Attachment SES-Grant Dec 2 -002

SES-Grant Dec 2 -002

DECISION submitted by IB,FCC

gr

2010-12-02

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20101129-00246 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2010112900246_854421

File #_ Sh1T—STA— 2010 1129— 002 4(, $2445 SAT—STA—20101129—00246 182010003616 | { SES Americom, Inc. Call Sign ._._._.._S 2045 Grant Date_I4 1O3/loaf 10 AMC—1 (or other identifier) us { Term Dates ?e'fl“d ©‘ Approved by OMB From 12 /02/10 To 30 days 3060—0678 Date & Time Filed: Nov 29 2010 11:20:38:430AM opmmorereenriverrecvensesnmmnpresmmnersspaasinl Etw All File Number: SAT—STA—20101129—00246 Stepigh J. Quall. Csigtes. _ Ch‘né%cde“\*e feficy boweh| 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: $2445 (AMC—1) STA Request to Operate from 102.95—103.07 W.L. 1. Applicant Name: SES Americom, Inc. Phone Number: 202—478—7137 DBA Name: Fax Number: 202—478—7101 Street: 1129 20th Street NW E—Mail: daniel.mah@ses.com Suite 1000 ' City: Washington State: PC Country: USA Zipcode: 20036 — Attention: Daniel C.H. Mah

2. Contact Name: Karis A. Hastings Phone Number: (202) 637—5767 Company: Hogan Lovells US LLP Fax Number: (202) 637—5910 Street: 555 Thirteenth Street N.W. E—Mail: karis.hastings@hoganlovells.com City: Washington State: DC Country: USA | Zipcode: 20004 —1109 Attention: Relationship: (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 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.F.R.Section 1.1114). CJ Governmental Entity ) Noncommercial educational licensee C Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CRY — Space Station (Geostationary) 5. Type Request g34 Change Station Location C Extend Expiration Date & Other 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date

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. seeks special temporary authority for 30 days to operate AMC—1, call sign $2445, up to 0.02 degrees beyond the western edge of its assigned stationkeeping box in order to mitigate interference from Galaxy 15. 9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject @ Yes y 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 "party to the application" for these purposes. 10. Name of Person Signing 11. Title of Person Signing Daniel C.H. Mah Regulatory Counsel 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).

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT The public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, AMD—PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060—0678), Washington, DC 20554. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to PRA@fcee.gov. PLEASE DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. Remember — You are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060—0678. THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104—13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

Before the . FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C,. 20554 In the Matter of Application of N/ NN NT NY Nt N/ SES AMERICOM, INC. File No. SAT—STA— Call Sign $2445 For Special Temporary Authority to Operate AMC—1 Between 103.07° W.L. And 102.95° W.L. ' EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED APPLICATION OF SES AMERICOM, INC. SES Americom, Inc. ("SES Americom," doing business as "SES WORLD SKIES*"‘) hereby respectfully requests special temporary authority for a period of up to thirty days — commencing no later than December 3, 2010 — to operate the hybrid C—band/Ku—band AMC—1 satellite at up to 0.62 degrees outside of the western edge of its assigned stationkeeping box of 103.0° W.L. +/— 0.05 degrees. In other words, SES WORLD SKIES is seeking authority to temporarily operate the AMC—1 satellite in an expanded stationkeeping box bounded by 103.07° W.L. on the west and 102.95° W.L. on the east. Grant of the requested authority will serve the public interest by enabling SES WORLD SKIES to provide continuity of service on AMC—1 by mitigating potential interference from the Galaxy 15 satellite (call sign $2387) — licensed to PanAmSat Licensee Corporation ("PanAmSat") — as Galaxy 15 drifts past the nominal 103° W.L. orbital location with its payload active. \ SES WORLD SKIES is the commercial brand name for the integrated operations of two indirect subsidiaries of SES S.A.: SES Americom and New Skies Satellites B.V. (effective January 1, 2009). The new brand name does not affect the underlying legal entities that hold Commission authorizations or U.S. market access rights.

