Coordinates Update L

LETTER submitted by SES Government Solutions, Inc.

Earth Station Coordinates Update Letter

2018-05-09

This document pretains to SES-RWL-20090402-00402 for Renewal on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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SatCom Law LLC 1317 F St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20004 T 202.599.0975 www.satcomlaw.com May 9, 2018 By Electronic Filing Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: SES Government Solutions, Inc. Update of Earth Station Coordinates File Nos. SES-RWL-20100714-00900 et al. Dear Ms. Dortch: SES Government Solutions, Inc. (“SES-GS”), by its attorney, hereby provides updated coordinate information for several of its earth station licenses. The Commission has stated that in order to improve the accuracy of the information in 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 In response to the Earth Station Accuracy Notice, SES-GS has determined WGS84 coordinates for all of its licensed earth stations and provides the information in the table below for sites with minor deviations from the coordinate data in IBFS. 2 The table also shows the elevation associated with the WGS84 coordinates. SES-GS is preparing modification applications to request correction of coordinates in cases that involve larger deviations from the IBFS license data. 1 See International Bureau Addresses Accuracy of Earth Station Location Information in IBFS, DA 17-1127, rel. Nov. 21, 2017 (“Earth Station Accuracy Notice”). 2 Specifically, the differences are less than one second in latitude/longitude for C-band operations and less than ten seconds in latitude/longitude for Ku-band operations. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 25.228(a)(4)(vi) and 25.130(g).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch -2- May 9, 2018 Call Sign File Number City and State WGS84 Site Elev. Coordinates (m AMSL) KF24 SES-RWL-20110617-00716 Bellevue, NE 41° 07' 56.3" N.L. 325 95° 55' 03.0" W.L. WE60 SES-RWL-20100714-00900 Wallops Island, 37° 56' 46.3" N.L. 5 VA 75° 27' 41.8" W.L. E890253 SES-RWL-20090402-00402 Ft. Belvoir, VA 38° 43' 39.6" N.L. 40 77° 08' 44.3" W.L. E960490 SES-RWL-20061010-01823 Ft. Belvoir, VA 38°43' 39.0" N.L. 40 77° 08' 44.0" W.L. E010257 SES-RWL-20111115-01373 Ft. Belvoir, VA 38° 43' 39.4" N.L. 40 77° 08' 45.0" W.L. SES-GS respectfully requests that the Commission update IBFS to reflect the WGS84 coordinates for these facilities. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this matter. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Karis A. Hastings Karis A. Hastings Counsel for SES Government Solutions, Inc. karis@satcomlaw.com cc: Paul Blais, International Bureau Satellite Division


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