Attachment SES-Grant Sept 9 -00

SES-Grant Sept 9 -00

DECISION submitted by IB,FCC

grant

2010-09-08

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

IBFS_SATSTA2010082400182_838927

SAT—STA—20100824—00182 1B2010002646 file#_SRt— sth— 2010 0¢24+— 00192 $2135 SES Americom, Inc. AMC—4 Call Sign 9235 Grant Date_08/08/10 (or other identifier) l Term Dates pesiod of Approved by OMB From 03/‘0/10 T,. CO days 3060—0678 Date & Time Filed: Aug 24 2010 7:47:18:853PM Approved: _WL__ File Number: SAT—STA—20100824—00182 #w.’rh conditions Stephen J. Duall Callsign: Chief, Satellite Policy Branch 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: $2135 (AMC—4) STA Extension Request for Operations at 67 W.L. 1. Applicant Name: SES Americom, Inc. Phone Number: (202) 478—7181 DBA Name: Fax Number: (202) 478—7101 Street: 2001 L Street, NW E—Mail: suzanne.malloy@ses.com Suite 800 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20036 — Attention: Suzanne H. Malloy

Attachment to Grant SES Americom, Inc. IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20100824—00182 Call Sign $2135 SES Americom, Inc. (SES Americom) is granted special temporary authority for a period of 60 days, commencing September 10, 2010, to continue operating the AMC—4 space station (Call Sign $2135) temporarily at the 67° W.L. orbital location. Operations pursuant to this authorization shall be in accordance with conditions imposed as part of the special temporary authority previously granted to SES Americom to operate AMC—4 temporarily at this orbital location. See IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20100525—00108. gsoooin., a File # SBtT— sth— 20100¢ 24— 00 §2 #" cOoMMupR, «5t <R coMMUp Call Sign $2135___ Grant Date_O8/8/0__ \\\ A (or other identifier) Term Dates peried of Ep*® From_og/o/o To: 6O days w4 # | h ':f_‘““\;u%_ Approved: /fd??l »Q“w _ seuith conditions Step . Dual! Chief, Satellite Policy Brarch

2. Contact Name: Karis A. Hastings, Esq. Phone Number: (202) 637—5767 Company: Hogan Lovells US LLP Fax Number: (202) 637—5910 Street: 555 Thirteenth Street, NW E—Mail: karis.hastings@hoganlovells.com City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20004 —1109 Attention: Relationship: V (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 SATSTA2010052500108 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.E.R.Section 1.1114). £4 Governmental Entity ;4 Noncommercial educational licensee {£} Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification —CRY — Space Station (Geostationary) 5. Type Request g74 Change Station Location {@, Extend Expiration Date g74 Other 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date 2010—11—08 00:00:00.0

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.) SES Americom, Inc. hereby respectfully requests extension until November 8, 2010, of its special temporary authority to position satellite AMC—4, call sign $2135, at 67 WL and operate it there in the Ku—band. 9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject y Yes £34 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 &quot;party to the application&quot; for these purposes. 10. Name of Person Signing 11. Title of Person Signing Suzanne H. Malloy Executive Dir., International & Regulatory Affairs 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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Draft, 8/24/2010 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Application of N/ NNN N N/ SES AMERICOM, INC. File No. SAT—STA— Call Sign $2135 For Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Position and Operate AMC—4 at 67° W.L. APPLICATION OF SES AMERICOM, INC. SES Americom, Inc. ("SES Americom," doing business as "SES WORLD SKIES®"") hereby respectfully requests a sixty—day extension ofits special temporary authority to position the AMC—4 C/Ku—band hybrid satellite at 67° W.L. and operate it at that location in the Ku—band." 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 67° W.L. pending action on SES WORLD SKIES® request to reassign AMC—4 permanently to 67° W.L. In the AMC—4 Modification, SES WORLD SKIES proposed to relocate AMC—4 from 101° W.L. following the launch of the SES—1 replacement satellite to that location. SES WORLD SKIES sought to position AMC—4 at 67° 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 \ 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 $2135, granted in part & deferred in part, July 12, 2010 ("July 12 STA Grant"); grant—stamped, July 28, 2010 ("July 28 STA Grant"). ‘ 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 101° W.L. to 67° W.L. and authority to operate both the TTC&M and Ku—band communications payloads on AMC—4 afterit arrived at 67° W.L.* The period for filing comments on the AMC—4 Modification expired on August 2. No party opposed the AMC—4 Modification," 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. * 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 (qauthorizing 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). °* 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 clearthat 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.

For the foregoing reasons, SES WORLD SKIES seeks a 60—day extension of its temporary authority to position AMC—4 at 67° 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 13" 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


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