Attachment STA grant

This document pretains to SES-STA-20051216-01757 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2005121601757_476785

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                                APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
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APPLICANT TNFORMATIONEntera description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
STA for WB36 to communicate with the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite
    I. Applicant

              Name:        Telenor Satellite, Inc.   Phone Number:                 30 1-83 8-7860
              DBA Name:                              Fax Number:                   301-838-7752
              Street:      1 101 Wootton Parkway     E-Mail :                      keith. faganat elenor-usa.corn
                           10th Floor
              City:        Rockville                 State:                        MD
              Country:     USA                       Zipcode:                      20852          - 1064
              Attention:   Mr Keith H Fagan




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                               Telenor Satellite Inc.
IBFS File Nos. SES-STA-20051216-01756, SES-STA-20051216-01757, SES-STA-200512161
 01758, SES-STA-20051216-01759; SES-STA-20060118-00055; SES-STA-20060118-00056;
    SES-STA-20060118-00057; SES-STA-20060118-00058; SES-STA-20060119-00064

The request of Telenor Satellite, Inc. (Telenor) for special temporary authority (STA) IS GRANTED.
Accordingly, Telenor is authorized from January 19,2006 to March 19,2006 to continue operations on
the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite using hub earth stations and mobile earth terminals (METs) previously
authorized under call signs KA312, WB36, WA28, KA3 13, E000280, E000282, E000283, E000284, and
E000285 to communicate with the Inmarsat 3F4 satellite in accordance with the terms, conditions, and
technical specifications set forth in the Commission’s rules and this document.

1. Neither the aggregate uplink EIRP densities in the direction of any other L-band satellite serving the
   United States, nor the downlink EIRP densities at any geographical point withn the United States,
   shall be increased as a result of continuance on the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite of operations previously
   authorized on the Inmarsat 3F4 satellite.

2. Operations on the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite shall be on an unprotected basis. Telenor shall not claim
   protection from, and is required to accept interference from, other lawfully operating satellites or
   radiocommunication systems.

3. No later than February 17,2006 a report must be submitted addressing whether, given the increased
   capacity of the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite relative to the Inmarsat 3F4 satellite, there would be any
   discontinuance of, or degradation of the reliability of, existing operations should access to the
   “loaned” spectrum be terminated. In the event that the report asserts that such discontinuation or
   degradation may occur, the report must include a detailed, quantitative explanation of the basis of this
   assertion. Any such explanation must also include a list of the end-users, including any U.S.
   government end-users, using METs that may operate in the “loaned” spectrum under this STA, a
   point of contact (name and telephone number) for each such end-user, and the number of METs
   associated with each such end-user. Any such explanation, to the extent that it claims that
   termination of operations on the “loaned” spectrum would degrade service on other frequencies, must
   include a list of the potentially affected end-users, including any U.S. government end-users, using
   METs operating under this STA, a point of contact (name and telephone number) for each such end-
   user, and the number of METs associated with each such end-user. Should the U.S. government users
   not authorize disclosure of frequencies or services used on the “loaned” spectrum, the report must
   include a point of contact (name and telephone number) for the associated end-user who can verify
   the government’s use. For purposes of this condition, “loaned” spectrum is defined as those
   bandwidth segments that were loaned to Inmarsat by MSV and MSV Canada, either as part of the
   Revised 1999 Spectrum Sharing Arrangement (October 4, 1999), or later as bilateral arrangements
   between Inmarsat and MSV and Inmarsat and MSV Canada.

4. Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to t h s special temporary
   authority is solely at Telenor’s own risk.

5 . The grant of this STA is not based on a finding that Inmarsat’s L-band operations are consistent with
    operation on a non-interference basis.

6. The grant of this STA is without prejudice to any future determination that the Commission may
   make as to whether Inmarsat’s L-band operations are consistent with operation on a non-interference
   basis.

7. This STA may be terminated or modified at the International Bureau’s discretion, without a hearing, if
   conditions warrant.


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                                         Telenor Satellite Inc.
IBFS File Nos. SES-STA-20051216-01756, SES-STA-20051216-01757, SES-STA-20051216-t
01758, SES-STA-20051216-01759; SES-STA-20060118-00055; SES-STA-20060118-00056;
   SES-STA-20060118-00057; SES-STA-20060118-00058; SES-STA-20060119-00064


8. Telenor must notify its customers in writing no later than February 17, 2006 that operations on the
   Inmarsat 4F2 satellite are pursuant to a 60-day grant of special temporary authority that may be
   terminated or modified at any time.

9. Authority granted in this STA is without prejudice to the disposition of the underlying modification
   applications in IBFS File Nos. SES-MFS-20051202-01665, SES-MFS-20051122-01614, SES-MFS-
   20051 122-01615, SES-MFS-20051122-01616, SES-MFS-20051122-01617, SES-MFS-20051122-
   0161 8, SES-MFS-20051123-01626, SES-MFS-20051123-01627, SES-MFS-20051123-01629, SES-
   MFS-20051123-01630, SES-MFS-20051207-01709, SES-MFS-20060118-00050, SES-MFS-
   200601 18-00051, SES-MFS-20060118-00052, and SES-MFS-20060118-00053.

