Attachment XM Radio - Grant Nov

XM Radio - Grant Nov

DECISION submitted by IB,FCC

Grant

2015-11-19

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20151006-00069 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2015100600069_1115767

| | File#_SBT—Sth— 2015 1006— 00063 )3(2118 SAT—STA—20151006—00069 182015001833 } ‘ M Radio LLC XM—1 Call Sign S2115 GrantDate_ 1/ 19 /15 (or other identifier) \Cne t Term Dates perid of Approved by OMB | Hihurpee From_}t/22/15 To: 180 days 3060—0678 | GRANTED® eestla C Date & Time Filed: Oct 62015 2:35:15:480PM |_{WWerational Burcau_| Approved: File Number: SAT—STA—20151006—00069 devith conditions . Callsign: s Nvva R})l&! Branch 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: XM—1 (S2118) Retirement STA Extension Oct 2015 1. Applicant Name: XM Radio LLC Phone Namber: 202—380—1383 DBA Name: Fax Number: 202—380—4981 Street: 1221 Avenue of the Americas E—Mail: james.blitz@siriusxm.com 36th Floor City: New York State: NY Country: USA Zipcode: 10020 — Attention: James S Blitz

XM Radio LLC IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20151006—00069 Call Sign $2118 The application of XM Radio LLC (XM Radio) for special temporary authority, IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20151006—00069, is granted. Specifically, XM Radio is authorized, for a period of 180 days, commencing on November 22, 2015, to continue to conduct Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) operations necessary to drift its Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) space station, XM—1 (Call Sign $2118), from its current orbital location of 115.25° W.L. to the 39.0° W.L. orbital location and to maintain it at that location with an east—west stationkeeping tolerance of +/— 0.1 degrees. XM Radio is authorized to conduct such TT&C operations using the following center frequencies: 2339.2 MHz, 2339.7 MHz, 2344.0 MHz, and 2344.5 MHz (space—to—Earth); 7049.0 MHz and 7074.0 MHz (Earth—to—space). Additionally, we grant XM Radio‘s request to operate beyond the current license term for the XM—1 space station during this 180—day period to allow XM Radio sufficient time to complete its planned maneuvers for XM—1 in preparation for the space station‘s removal to a disposal orbit.‘ All operations of the XM—1 space station must be in accordance with the technical specifications set forth in its application, XM—1‘s current authorization, the Commission‘s rules, and the conditions set forth below. 1. All operations under this grant of special temporary authority must be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis, i.e., XM Radio shall not cause harmful interference to, and must not claim protection from interference caused to it by, any other lawfully operating radiocommunication system. 2. In the event of any harmful interference as a result of the operations under this grant of special temporary authority, XM Radio must cease operations immediately upon notification of such interference and shall immediately inform the Commission, in writing, of such an event. 3. XM Radio must coordinate the operations of XM—1 with existing geostationary space stations to ensure that no unacceptable interference results from its operations during drift to the 39.0° W.L. orbital location. 4. XM Radio must bperate only the TT&C frequencies on XM—1 during the space station‘s drift to and operations at the 39.0° W.L. orbital location. 5. The Commission‘s previous grant of XM Radio‘s request for a waiver of Section 25.210(j) of the Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.210, to allow operation of XM—1 at 39.0° W.L. with an east—west stationkeeping tolerance of +/— 0.1 degrees instead of the +/— 0.05 degree tolerance required by the rule will continue to apply for purposes of this special temporary authority. See IBFS File No. ‘ XM—1‘s authorization expired on May 31, 2014. XM Radio was previously granted special temporary authority for 180 days to perform these same maneuvers by drifting XM—1 to the 27.0° W.L. orbital position. See IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20140321—00033, granted Apr. 30, 2014. However, in light of the experience XM Radio gained while performing similar maneuvers for XM—1‘s companion space station, XM—2 (IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20140204— 00018, granted Mar. 28, 2014), XM Radio proposed to drift XM—1 to 39° W.L, rather than 27° W.L., prior to commencing orbit raising maneuvers so that the westward drift of the space station that will occur during the planned orbit—raising maneuver will not take XM—1 out of the range of XM Radio‘s TT&C earth stations and thus lose control over the space station. See IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20141017—00110, granted Nov. 26, 2014, which also extended special temporary authority for 180 days to complete these orbit—raising maneuvers. XM—Radio requested and received another 180—day extension of that grant, which additionally sought authority to proceed with orbit—raising maneuvers pursuant to a revised orbital debris plan that is identical to the revised orbital debris plan proposed for the deorbit of its XM—2 space station. See IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20150317—00011, granted Apr. 30, 2015. See also IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20140922—00103, granted Sept. 26, 2014, wherein XM—2‘s revised orbital debris plan is detailed. We note that XM—2 has completed its deorbit maneuvers. See Letter from Karis A. Hastings, Counsel for XM Radio LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, (dated Oct. 30, 2014), available in IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20141017—00109. XM—Radio now requests a 180—day extension of the most recent grant of special temporary authority, IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20150317—00011, to complete these orbit—raising maneuvers, which were delayed due to earth station issues. See IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20151006—00069, Narrative at 2. 1

