Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20190626-00845 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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EXHIBIT 1 APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATION (Response to FCC Form 312, Question 43) Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 25.117, DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (“DIRECTV”) respectfully seeks modification of its Los Angeles, California earth station authorization (Call Sign E980285) to add new satellite points of communication at the nominal 101 W.L., 110 W.L., and 119 W.L. orbital locations. On May 8, 2019, DIRECTV filed a modification application to change the authorized orbital location for DIRECTV’s recently launched T16 satellite (Call Sign S3039) from 102.70 W.L. to 100.85 W.L.1 At the nominal 101 W.L. orbital location, T16 will serve to replace and/or supplement DIRECTV’s existing on-orbit capacity of the T8 (Call Sign S2632),2 T9S (Call Sign S2669),3 and T4S (Call Sign S2430)4 satellites. DIRECTV plans to use its Los Angeles, California earth station to communicate with T16 and other DIRECTV satellites at the nominal 101 W.L., 110 W.L., and 119 W.L. orbital locations. Accordingly, DIRECTV requests that the existing satellite points of communication for Call Sign E980285 be replaced with “US LICENSED DirecTV satellites at 101, 110, and 119 WL clusters.” 1 See Modification Application to Change T16 Orbital Location (S3039), File No. SAT-MOD- 20190508-00036; see also Satellite Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Public Notice, Report No. SAT-01394, File No. SAT-STA-20190508-00037 (May 31, 2019) (granting DIRECTV special temporary authority to conduct in-orbit testing of T16 at 134.75° W.L. and to drift the satellite to its requested permanent location at 100.85 W.L.). 2 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Public Notice, Report No. SAT-01088, File No. SAT-MOD-20150304-00009 (May 29, 2015). 3 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Public Notice, Report No. SAT-01226, File No. SAT-MOD-20161219-00128 (Mar. 24, 2017). 4 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Public Notice, Report No. SAT-00838, File No. SAT-MOD-20111102-00211 (Jan. 20, 2012). 1

Grant of this application is in the public interest because it will facilitate communications with DIRECTV’s satellites at the nominal 101 W.L., 110 W.L., and 119 W.L. orbital locations. This, in turn, will extend coverage, improve service performance, and provide additional capacity to customers, thereby promoting the public interest. Accordingly, DIRECTV respectfully requests that the Commission grant this application. 2


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