10. Authority granted in this STA is without prejudice to possible enforcement action in connection with
    any prior unauthorized operation of Inmarsat-C terminals.

11. This grant is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission’s rules on delegated authority, 47
    C.F.R. 5 0.261, and is effective immediately.

12. Telenor is afforded thrty days from the date of release of this action to decline tlvs special temporary
    authorization as conditioned. Failure to respond within this period will constitute formal acceptance
    of the special temporary authorization as conditioned.




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    2. Contact

                 Name:        Telenor Satellite, Inc.              Phone Number:                         30 1-838-7860
                 Company:                                          Fax Number:                           30 1-83 8-7752
                 Street:      1101 Wootton Parkway                 E-Mail:                               keith.fagan@telenor-usa. com
                              10th Floor
                 City:        Rockville                            State:                                MD
                 Country:     USA                                  Zipcode:                              20852         -1064
                 Attention:   Mr Keith H Fagan                     Relationship:


    [If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related
    2pplication. Please enter only one.)
    3. Reference File Number SESMFS2005112301630 or Submission ID
      4a. Is a fee submitted with this application?
       IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114).
    0 Governmental Entity 4 Noncommercial educational licensee
    0 Other(p1ease explain):
    4b. Fee Classification CGX - Fixed Satellite TransmitlReceive Earth Station
    5. Type Request

        Use Prior to Grant                              0 Change Station Location                       0 Other

    5. Requested Use Prior Date
          0 1/ 1512006
    7. CitySouthbury                                                          8. Latitude
                                                                                  mm ss.s h) 41 27 5.0 N


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    2. State   CT                                                                   10. Longitude
                                                                                    (ddmmsss h) 73          17 19.0 W
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    11. Please supply any need attachments.
    Attachment 1: Need Attachment                               Attachment 2:                                 Attachment 3:


    12. Description.        (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.)
        Applicant Telenor Satellite, Inc. seeks special temporary authority to enable its earth
        station WB36 in Southbury, CT to communicate with the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite when that
        satellite becomes operational on or about January 15, 2006.




    13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is                    Yes        0 No
    subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Act
    of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance.
    See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of 8zquot;party to the applicationlkquot; for these purposes.

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    14. Name of Person Signing                                                       15. Title of Person Signing
      Keith H. Fagan                                                                   Senior Counsel




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                                  TELENOR SATELLITE, NC.                                               I



                    REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

         Telenor Satellite, Inc. (“Telenor”) requests special temporary authority to allow the earth
stations at its Southbury, CT teleport (KA3 12, KA3 13, WA28 and WE336) to communicate with
the h i a r s a t 4F2 satellite at 52.75’ W.L. beginning on or about January 15,2006, when Inmarsat
is scheduled to migrate existing and evolved services from the Inmarsat 3F4 satellite currently
located at 54’ W.L. Each of Telenor’s Southbury earth stations is currently licensed to operate
with Inmarsat 3F4 (among other satellites), and Telenor has modification applications pending
for each of those earth stations to allow communications with Inmarsat 4F2. In all likelihood,
however, those applications will not be granted before the January 15 service migration date.
Accordingly, an STA is needed to assure continuity of service for Telenor’s many customers
who now receive service on the Inmarsat 3F4. In this regard, it should be noted that Telenor
does not seek to provide new services such as BGAN pursuant to this STA.

       Inmarsat has informed Telenor that it is critical to maintain the January 15 service
migration date because the Inmarsat 3F4 satellite needs to be moved to 142”W.L.,where it will
replace a second generation Inmarsat satellite that is running out of &el and will be
decommissioned shortly. A n untimely migration of the existing and evolved services fiom
Inmarsat 3F4 to Inmarsat 4F2 would jeopardize the continuity of the essential services currently
being provided by the second generation satellite at the 142”W.L. orbital location - including,
among others, leased channel services being provided by Telenor to the U.S. Navy.

         The services to be transitioned fiom Inmarsat 3F4 to Inmarsat 4F2 include Inmarsat-B,
Inmarsat C, Inmarsat Mini-M and Aero Mini-M, GAN, Aero-H and H+, Aero-I, and Swift. As
shown below, and as stated in the attached declaration by Bo Norton, Telenor’s Director of
Channel Sales, The Americas, each of those services is used by Telenor’s customers to meet
critical telecommunications needs via the Inmarsat satellite at the 54’/52.75” W.L. orbital
location.

        Inmarsat B is used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, as well as commercial
shipping companies, to support communications to and from ships at sea. Inmarsat B terminals
are also deployed by the U.S. State Department at American embassies worldwide, and these
terminals are also used by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Guard.

        Inmarsat C supports GMDSS, the Global Marine Distress and Safety System. It also aids
in tracking fishing fleets in U.S.territorial waters and commercial shipping approaching the U.S.
coastline.

