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LETTER submitted by DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC

Supplemental Letter

2010-02-24

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20090817-01008 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMOD2009081701008_803348

                   WILTSHIRE
                   & GRANNIS ur
                                             February 24, 2010


BY ELECTRONIC FILING
Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

        Re:      SES—MOD—20090817—01008 (Call Sign E070027)

Dear Ms. Dortch:

        In the above referenced application, DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ("DIRECTV") seeks to
modify an existing Ka—band earth station license to add the DIRECTV 12 satellite as an
additional point of communication. Under Section 25.203(k) of the Commission‘s rules, an earth
station applicant that proposes to operate in a shared frequency band in which an NGSO system
is licensed for feeder links must demonstrate that its proposed operations will not cause
unacceptable interference to that system. Iridium Satellite LLC ("Iridium") is licensed for feeder
links in the 29.25—29.30 GHz band, which will also be used by DIRECTV 12. Accordingly,
DIRECTV submits this supplement to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Section
25.203(k).

        At the outset, DIRECTV notes that this earth station is already licensed to communicate
with DIRECTV 10 at the nominal 103° W.L. in the 29.25—29.5 GHz band. This application
seeks to add authority to communicate with DIRECTV 12, also to be located at the nominal 103°
W.L.‘ In these circumstances, DIRECTV submits that any change in the overall existing
interference environment for Iridium‘s NGSO system resulting from the addition of this new
point of communication would be de minimus and, as such, a detailed interference evaluation is
unnecessary. Should you have any questions regarding this submission, please contact the
undersigned.

                                                    Respectfully submitted,

                                                             /s/

                                                    William M. Wiltshire
                                                    Counselfor DIRECTVY

‘   DIRECTV 10 is currently located at 102.775° W.L., and DIRECTV currently has pending an application to
    relocate this satellite to 102.815° W.L. (SAT—MOD—20091009—00109), i.e. a change of 0.04°. After that slight
    relocation of DIRECTV 10, DIRECTV 12 would then be located at 102.765° W.L., which is offset from the
    current DIRECTV 10 location by only 0.01°. As such, the already licensed antenna in question would change
    its pointing direction minimally to communicate with DIRECTV 12.



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