Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SES-LIC-20170213-00151 for License on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLIC2017021300151_1185078

                                    Before the
                      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                                     )
                                                     )
SES AMERICOM, INC.                                   )       SES-LIC-________-_____
                                                     )       Call Sign _____
Application for Ten Temporary Fixed Earth            )
Stations Operating in the Ku-Band                    )



               SES Americom, Inc. (“SES Americom” or “SES”) respectfully requests a license

to operate ten temporary fixed earth stations in the conventional and extended Ku-bands. The

antennas will be used to demonstrate SES’s capabilities around the continental United States.

               As described in more detail in the Form 312 submitted with this application, the

antennas are 1.0 meter antennas manufactured by AVL. Each will be installed on a truck, which

will be moved to each demonstration location where the antenna will be deployed on top of the

truck and operated in a fixed position. Because the antenna will always operate on the top of the

truck, we have listed the antenna height above ground level in the Form 312 as 4.3 meters, which

includes the height of the truck. Each antenna on its own will measure 1.2 meters.

               SES also seeks a waiver of footnote NG52 in the Table of Allocations to permit

the reception of U.S. domestic services in the 10.95-11.7 GHz band on an unprotected, non-

interference basis. Footnote NG52 was intended to preserve access to the 10.7-11.7 GHz

spectrum for terrestrial fixed service (“FS”) stations by limiting FSS use of the band to


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international operations only. As the Commission explained in a prior case granting an

EchoStar entity a waiver of footnote NG104:

                       waiver of footnote NG 104 would not undermine the rule’s
                       purpose because it involves only passive receive-only earth
                       stations that are not capable of causing interference into FS
                       stations operating in this band. Further, because, EchoStar
                       has agreed to accept any level of interference from FS
                       stations into its receive-only earth stations’ operations in
                       the extended Ku-bands, FS operators will not be required to
                       coordinate their station operations with the EchoStar
                       receive-only earth stations’ operations. Under these
                       circumstances, we determine that additional coordination
                       burden would not be placed upon FS operators and that
                       their ability to expand service in the future would not in
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                       any manner be restricted.

               The SES request for authority to receive domestic signals from satellites

authorized to transmit in the 10.95-11.7 GHz band on an unprotected basis fits squarely within

this line of precedent. Accordingly, the Commission should conclude that grant of the requested

waiver will serve the public interest.




1
     See 47 C.F.R § 2.106, Footnote NG52. This policy was previously codified in footnote
NG104.
2
       EchoStar KuX Corp., 20 FCC Rcd 919, 923 (Sat. Div. 2004). See also Intelsat North
America LLC, Call Sign S2817, File No. SAT-LOA-20101014-00219, grant-stamped July. 26,
2011, Attachment to Grant at 23, ¶¶ 7-9 (granting waiver of footnote NG104 to allow Intelsat 18
to provide domestic service in the 10.95-11.2 GHz and 11.45-11.7 GHz bands); PanAmSat
Licensee Corp., Call Sign S2381, File No. SAT-MOD-20060303-00019, grant-stamped Oct. 26,
2006, Attachment to Grant at 1-2, ¶¶ 1-4 (granting waiver of footnote NG104 to allow Galaxy
3C to provide domestic service in the 11.45-11.7 GHz band).

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              For the foregoing reasons, SES requests approval of the above application.

                                           Respectfully submitted,

                                           SES AMERICOM, INC.

                                           By: /s/ Petra A. Vorwig

Of Counsel                                     Petra A. Vorwig
Karis A. Hastings                              Senior Legal & Regulatory Counsel
SatCom Law LLC                                 SES Americom, Inc.
1317 F Street, N.W., Suite 400                 1129 20th Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004                         Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 599-0975                            Tel: (202) 478-7143

Dated: February 13, 2017




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