        Mini-M, Aero Mini-M and GAN services are used by every branch of the U.S. military in
support of training and deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world. These services
are also used by the State Department, DHS and the National Guard, as well as by news
organizations covering events in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.


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        Aero-I service is used by the Air Mobility Command, the Air Force component of the
United States Transportation Command. Aero-H and H+ services, as well as Swift services, are
used aboard U.S. Presidential aircraft, including Air Force One, both by government officials
and by journalists covering the President. Aero-H and Swift services are also used by the 89*
Air Wing to support the Administration, Congress and flag officers of the different services. In
addition, these services are used to support the U.S. military’s Commanders in Chief (CinCs),
and other classified airborne assets.

        Disruption of any of these services would be costly, and in many cases service
interruption would have an adverse effect on vital national interests. Accordingly, grant of this
STA will serve the public interest, convenience and necessity.

        Moreover, grant of this STA will not prejudice any interested party. The services that
Telenor currently provides over Inmarsat 3F4 can and will be provided over Inmarsat 4F2
without adversely affecting the interference environment that exists today with respect to other
operating L-Band spacecraft. Specifically, (i) the E m spectral density of the proposed carriers
on Inmarsat 4F2 will be no greater than the EIRP spectral density of the same services provided
today over Inmarsat 3F4, (ii) the out-of-band emissions from those Inmarsat 4F2 carriers will not
exceed the limits of §25.202(f) (l), (2) and (3), and (iii) no greater protection fiom interference
into the Inmarsat 4F2 spacecraft or the Telenor mobile earth terminals, beyond the level of
protection that exists today, is sought. In sum, during the term of this STA, these services can
and will be provided on Inmarsat 4F2 within the technical envelope pursuant to which these
services are currently provided on Inmarsat 3F4.

        For all these reasons, Telenor respecthlly requests the Bureau to grant this STA for a
period beginning on January 15,2006 and ending after sixty days, or whenever the Bureau takes
action on Telenor’s underlvinn amlications.


                               DECLARATION OF BO NORTON

I, Bo Norton, hereby declare as follows:

         1. I am Director of Channel Sales, The Americas, for Telenor Satellite Services. In that
capacity, I have personal knowledge of the services that Telenor provides on the Inmarsat 3F4
satellite currently located at 54" W.L. and on the Inmarsat 2 satellite currently located at 142"
W.L.

       2. I have been informed that Inmarsat plans to migrate existing services from Inmarsat
3F4 to Inmarsat 4F2 at 52.75" W.L. on or about January 15,2006, and that Inmarsat then plans
to move Lnmarsat 3F4 to 142" W.L. in order to replace the Inmarsat 2 at that location, which is
running out of fuel.

        3. I have read Telenor's Request for Special Temporary Authority in which it seeks
permission to communicate with Inmarsat 4F2 beginning at the time of service migration in
order to ensure continuity of service for Telenor's customers. As stated in that Request, the
services to be transitioned from Inmarsat 3F4 to Inmarsat 4F2 include Inmarsat-B, Inmarsat C,
Inmarsat Mini-M and Aero Mini-M, GAN, Aero-H and H+, Aero-I, and Swift. Each of those
services is used by Telenor's customers to meet critical telecommunications needs via the
Inmarsat satellite at the 54" W.L. orbital location.

        4. Inmarsat B is used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, as well as commercial
shipping companies, to support communications to and from ships at sea. Inmarsat B terminals
are also deployed by the U.S. State Department at American embassies worldwide, and these
terminals are also used by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Guard.

         5 . Inmarsat C supports GMDSS, the Global Marine Distress and Safety System. It also
aids in tracking fishing fleets in U.S. territorial waters and commercial shipping approaching the
U.S. coastline.

        6. Mini-M, Aero Mini-M and GAN services are used by every branch of the U.S.
military in support of training and deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world. These
services are also used by the State Department, DHS and the National Guard, as well as by news
organizations covering events in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

        7. Aero-I service is used by the Air Mobility Command, the Air Force component of the
United States Transportation Command. Aero-H and H+ services, as well as Swift services, are
used aboard U S . Presidential aircraft, including Air Force One, both by government officials
and by journalists covering the President. Aero-H and Swift services are also used by the 8gth
Air Wing to support the Administration, Congress and flag officers of the different services. In
addition, these services are used to support the U.S. military's Commanders in Chief (CinCs),
and other classified airborne assets.

     8. Each of the services listed above would be disrupted if Telenor were not able to
communicate with Inmarsat 4F2 at the time of service migration from Inmarsat 3F4. In addition,


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    Telenor uses the Inmarsat satellite at 142" W.L. to provide leased channel services to the U.S.
    Navy. Those services would also be disrupted if Inmarsat were not able to place an Inmarsat 3
    satellite at that location in a timely manner.


    I, Bo Norton, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the
    foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.

    Executed on December 16,2005.



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