Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20130424-00061 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2013042400061_994295

April 24, 2013 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request for Further Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Drift and Operate Intelsat 9 (Call Sign S2380) Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC ("Intelsat") herein requests an additional 180-day extension, commencing April 30, 2013, of the Special Temporary Authority ("STA")1 previously granted Intelsat to drift Intelsat 9 (call sign S2380) from 58.0° W.L. to 43.10° W.L. and operate at 43.10° W.L. in inclined orbit mode.2 Intelsat 9 currently is on station at 43.10º W.L., operating co-located with Intelsat 11.3 At that location, Intelsat 9 will continue operating in the following TT&C frequencies: Uplink: 14494.5 MHz (V) 14000.5 MHz (RHCP) Downlink: 11700.5 MHz (V) 11702.5 MHz (V) 11700.5 MHz (RHCP) 1 Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159 and an $860.00 filing fee electronically via the International Bureau's Filing System. 2 Intelsat began operating Intelsat 9 in inclined orbit in late 2012. See Letter from Susan H. Crandall, Intelsat, to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC (Nov. 7, 2012) (notifying the FCC of the commencement of inclined orbit operations). The satellite’s expected end of life is 2016. 3 Intelsat has a pending application to modify the Intelsat 9 license to allow the satellite’s permanent redeployment to 43.10° W.L. See Policy Branch Information; Satellite Space Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-00883, File No. SAT-MOD-20120703-00110 (July 20, 2012).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch April 24, 2013 Page 2 11702.5 MHz (RHCP) 11700.5 MHz (H) 11702.5 MHz (H) Intelsat will continue to utilize the following communications payload frequencies: Uplink: 5925 – 6425 MHz 14000 – 14500 MHz Downlink: 3700 – 4200 MHz 11450 – 11700 MHz 11700 – 12200 MHz Grant of this STA extension request is in the public interest because it will allow Intelsat to continue service at the 43.10° W.L. location. Grant of this STA extension request will not result in increased risk of harmful interference. Intelsat will continue to operate the TT&C and communications frequencies in accordance with its coordination agreements governing the nominal 43.0° W.L. location. Intelsat has assessed and limited the probability of the space station becoming a source of debris as a result of collision with large debris or other operational space stations. Intelsat 9 is not located at the same orbital location as another satellite or at an orbital location that has an overlapping station-keeping volume with another satellite.4 Further, Intelsat is not aware of any other FCC licensed system, or any other system applied for and under consideration by the FCC, having an overlapping station-keeping volume with Intelsat 9 at 43.10° W.L. Finally, Intelsat is not aware of any system with an overlapping station-keeping volume with Intelsat 9 at 43.10° W.L. that is the subject of an ITU filing and that is either in orbit or progressing towards launch. 4 Intelsat 9 and Intelsat 11 are being operated in adjacent station-keeping boxes.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch April 24, 2013 Page 3 Intelsat also requests that the waiver previously granted Intelsat 9 of footnote NG 104 of Section 2.106 and footnote 2 of Section 25.202(a)(1) with respect to the domestic use of the 11450—11700 MHz band continue to apply at 43.10° w.L.‘ For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission expeditiously grant this further extension request. Sincerely, ALCE_ Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation ce: Stephen Duall Jay Whaley Cindy Spiers 5 PanAmSat Licensee Corp. Applicationfor Authority to Use Extended Ku— Band Frequenciesfor Domestic Service, Order and Authorization, 20 FCC Red 14642 (2005).


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