Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20101118-00241 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2010111800241_853275

Call Signs S2786, E040204 & E080168 Page 1 of 1 REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY XM Radio Inc. (“XM Radio”) and Sirius XM Radio Inc. (“Sirius XM” and with XM Radio, the “Sirius XM Parties”), respectfully request a 30-day extension of space station and earth station special temporary authority (“STA”). Authority is requested to allow continued use of the XM Radio earth station (call sign E040204) and the Sirius XM earth station (call sign E080168), both in Ellenwood, Georgia, to perform Telemetry, Tracking and Control (“TT&C”) in order to drift the XM-5 space station (call sign S2786) to its assigned orbital location at 85.2º W.L and maintain it there. In addition, XM Radio seeks authority to operate the XM-5 TT&C payload during and after completion of the drift. XM Radio launched XM-5 on October 14, and the satellite is licensed to operate as an in-orbit spare at 85.2º W.L. The Commission previously granted STAs to allow in-orbit testing (“IOT”) of XM-5 to be conducted at 80º W.L. and to permit drift of the satellite from 1 80º W.L. to 85.2º W.L. following completion of IOT. Testing of XM-5 has now been completed, and the spacecraft is currently moving toward 85.2º W.L. However, the satellite will not arrive at its destination prior to expiration of the current STAs. Accordingly, the Sirius XM Parties respectfully request extension of the STAs pursuant to the same terms and conditions. 1 See File Nos. SES-STA-20100917-01176 (Call Sign E040204) and SES-STA-20100917- 01175 (Call Sign E080168), both grant-stamped Oct. 13 for 30-day period expiring Nov. 23; File No. SAT-STA-20100917-00194 (Call Sign S2786), grant-stamped Oct. 22, 2010 for 30-day period expiring Nov. 25.


Document Created: 2010-11-18 15:26:30
Document Modified: 2010-11-18 15:26:30
© 2024 FCC.report
This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FCC