XM Radio LLC IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20151006—00069 Call Sign $2118 SAT—STA—20141017—00110, granted Nov. 26, 2014. XM Radio was originally granted a waiver of Section 25.210(j) to permit XM—1 to operate with an east—west stationkeeping tolerance of +/— 0.1 degrees at 115.25° W.L. See IBFS File No. SAT—MOD—20101216—00262, granted Mar. 8, 2011. We grant this waiver for the same reasons as provided for the original grant at 115.25 W.L. 6. The Commission‘s previous grant of XM Radio‘s request for a waiver of Section 25.283(c) to operate XM—1 under a revised orbital debris mitigation plan will continue to apply for purposes of this special temporary authority. See IBFS File No. SAT—STA—20141017—00110, granted Nov. 26, 2014. We grant this waiver for the same reasons as provided for the previous grant. Ts Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this grant of special temporary authority is at XM Radio‘s own risk. 8. This action is taken on delegated authority pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 0.261 and is effective upon release. Petitions for reconsideration under 47 C.F.R. § 1.106 or applications for review under 47 C.F.R. § 1.115 may be filed within 30 days of the date of the Public Notice announcing this action. File # _S$01—sip—2015 1006— CcC0O63 Call Sign $21185_ Grant Date 1 /s /s or other identifiet) _ Term Dates P(?\'“\Od of § From "/22.( 15 To: 180 da ) . International Bureau | Approved: Fuoith cond{tions$ Siephen J. Dud\ y C\'\‘le(, Scellite W1 69 Barch

2. Contact Name: Karis A. Hastings Phone Number: 202—599—0975 Company: SatCom Law LLC Fax Number: Street: 1317 F Street, N.W. E—Mail: karis@satcomlaw.com Suite 400 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20004 — Attention: Relationship: Legal Counsel (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 SATSTA2015031700011 or Submission ID 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? , IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason forfee exemption(see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). {34 Governmental Entity {~4 Noncommercial educational licensee C Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CRY — Space Station (Geostationary) 5. Type Request {3 Change Station Location «& Extend Expiration Date q3 Other 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date 2016—05—20 00:00:00.0

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.) XM Radio LLC requests extension of the special temporary authority it was granted in File No. SAT—STA—20150317—00011 to further extend the license term for the XM—1 (§2118) space station and permit maneuvers in preparation for retirement of the satellite. 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 James S. Blitz Vice President, Regulatory Counsel 12. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: STA Narrative 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).

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Request of N/ N N/ N/ NZNZZ XM RADIO LLC Call Sign S2118 For Extension of Special Temporary Authority For the XM—1 Space Station REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF STA XM Radio LLC ("XM Radio") respectfully requests a 180—day extension, through May 20, 2016, of the special temporary authority ("STA") granted in File No. SAT—STA— 20150317—00011,‘ which extended the XM—1 satellite‘s license term, authorized relocation of XM—1 in preparation for its retirement, and approved a revised orbital debris mitigation plan for the satellite. Grant of the requested authority will serve the public interest by facilitating the orderly retirement of XM—1. In its request for the XM—1 STA, XM Radio described its plan to drift the satellite from 115.25° W.L. to 39° W.L., maintain the satellite temporarily at that location with an east— west stationkeeping tolerance of +/— 0.1 degrees while venting excess xenon and bi—propellant, and then raise the satellite to a disposal orbit." XM Radio explained that under the projected schedule for these maneuvers, the drift ofthe satellite was expected to begin in mid—June 2015, and the orbit—raising maneuvers would then occur starting in mid—October 2015." See XM Radio LLC, Call Sign $2118, File No. SAT—STA—20150317—00011 (the "XM—1 STA"), grant—stamped Apr. 30, 2015. See XMRadio LLC, Call Sign $2118, File No. SAT—STA—20150317—00011, Narrative at 3—4. iSee id.

XM Radio was not able to maintain that schedule, however, due to cireumstances beyond its control. As it has previously explained, XM Radio has access to limited ground resources that are equipped to communicate with its satellite fleet and have the tracking capabilities needed to support the satellite orbit raising and decommissioning process.* As the scheduled date to begin the XM—1 drift approached, issues arose with earth stations outside the U.S. that XM Radio and its affiliates had planned on using to support fleet management and free up a tracking antenna for use with the XM—1 relocation. These issues could not be resolved in time to meet the scheduled date for the XM—1 drift commencement. As a result, the drift was rescheduledto start in October following completion of the fall eclipse season. Pursuant to the updated schedule, XM Radio now plans to begin relocating XM—1 to 39° W.L. on or about October 15. Depending on howlong the propellant venting takes, orbit raising maneuvers will begin between late February and late April 2016. The orbit raising is expected to take approximately two weeks. * See XMRadio LLC, Call Sign $2118, File No. SAT—STA—20141017—00110, Narrative at 2, grant—stamped Nov. 26, 2014.

In light of this delay in its plans for retirement of XM—1, XM Radio requests extension of the XM—1 STA for a further 180—day period. Grant of the requested extension ofthe XM—1 license term and relocation authority will allow XM Radio to relocate the spacecraft eastward, vent excess propellant, and remove the satellite to a disposal orbit. The current term of the XM—1 STA expires on November 22, 2015, and XM Radio requests action on this extension request in advance of that date, with authority for the period from November 22, 2015 to May 20, 2016. Respectfully submitted, XM Radio LLC /s/ James S. Blitz Of Counsel James S. Blitz Karis A. Hastings Vice President, Regulatory Counsel SatCom Law LLC XM Radio LLC 1317 F Street, NW., Suite 400 1500 Eckington Place, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20004 Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 599—0975 (202) 380—4000 Dated: October 6, 2015


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