Intelsat 709 to 47.5

SUPPLEMENT submitted by Intelsat License LLC

Intelsat 709 to 47.5 E.L. STA Request Supplement

2012-04-16

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20120409-00066 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2012040900066_948851

April 16, 2012 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Supplement to Request for Special Temporary Authority to Drift Intelsat 709 Call Sign S2396; File No. SAT-STA-20120409-00066 Dear Ms. Dortch: At the request of the International Bureau staff, Intelsat License LLC ("Intelsat") herein supplements its above referenced request for Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to drift Intelsat 709 (call sign S2396) from 72.1° E.L. to 47.5° E.L. As noted in the STA request, at 47.5° E.L., Intelsat 709 will operate in inclined orbit mode pursuant to the ITU filings of the German Administration.1 Intelsat intends shortly to file an application for permanent modification of the Intelsat 709 license, in which Intelsat will specify the communications frequencies that it will operate on the satellite once it arrives at 47.5° E.L. Also as noted in the STA request, Intelsat 709 is expected to be on- station at 47.5° E.L. in mid-October 2012. Currently, Intelsat expects to operate the satellite at that location until it is de-orbited. The current expected end-of-life of Intelsat 709, assuming the drift commences as scheduled, is March 31, 2013. 1 Intelsat expects to conduct the satellite’s last north/south station- keeping maneuver in the next few weeks. Intelsat will file, as required, a notice of commencement of inclined orbit operations within 30 days of the last north/south station-keeping maneuver.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch April 16, 2012 Page 2 For the reasons set forth in the ST—A request, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission expeditiously grant this request. Sincerely, CDMCA2e Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation ce: Kathyrn Medley Stephen Duall Jay Whaley


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