Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20170120-00006 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2017012000006_1167549

January 20, 2017 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Drift and Operate Galaxy 11 at 45.0° E.L. and 44.9° E.L.; Call Sign: S2253 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests an additional 90 days of the Special Temporary Authority (“STA”)1 previously granted Intelsat to drift Galaxy 11 (Call Sign S2253) from 60.1° E.L. to 45.0° E.L., operate temporarily at 45.0° E.L., then to drift Galaxy 11 from 45.0° E.L. to 44.9° E.L., and operate at its final location of 44.9° E.L.2 Specifically, Intelsat seeks an STA extension to continue operating the telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) and communications frequencies on the Galaxy 11 satellite at 45.0° E.L., and during the drift from 45.0° E.L. to 44.9° E.L. The Galaxy 11 frequencies are as follows: TT&C: 14000.5 MHz, 14498.5 MHz, 11701 MHz, and 11702 MHz; and Communications: 13750 – 14500 MHz, 10950 – 11200 MHz, and 11700 – 12200 MHz. The Galaxy 11 satellite is currently operating at 45.0° E.L. under STA3 and is licensed permanently to operate at 44.9° E.L.4 Intelsat is currently transferring a portion of the customer traffic currently carried on Intelsat 12, located at 45.0° E.L.,5 to Galaxy 11. Once the traffic transfer is complete Galaxy 11 will continue drifting, while operating its communications frequencies, to its final location of 44.9° E.L. At both locations and during the drift to 44.9° E.L., Intelsat will continue to operate the communications payload in conformance with its coordination agreements concerning the nominal 45.0° E.L. location. 1 Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159, and a $945.00 filing fee electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System. 2 Pursuant to Section 1.62 of the Commission’s rules, Intelsat will continue operations consistent with the terms and conditions of its existing STA pending action on this request. 3 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-01158, File No. SAT-STA-20160210-00017 (May 13, 2016) (Public Notice). 4 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-01201, File No. SAT-MOD-20160803-00077 (Nov. 18, 2016) (Public Notice). 5 Intelsat 12 is licensed by the United Kingdom.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch January 20, 2017 Page 2 Intelsat has assessed and limited the probability of the space station becoming a source of debris as a result of collisions with large debris or other operational space stations. Galaxy 11 will not be located at the same orbital location as another satellite or at an orbital location that has an overlapping station- keeping volume with another satellite except when Galaxy 11 is temporarily co-located with Intelsat 12 during traffic transition. 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 Galaxy 11 at 45.0° E.L. or 44.9° E.L. Finally, Intelsat is not aware of any system with an overlapping station-keeping volume with Galaxy 11 at either location that is the subject of an ITU filing and that is either in orbit or progressing towards launch. Intelsat will continue to operate Galaxy 11 in the 11.7-12.2 GHz band at the nominal 45.0° E.L against Germany’s EUROPESTAR-BSS-45E filing, and the 3700-4200 MHz, 5925-6425 MHz, 10.95-11.2 GHz, 11.7-12.2 GHz, and 13.75-14.5 GHz bands against Germany’s EUROPESTAR-45E-A filing, in conformance with relevant coordination agreements. Grant of this STA extension request is in the public interest because it will allow Intelsat to complete the transition of customer traffic from Intelsat 12 and provide additional capacity at the nominal 45.0° E.L. location. For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission grant this STA request. Please direct any questions regarding this request to the undersigned at (703) 559-6949. Sincerely, /s/ Cynthia J. Grady Cynthia J. Grady Regulatory Counsel Intelsat Corporation cc: Stephen Duall Jay Whaley Cindy Spiers


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