Attachment GRANT

GRANT

DECISION submitted by IB,FCC

GRANT

2009-02-19

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20090212-00022 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2009021200022_696371

$2469 SAT—STA—20090212—00022 1B2009000419 Intelsat North America LLC Galaxy 26 Approved by OMB 3060—0678 Date & Time Filed: Feb 12 2009 3:20:02:590PM File Number: SAT—STA—20090212—00022 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: Request for Special Temporary Authority for Galaxy 26 (Call Sign $2469) 1. Applicant Name: Intelsat North America LLC 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 | pra "Cnr— sn apasnal2 _ Atc6o; zc Call Sign §24693_ GrantDate_02/19 /3 (or other identifier) Term Dates period of Fum O2/20/03 To: 30 days | crantep* || International Bureau Approved: *# subject o conditions

Attachment File No. SAT—STA—20090212—00022 Call Sign $2469 February 19, 2009 The request of Intelsat North America LLC (Intelsat), IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20090212—00022, is GRANTED. Accordingly, Intelsat is authorized, for a period of 30 days commencing on February 20, 2009, to conduct Telemetry, Tracking, and Command operations with the Galaxy 26 space station (Call Sign: $2469) in order to effect the drift of the Galaxy 26 space station from the 93.0° W.L. orbital location to the 50.75° E.L. orbital location using the following frequencies: 6415.5 MHz (horizontal polarization/Earth—to—space); and 4196.5 MHz or 4199.5 MHz (vertical polarization/space—to—Earth). These operations are authorized in accordance with the technical specifications set forth in Intelsat‘s application, the Commission‘s rules, and the following conditions: 1. All operations during the drift shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis, i.e., Intelsat shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from, interference caused to it by any other lawfully operating station. 2. In the event of any harmful interference during Galaxy 26‘s drift to the 50.75° E.L. orbital location, Intelsat shall cease operations immediately upon notification of such interference, and shall inform the Commission, in writing, immediately of such an event. 9. During the drift to the 50.75° E.L. orbital location, Intelsat may not operate Galaxy 26‘s communications payload. 4. Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this special temporary authority is solely at Intelsat‘s own risk. 5. Grant of this authorization is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may make regarding permanent operations of the Galaxy 26 space station at the 50.75° E.L. orbital location. 6. 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. ~~~~~| ies SBT— s—20090212— cao22 Call Sign 824693 Grant Date_ 82 figs /693 . (or other identifiet) Term Dates P ied of 2 2 /20/09 30 daa_g To: mmmnamememmneenscrnnmnimmamen 4« From lentmiennbmnmromneesibecvces Bureau | Approved: WM fl ,fi(,([gé/ tZkedm 0 Stephe(0. Dual! %or\dh‘ions Chiewc, 'Polic& Branch

2. Contact Name: Intelsat North America LLC Phone Number: 202—944—7848 Company: 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 Relationship: 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? (@) IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). C Governmental Entity C Noncommercial educational licensee «4 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CRY — Space Station (Geostationary) 5. Type Request @ Change Station Location C Extend Expiration Date C Other 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date 50.75 E.L.

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.) Intelsat North America LLC herein requests STA for 30 days beginning 02/20/2009 to drift Galaxy 26 from 93.0 W.L. to 50.75 E.L. to satisfy the urgent request of a U.S. Government customer for capacity in the Indian Ocean region. 9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject @ Yos «4 No to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Act of 1988, 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. 10. Name of Person Signing 11. Title of Person Signing Susan H. Crandall Asst. General Counsel, Intelsat Corporation 12. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: 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 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

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February 12, 2009 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12¢" Street, S.W. Washington DC 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority for Galaxy 26 Call Sign: $2469 vDear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat North Amenca LLC ("Intelsat")herein requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA")‘ for 30 days beginning February 20, 2009 to drift Galaxy 26 from 93.0° W.L. to 50.75° E.L. to satisfy a U.S. Government customer‘s urgent request for capacity in the Indian Ocean region. Intelsat will shortly file an STA request to start service on Galaxy 26 at 50.75° E.L. upon the satellite‘s — arrival at that location in March, as well as an application to modify the satellite‘s license to enable its operation at 50.75° E.L. on a permanent basis. Intelsat expects to have Galaxy 26 at 50.75° E.L. within 30 days of beginning ~ the drift. During the drift, Intelsat will utilize only Galaxy 26‘s TT&C frequencies and will follow industry practices for coordinating TT&C transmissions during the relocation process. The specific TT&C frequenc1es are as follows Uphnk: . oC 2 | 6415.5 MHz (H) Downlink: —4196.5 MHz (V) or 4199.5 MHz (V) Grant of this STA request is in the public interest because it will allow Intelsat to satisfy an urgent request by a U.S. Government customer for capacity in the Indian Ocean region. Specifically, the recent failure of a commercial satellite i _ has left the U.S. Government customer without capacityit had reserved to . 1 handle traffic that will need to be offloaded from another satellite by March 20, — 2009. ‘ Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159 and a $790.00 filing fee electronically via the International Bureau‘s Filing System. Intelsat Corporation ' 3400 International Drive NW, Washington DC 20008—3006 USA www.intelsat.com T+1 202—944—6800 F+1 202—944—7898

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch | ~ February 12, 2009 Page 2 Grant of this STA request will not result inincreased risk of harmful interference. As noted above, Intelsat will operate only TT&C frequencies during the drift, and will coordinate its TT&C transmissions with operators of satellites in the drift path. Should any interference occur during the drift, Intelsat will take all reasonable steps to eliminate such interference. Intelsat will not operate the communications payload on Galaxy 26 at 50.75° E.L. until it has received FCC authorization to do so. Intelsat has assessed and limited the probability of the space station becoming a source of debris as a result of collisions with large debris or other operational space stations. Galaxy 26 will not be located at the same orbital location as another satellite or at an orbital location that has an overlapping station— keeping volume with another satellite. Further, Intelsat is not aware of any other FCC licensed system, or any other system applied for and under consideration by the FCC, having an overlapping station—keeping volume with — Galaxy 26 at 50.75° E.L. Finally, Intelsat is not aware of any system with an overlapping station—keeping volume with Galaxy 26 that is the subject of an ITU filing and that is either in orbit or progressing towards launch. _ For the reasons set forthherein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission expeditiously grant this request. Sincerely, Susan H. Crandéll J Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation coc: Bob Nelson Kathyrn Medley Stephen Duall


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