AMC—1 is currently licensed to operate in both the conventional C—band (3700— 4200 MHz and 5925—6425 MHz) and the conventional Ku—band (11.7—12.2 GHz and 14.0— 14.5 GHz) at 103.0° W.L. with an east/west stationkeeping tolerance of +/— 0.05 degrees." Galaxy 15 is a C—band spacecraft formerly assigned to the 133.0° W.L. orbital location. As the Commission is aware, Galaxy 15 experienced a technical anomaly in early April and has since been drifting in an uncontrolled manner across the geostationary are with its C—band payload still active. Galaxy 15 is expected to approach AMC—1 at the nominal 103° W.L. orbital location starting as early as December 3, 2010, and will likely cause harmful interference to C—band services on AMC—1 unless appropriate mitigation measures are taken. In consultation with its customers and with PanAmSat, SES WORLD SKIES will be implementing a number of measures to mitigate the potential for harmful interference from Galaxy 15, including re—routing AMC—1 uplink transmissions to antennas located outside of Galaxy 15‘s predicted C—band footprint. As part of these mitigation measures, SES WORLD SKIES may need to drift AMC—1 outside of the western edge of its assigned stationkeeping box by up to 0.02 degrees, i.e., AMC—1 may need to operate as far west as 103.07° W.L. The AMC—1 satellite will remain within the eastern edge of its assigned stationkeeping box (102.95° W.L.). Accordingly, SES WORLD SKIES requests authority to temporarily operate AMC—1 within an expanded stationkeeping box of 103.07° W.L. on the west and 102.95° W.L. on the east for purposes of mitigating potential interference from Galaxy 15." Grant of the See Applications of GTE Spacenet Corp. and GE American Communications, Inc., Order and Authorization, 9 FCC Red 1271 (Com. Car. Bur. 1994) (reassigning the GE—1 satellite from 85° W.L. to 103° W.L.). SES Americom was formerly known as GE American Communications, Inc., and AMC—1 was previously designated GE—1. ° To the extent necessary, SES WORLD SKIES requests a waiver of 47 C.F.R. § 25.210(j), which requires U.S.—licensed geostationary satellites to be "maintained within 0.05° of their

requested authority will serve the public interest by enabling SES WORLD SKIES to maintain continuity of C—band service on the AMC—1 satellite as Galaxy 15 approaches the 103° W.L. orbital location. Such a small, temporary shift will have a negligible impact on Ku—band services on AMC—1 due to the wider beamwidths of the smaller antennas typically deployed in the Ku— band. Grant of the requested authority will not adversely affect other authorized operations. AMC—1 will not be located at the same orbital location as another satellite or at an orbital location that has an overlapping stationkeeping volume with another satellite. An excursion of a mere 0.02 degrees beyond the western edge of AMC—1‘s existing stationkeeping box will also have no interference impact on adjacent satellites. The closest C—band satellite to the west of AMC—1 is AMC—18, which is operated by SES Americom‘s subsidiary, SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Limited ("SES Gibraltar"). The operation of AMC—1 during the minor excursion has been coordinated with SES Gibraltar. The next closest satellites to the west are Anik F1 and Anik FIR, located more than four degrees away at 107.3° 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. assigned orbital longitude in the east/west direction, unless specifically authorized by the Commission to operate with a different longitudinal tolerance."

For the foregoing reasons, SES WORLD SKIES seeks temporary authority for a period of up to 30 days beginning on December 3, 2010, to operate AMC—1 between 103.07° W.L. and 102.95° W.L. Respectfully submitted, SES AMERICOM, INC. By: // Daniel C.H. Mah Of Counsel Daniel C. H. Mah Karis A. Hastings Regulatory Counsel Hogan Lovells US LLP SES Americom, Inc. 555 13"" Street, N.W. Four Research Way Washington, D.C. 20004—1109 Princeton, NJ 08540 Tel: (202) 637—5600 Dated: November 29, 2010


Document Created: 2019-04-09 07:24:54
Document Modified: 2019-04-09 07:24:54
© 2024 FCC.report
This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FCC