,2007) (Public Notice). 2

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