Attachment Amendment Narrative

This document pretains to SES-AMD-20141117-00858 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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! Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Astronics AeroSat Corporation ) File No. SES-LIC-20140902-0068 ) Call Sign E140087 Application for Blanket License to Operate ) 1000 Technically Identical Ku-Band Transmit/ ) Receive Earth Stations Aboard Aircraft ) APPLICATION AMENDMENT Pursuant to § 25.116 of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) Rules1, Astronics AeroSat Corporation (“Astronics AeroSat”) hereby amends its earth stations aboard aircraft (“ESAA”) blanket license application File No. SES-LIC-20140902- 00688, Call Sign E140087, to clarify the downlink (receive) frequencies for operation with certain proposed satellite points of communication. In the original application narrative, Astronics AeroSat included a table summarizing, among other things, the downlink frequencies and coverage areas of its proposed satellite points of communication.2 These downlink frequencies were also discussed in a narrative overview of the operating frequencies and coverage areas of each proposed satellite point of communication.3 It appears that certain downlink frequency ranges that are not associated with the specific satellite beams in which Astronics AeroSat seeks to operate were inadvertently included in the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 47 C.F.R. § 25.116. 2 See Application of Astronics AeroSat Corporation for Blanket License to Operate 1000 Technically Identical Ku-Band Transmit/Receive Earth Stations Aboard Aircraft, File No. SES- LIC-20140902-00688, at 6, Table 1. 3 See id. at 7-13. !

! table. Astronics AeroSat hereby amends its application to reflect the following changes to the downlink frequency ranges of three proposed satellite points of communication: • IS-22 (S2846): Astronics AeroSat seeks authority to use IS-22 capacity for ESAA operations in the 12.25-12.5 GHz band (space-to-Earth) outside the United States, principally the Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean regions. • Telstar-11N (S2357): Astronics AeroSat seeks authority to use Telstar-11N capacity for ESAA operations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz band and the 12.5-12.75 GHz band (space-to- Earth) outside the United States, principally the Europe and Africa regions. • Telstar-14R (S2821): Astronics AeroSat seeks authority to use Telstar-14R capacity for ESAA operations in the 11.45-11.7 GHz band (space-to-Earth) outside the United States, principally the North Atlantic Ocean region. Astronics AeroSat provides the bulleted text above and attached table, which are intended to replace the summary text4 and table included in the narrative, to clarify the frequencies on which Astronics AeroSat seeks to operate with each proposed satellite point of communication.5 Astronics AeroSat has also amended the Frequency Coordination portion of FCC Form 312 to reflect these changes.6 Astronics AeroSat respectfully requests that the Commission refer to the information set forth herein and the amended form for the downlink frequencies for each proposed satellite point of communication. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 See id., IS-22 at 9, Telstar-11N at 9, and Telstar-14R at 10. 5 The footnotes included in the original table have been omitted. 6 See FCC Form 312 at E51-55. No other changes are being made in this amendment. Thus, the original form should be referred to for all other technical parameters of Astronics AeroSat’s proposed ESAA operations. !

! In summary, Astronics AeroSat hereby amends its ESAA blanket license application to reflect updated downlink frequencies as set forth herein. Respectfully submitted, ASTRONICS AEROSAT CORPORATION By: s/ Frank Blanda a Frank Blanda Chief Technology Officer Astronics AeroSat Corporation 62 State Route 101A Amherst, New Hampshire 03031-2281 Office: +1 (603) 879-0205 ext. 170 !

! Table 1: Proposed Satellite Points of Communication ! Satellite Licensing Orbital Downlink ITU Region Serves Admin. Location Freq. (GHz) Coverage Area U.S. Galaxy 3C United States 95° W.L. 11.7 – 12.2 2 Yes IS-14 United States 45° W.L. 11.45 – 11.7 1 No IS-19 United States 166° E.L. 12.25 – 12.75 2,3 No IS-22 United States 72.1° E.L. 12.25 – 12.5 1,3 No Telstar-11N United States 37.5° W.L. 10.95 – 11.2 1 No 12.5 – 12.75 Telstar-14R Brazil 63° W.L. 11.45 – 11.7 1,2 No (Estrela do Sul 2) Telstar-12 United States 15° W.L. 11.45 – 12.2 2 No 12.5 – 12.75 E117WA Mexico 116.8° W.L. 11.7 – 12.2 2 No (Satmex 8) E172A United States 172° E.L. 10.95 – 11.2 2,3 No 11.45 – 11.7 12.2 – 12.75 Apstar-7 China 76.5° E.L. 11.45 – 11.7 1,3 No ! ! !

! T echnical C ertification I, Frank Blanda, hereby certify that I am the technically qualified person responsible for the preparation of the technical information contained in the Astronics AeroSat blanket license application amendment for ESAA operating authority, that I am familiar with Part 25 of the &RPPLVVLRQ¶V5XOHV &)53DUW DQGWKDW,KDYHHLWKHUSUHSDUHGRUUHYLHZHGWKH technical information submitted in this application and found it to be complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. By: s/ Frank Blanda a Frank Blanda Astronics AeroSat Corporation Chief Technical Officer November 17, 2014 !


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