Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20180927-02874 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMOD2018092702874_1540864

                                                                                           Exhibit A
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                                          APPLICATION

         SES Government Solutions, Inc. (“SES-GS”) requests modification of its license for its
C-band earth station call sign E980347 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia to update the coordinates and to
add to the license several existing Ku-band antennas located at this site that are currently
authorized under three separate call signs, E890253, E960490, and E010257. Pursuant to
Section 25.117(c) of the Commission’s rules, SES-GS is providing herein information that is
changing as a result of the modification and certifies that the remaining information reflected in
the E980347 license has not changed.
         The Commission has stated that in order to improve the accuracy of the International
Bureau Filing System (“IBFS”), it recommends that earth station licensees use World Geodetic
System 1984 (“WGS84”) datum to specify site coordinates and has suggested that applicants
for renewal or modification of earth station licenses provide coordinates based on WGS84. 1 For
the 8.1 meter C-band antenna licensed under E980347, the coordinates according to WGS84
are:
                38° 43' 39.6" N, 77° 08' 44.3" W
SES-GS has supplied these coordinates in items E11 and E12 of the Form 312 Schedule B.
                Also at this location (within ten seconds of latitude and longitude) are the
following Ku-band antennas: an 8.1 meter antenna currently licensed under call sign E890253,
a 4.6 meter antenna currently licensed under call sign E960490, and a 7.6 meter antenna
currently licensed under call sign E010257. For administrative efficiency and as permitted by
Commission rules, 2 SES-GS seeks to consolidate these four licensed antennas under a single
call sign. SES-GS asks that the Commission terminate the E890253, E960490, and E010257
licenses once the antennas covered by those licenses have been incorporated into the SES-GS
E980347 license.




1
 See International Bureau Addresses Accuracy of Earth Station Location Information in IBFS,
DA 17-1127, rel. Nov. 21, 2017.
2
    See 47 C.F.R. § 25.130(g).


                                                                                       Exhibit A
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       Below is a Google Earth screen shot confirming the presence of the antennas at these
coordinates.




       This modification merely reflects an update to WGS84 coordinates for a C-band antenna
that has been licensed and operational since the late 1990’s and the addition of existing Ku-
band antennas to that license. No other change to the license is being sought. Furthermore,
there have been no complaints regarding interference relating to the operations of E980347, nor
has SES-GS experienced unacceptable interference. Because the E980347 C-band antenna
has been successfully operating since it was originally coordinated and licensed (and no
coordination is required for the conventional Ku-band operations of the antennas currently
licensed under call signs E890253, E960490, and E010257), no new coordination report should
be required in support of this modification application.



Document Created: 2018-09-27 17:09:32
Document Modified: 2018-09-27 17:09:32

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