Ellenwood GA Earth S

NOTICE submitted by Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Notice of Emergency TT&C

2009-02-20

This document pretains to SES-LIC-20080714-00933 for License on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLIC2008071400933_696558

1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 February 20, 2009 Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission Office of the Secretary 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Sirius XM Radio Inc., Notification of Emergency On-station TT&C Call Sign E080168; File Nos. SES-LIC-20080714-00933, SES-AMD-20080822-01086 and SES-AMD-20090204-00145 Dear Ms. Dortch: Sirius XM Radio Inc. (“Sirius XM”), pursuant to Condition 197(d) of the above-referenced earth station authorization, hereby notifies the Commission that it performed emergency on-station telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) operations in the 4/6 GHz band. On Thursday, February 19, 2009, Sirius XM’s Quito, Ecuador earth station lost power at 9:47 p.m. ET (1/20/2009 02:47 GMT) and as a result both antennas in Quito stopped tracking and the telemetry and command links were lost. An antenna on the Ellenwood, GA earth station assumed the TT&C functions to the FM-3 space station (call sign S2105). The power to the Quito, Ecuador earth station was restored at 12:04 a.m. ET (1/20/2009 04:04 GMT) and the Quito antennas were returned to service shortly thereafter. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Robert D. Briskman Robert D. Briskman Technical Executive P.E. (DC) #8279 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10020


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