Yahsat Response to I

LETTER submitted by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC

YahSat Response to Intelsat STA Extension Request

2011-11-30

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20110314-00053 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2011031400053_928511

555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004-1304 Tel: +1.202.637.2200 Fax: +1.202.637.2201 www.lw.com FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES Abu Dhabi Moscow Barcelona Munich Beijing New Jersey Boston New York Brussels Orange County November 30, 2011 Chicago Paris Doha Riyadh Dubai Rome Frankfurt San Diego VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Hamburg San Francisco Hong Kong Shanghai Marlene H. Dortch Houston London Silicon Valley Singapore Secretary Los Angeles Tokyo Federal Communications Commission Madrid Washington, D.C. 445 12th Street, SW Milan Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request of Intelsat License LLC for Extension of STA, IBFS File Nos. SAT−STA−20111123−00227; SAT-STA-20110923-00185; SAT-STA- 20110727-00137; SAT-STA-20110314-00053; SAT-MOD-20110420-00073 (Call Sign S2469) Dear Ms. Dortch: Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (“Yahsat”) comments on the above-referenced request filed on November 23, 2011 by Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”). Through its request, Intelsat seeks an extension of the special temporary authority (“STA”) previously granted to allow Intelsat to operate the Galaxy 26 satellite at 50.0° E.L. on a temporary basis.1 Yahsat incorporates by reference its prior pleadings in this proceeding, and continues to oppose granting Intelsat the operating authority that it requests until a clear coordination agreement is reached between the parties.2 As Yahsat previously has explained: (i) the proposed operations of Galaxy 26 are technically incompatible with the YAHSAT-1A satellite, which is now fully operational at 52.5° E.L.; (ii) Intelsat bears the burden of successfully coordinating Galaxy 26 with YAHSAT-1A; 1 See IBFS File No. SAT-STA-20111123-00227. 2 See Comments of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Jun. 6, 2011); Reply Comments of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Jul. 1, 2011); Al Yah Satellite Communications Company Response to Surreply (Aug. 29, 2011); Letter of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Oct. 5, 2011) (filed in the above- referenced proceedings).

Marlene H. Dortch November 30, 2011 Page 2 and (iii) such coordination has not been effectuated.3 Moreover, operation of YAHSAT-1A’s Ku-band payload has commenced, and all Ku-band channels are expected to be fully utilized by the end of March 2012. For those reasons, Yahsat requests that if the Commission does extend Intelsat’s STA for another 60 days, the Commission continue to require that Intelsat: (i) operate on a non-harmful interference basis; and (ii) operate at PFD levels below the hard limits established in Condition ¶ 6.b to Intelsat’s existing STA.4 Please contact the undersigned should you have any questions. Sincerely yours, /s/ John P. Janka John P. Janka Jarrett S. Taubman Counsel for Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC cc: Susan H. Crandall, Intelsat Jennifer D. Hindin, Wiley Rein LLP Joslyn Read, New Skies Satellites B.V. Karis A. Hastings, Hogan Lovells US LLP Robert Nelson, International Bureau Kathyrn Medley, International Bureau Stephen Duall, International Bureau 3 The parties met to discuss coordination on November 15-16, 2011 but no resolution was reached. 4 See IBFS File No. SAT-STA-20110923-00185, Grant, Condition 6.b (“Intelsat must operate Galaxy 26 in accordance with the BSS PFD limits specified in the ITU Radio Regulations, Appendix 30, Annex 1, Sections 1(a) and 4, for protection of co-frequency BSS and terrestrial operators.”).


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