Ltr re SES-1 drift f

LETTER submitted by SES Americom, Inc.

Letter

2010-05-24

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20100511-00097 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2010051100097_819158

Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com May 24, 2010 By Electronic Filing Mr. Stephen Duall Chief, Policy Branch, Satellite Division International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: File No. SAT-STA-20100511-00097 (Call Sign S2807) Dear Mr. Duall: In the above-referenced application, SES Americom, Inc., (“SES Americom,” doing business as “SES WORLD SKIES”),1 requested special temporary authority (“STA”) to position the SES-1 spacecraft at 131.3° W.L. (+/- 0.2 degrees) and operate it there in the C-band for a period of up to seven days beginning on or about May 27, 2010.2 SES WORLD SKIES hereby clarifies that it is seeking STA for a total period of 30 days and that the requested STA includes authority to drift SES- 1 to its assigned 101° W.L. orbital location following completion of operations at 131.3° W.L. (+/- 0.2 degrees). As it explained in the SES-1 STA Request, SES WORLD SKIES is attempting to mitigate potential interference to operations on its AMC-11 spacecraft at 131° W.L. associated with the approaching Galaxy 15 satellite licensed to PanAmSat Licensee Corp. See SES-1 STA Request, Narrative at 1. SES-1, a replacement satellite assigned to 101° W.L., was launched on April 24, 2010, and in-orbit testing (“IOT”) of the spacecraft began on May 9 at 142.5° W.L. pursuant to Commission authority.3 SES WORLD SKIES proposes to temporarily position and operate SES-1 in the C-band at 131.3° W.L. (+/- 0.2 degrees). This will permit customers of AMC-11 to use SES-1 as an alternative to AMC-11 during the period when Galaxy 15, which is drifting eastward in an uncontrolled manner towards AMC-11, is passing through and departing AMC-11’s nominal stationkeeping volume. Id. at 1 On September 7, 2009, SES S.A. announced that the newly integrated operations of its two indirect subsidiaries, New Skies Satellites B.V. and SES Americom would be conducted under a single brand name, SES WORLD SKIES. The new brand name does not affect the underlying legal entities that hold Commission authorizations or U.S. market access rights. 2 File No. SAT-STA-20100511-00097 (Call Sign S2807), filed May 11, 2020 (the “SES-1 STA Request”). 3 See File No. SAT-STA-20100408-00068 (Call Sign S2807), grant-stamped Apr. 23, 2010. Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. Hogan Lovells refers to the international legal practice comprising Hogan Lovells US LLP, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Hogan Lovells Worldwide Group (a Swiss Verein), and their affiliated businesses with offices in: Abu Dhabi Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Berlin Boulder Brussels Caracas Chicago Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston London Los Angeles Madrid Miami Milan Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Philadelphia Prague Rome San Francisco Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Tokyo Warsaw Washington DC Associated offices: Budapest Jeddah Riyadh Zagreb

Mr. Stephen Duall -2- May 24, 2010 3. Once temporary operations of SES-1 at 131.3° W.L. (+/- 0.2 degrees) are completed, SES-1 will recommence its drift to 101° W.L. Id. at 4. Testing of SES-1 has been completed, and the spacecraft began its drift away from the 142.5° W.L. IOT location on May 22. SES WORLD SKIES requests that the Commission grant the SES-1 STA Request for a total of 30 days effective on May 27, permitting C-band operations of SES-1 at 131.3° W.L. (+/- 0.2 degrees) for up to seven days and authorizing Tracking, Telemetry, Command, and Monitoring to maintain the spacecraft at 131.3° W.L. (+/- 0.2 degrees) and thereafter to drift the satellite to 101° W.L. Please address any questions regarding this matter to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Karis A. Hastings Karis A. Hastings Counsel for SES Americom, Inc. karis.hastings@hoganlovells.com D +1.202.637.5767 cc: Kathyrn Medley


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