Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20100824-00182 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2010082400182_836219

Draft, 8/24/2010 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Application of ) ) SES AMERICOM, INC. ) File No. SAT-STA-___________ ) Call Sign S2135 For Extension of Special Temporary Authority to ) Position and Operate AMC-4 at 67º W.L. ) APPLICATION OF SES AMERICOM, INC. SES Americom, Inc. (“SES Americom,” doing business as “SES WORLD SKIES”1) hereby respectfully requests a sixty-day extension of its special temporary authority to position the AMC-4 C/Ku-band hybrid satellite at 67º W.L. and operate it at that location in the Ku-band.2 Grant of the requested authority will serve the public interest by allowing SES WORLD SKIES to continue to use AMC-4 to provide Ku-band service at 67º W.L. pending action on SES WORLD SKIES’ request to reassign AMC-4 permanently to 67º W.L.3 In the AMC-4 Modification, SES WORLD SKIES proposed to relocate AMC-4 from 101º W.L. following the launch of the SES-1 replacement satellite to that location. SES WORLD SKIES sought to position AMC-4 at 67º W.L. and commence Ku-band services there in accordance with the International Telecommunication Union filings of the Colombian Administration, as Notifying Administration for the Andean Community. Pending action on the 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 See File No. SAT-STA-20100525-00108, Call Sign S2135, granted in part & deferred in part, July 12, 2010 (“July 12 STA Grant”); grant-stamped, July 28, 2010 (“July 28 STA Grant”). 3 File No. SAT-MOD-20100623-00144 (the “AMC-4 Modification”).

AMC-4 Modification, SES WORLD SKIES requested and received authority to perform Tracking, Telemetry, Command, and Monitoring (“TTC&M”) in order to relocate AMC-4 from 101º W.L. to 67º W.L. and authority to operate both the TTC&M and Ku-band communications payloads on AMC-4 after it arrived at 67º W.L.4 The period for filing comments on the AMC-4 Modification expired on August 2. No party opposed the AMC-4 Modification,5 and SES WORLD SKIES has requested that the Commission expeditiously grant the application.6 In the interim, extension of SES WORLD SKIES’ special temporary authority will allow continued use of AMC-4 to meet customer demand for Ku-band service at 67° W.L. SES WORLD SKIES 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. SES WORLD SKIES waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or of the electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the previous use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests an authorization in accordance with this application. 4 See July 10 STA Grant, Attachment at 1 (authorizing use of telecommand carriers at 6423.5 MHz and telemetry beacons at 3700.5 MHz, 11.702 GHz, and 12.198 GHz); July 28 Grant, Attachment at 1 (authorizing operations in the standard Ku-band frequencies of 11.7- 12.2 GHz and 14.0-14.5 GHz and the extended Ku-band frequencies of 11.45-11.7 GHz and 13.75-14.0 GHz). 5 Star One S.A. was the only party to file comments in response to the public notice of the AMC-4 Modification, and Star One made clear that it did not oppose grant of the application. See Comments of Star One S.A., File No. SAT-MOD-20100623-00144, filed Aug. 2, 2010 (“Star One Comments”) at 1, 6. 6 See Response of SES Americom, Inc., File No. SAT-MOD-20100623-00144, filed Aug. 17, 2010 at 1. 2

For the foregoing reasons, SES WORLD SKIES seeks a 60-day extension of its temporary authority to position AMC-4 at 67º W.L. and to operate the AMC-4 TTC&M and Ku- band communications payloads there. Respectfully submitted, SES AMERICOM, INC. By: /s/ Suzanne H. Malloy Of Counsel Suzanne H. Malloy Karis A. Hastings Executive Director, International and Hogan Lovells US LLP Regulatory Affairs 555 13th Street, N.W. SES WORLD SKIES Washington, D.C. 20004-1109 2001 L Street, NW, Suite 800 Tel: (202) 637-5600 Washington, DC 20036 Dated: August 24, 2010 3


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