Attachment Modification request

This document pretains to SES-MFS-20111011-01205 for Modification w/ Foreign Satellite (earth station) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMFS2011101101205_920962

SES Americom, Inc. Page 1 of 1 APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE Earth Station E970336 SES Americom, Inc. (doing business as “SES”) hereby requests modification of its license for earth station E970336 to add the Ciel 2 satellite as a point of communications for the purposes of providing tracking, telemetry and command (“TT&C”) and make conforming technical changes. Ciel 2 is a Canadian-licensed Direct Broadcast Satellite (“DBS”) spacecraft operating at the nominal 129° W.L. orbital location. Full technical information regarding Ciel 2, including a completed Schedule S and a narrative technical appendix, is already on file with the Commission.1 SES hereby incorporates those materials by reference. The DISH Application also includes a showing pursuant to the Commission’s DISCO II framework2 applicable to use of a foreign-licensed spacecraft to serve the United States. The instant application, however, does not seek authority to use Ciel 2 to offer service to U.S. customers. Instead, SES seeks to use E970336 only for TT&C operations. Use of a U.S.- licensed earth station to communicate with a foreign-licensed satellite for TT&C purposes only does not raise the types of market access and competitive parity issues underlying the DISCO II framework. However, to the extent that the Commission believes that a DISCO II showing is required here, SES incorporates by reference the showing provided in the DISH Application. The FCC has also previously authorized another SES earth station to communicate with Ciel 2 to provide TT&C.3 The requested modification will support use of Ciel 2 for service to customers by permitting SES to provide TT&C and is therefore in the public interest. SES is attaching an updated Schedule B for E970336 that reflects the information that would change as a result of the proposed modification, including changes to the orbital arc for operations. Attached to the Schedule B are updated frequency coordination and radiation hazard reports. 1 See DISH Operating L.L.C., File No. SES-MFS-20080926-01242, call sign E050029, granted Jan. 30, 2009 (“DISH Application”). 2 See Amendment of the Commission’s Polices to Allow Non-U.S. Licensed Space Stations Providing Domestic and International Service in the United States, 12 FCC Rcd 24094, 24170- 72 (1997) (“DISCO II”). 3 See SES Americom, Inc., File No. SES-MFS-20081031-01430, call sign E080162, granted Jan. 30, 2009.


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