Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20100326-00057 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2010032600057_807984

March 26, 2010 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary . Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 INTELSAT. — Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority to Drift Intelsat 706 Call Sign $2401 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat North America LLC ("Intelsat") herein requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA")‘ for 60 days beginning July 1, 2010 to drift Intelsat 706 (call sign $2401) from 54.85° E.L. to 72.1° E.L. and begin operating at 72.1° E.L. Intelsat will shortly file an application for permanent authority to redeploy Intelsat 706 to 72.1° E.L., where it will operate in the C— and Ku— bands. Intelsat 706 is currently operating at 54.85° E.L. Following traffic transfer from Intelsat 706 to Intelsat 709 (call sign $2396)° and subject to receipt of FCC approval, Intelsat 706 will be relocated to 72.1° E.L. where it will follow Intelsat 4 (call sign $2461), which recently was de—orbited due to an anomaly.* ‘ Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159 and a $830.00 filing fee electronically via the International Bureau‘s Filing System. See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00668, File No. SAT—STA—20091222—00149 (Feb. 26, 2010) (Public Notice). ' *‘ See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00666, File — No. SAT—STA—20100111—00006 (Feb. 19, 2010) (Public Notice) (granting 60— day STA to drift and operate at 54.85° E.L.). The modification application for permanent authority to operate the Intelsat 709 satellite at 54.85° E.L. remains pending. See Intelsat North America, Application to Modify Authorization for Intelsat 709 ($2396), File No. SAT—MOD—20091106—00117 (filed Nov. 6, 2009). On March 15,; 2010, Intelsat filed a request for STA to continue to drift Intelsat 709 (call sign $2396) past 54.85° E.L. to 50.0° E.L. and to operate it at 50.0°.E.L. for 10 days pursuant to the ITU filings of the administration of Turkey. After this 10—day period, Intelsat 709 will return to the 54.85° E.L. orbital location. See Requestfor Special Temporary Authority to Drift Intelsat > 709, Call Sign $2396, File No. SAT—STA—20100315—00046 (filed Mar. 15, 2010). . * See PanAmSat Licensee Corp. Requestfor Special Temporary Authority to Conduct Emergency Operationsfor the Intelsat 4 Satellite, Call Sign $2461, File No. SAT—STA—20100205—00022 (stamp grant Mar. 8, 2010); Pan4mSat 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 March 26, 2010 Page 2 ' During the drift of Intelsat 706 from 54.85° E.L. to 72.1° E.L., Intelsat will utilize only the satellite‘s TT&C frequencies and will follow industry practices for coordinating TT&C transmissions during the relocation process. The specific TT&C frequencies are as follows: Uplink: ~6173.7 (LHCP) | + 6176.3 (LHCP) Downlink: 3947.5 (RHCP) 3948.0 (RHCP) 3952.5 (RHCP) 3952.0 (RHCP) Grant of this STA request is in the public interest because it will allow Intelsat — to begin drifting Intelsat 706 and operating the satellite at 72.1° E.L. as quickly as possible. This will allow Intelsat to again offer services to customers in the Indian Ocean region from this location following the emergency de—orbit of Intelsat 4. Grant of this STA request will not result in increased risk of harmful interference. As noted above, Intelsat will operate only the above listed 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. Once on—station at 72.1° E.L., Intelsat will operate the communications payload in conformance with Intelsat‘s coordination agreements related to the nominal 72.0° E.L. location. Licensee Corp., Requestfor Extension ofSpecial Temporary Authority to Conduct Emergency Operationsfor the Intelsat 4 Satellite, Call Sign $2461, File No. SAT—STA—20100212—00026 (stamp grant Mar. 8, 2010); Pand4mSat _ Licensee Corp. Requestfor Further Extension ofSpecial Temporary Authority _ to Conduct Emergency Operationsfor the Intelsat 4 Satellite, Call Sign S2461, File No. SAT—STA—20100224—00035 (stamp grant Mar. 8, 2010). On March 10, 2010, PanAmSat filed a notice of de—orbit, informing the Commission that the Intelsat 4 satellite had been de—orbited to an altitude of 914.5 km above the geostationary arc. See Letterfrom Susan H. Crandall to Marlene H. Dortch, Re: Intelsat 4 De—Orbit; Call Sign $2461 (filed Mar. 10, 2010).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch March 26, 2010 Page 3 Intelsat has assessed and limited the probability of the space station becoming a source of debris as a resultof collision with large debris or other operational space stations. Intelsat 706 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 Intelsat 706 at 72.1° E.L. Finally, Intelsat is not aware of any system with an overlapping station—keeping volume with Intelsat 709 at 72.1° E.L. that is the subject of an ITU filing and that is either in orbit or progressing towards . launch. / For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission expeditiously grant this request. Sincerely, RACL2O Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation ce: Karl Kensinger Kathyrn Medley Stephen Duall


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