Attachment STA grant

This document pretains to SES-STA-20051216-01761 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2005121601761_476597

ner sesstammsmconet nsm States Communicatons,inc Approved by OMB s00—0678 AppLICArION FoR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORTTY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identfy it on the main menu: 60 Day STA for E10047 to Allow Transition of Inmarsat M Service to New Inmarsat 4F2 Satelite 1. Applicant Name: Strtos Communications, Inc. Phone Number: 301—214—se00 DBA Name: Fax Number: 301—214—seo1 Streets 6901 Rockledge Drive Suite 900 E—Mail Cig: Bethesda State: wp Country: USA Zipeode: 20817 — Attentions mas S Es — 5Th — 20051216— O‘ Tol ons £O10047 oampu: 01 /18/06 (eroterideaifc) s TermDates roa 01718706 4s 63/9/06 Intenatonnt Boreas WNM_ ed 10 afecved (subjRaim Ricling Divisien Chef i hi 4 See aftached conditions,

Stratos Communications, Inc. TBFS File Nos. SES—STA—20051216—01760, SES—STA—20051216—01761, SES—STA—20051216— o1762, Ses—STA—20051216—01763, SES—STA—20051216—01764 ‘The request ofStrstos Communications, Inc. (Statos) for special temporary authority (STA) 1 GRANTED. Accordingly, Stratos is authorized from January 18, 2006 to March 19, 2006 to continue operations on the Inmarsat 4F2 satelite using mobile earth terminals (METs) previously authorized under call signs E000180, E010047, E010048, EO10049, and E010050 to communicate with the Inmarsat 3F4 satellte in accordance with the terms, onditions, and technical specifations setforth in the Commission‘s rules and this document 1. Neither the agaregate uplink EIRP densites in the direction ofany other L—band satelite serving the United States, nor the downlink EIRP densities atany geographical point within the United States, shall be increased as a result ofcontinuance on the Inmarsat 42 satellte o operations previously authorized on the Inmarsat 3B4 satelite. 2. Operations onthe Inmarsat 4F2 sateliteshall be on an unprotected basis. Strtos shall not claim protection from, and is required to accept interference from, other lawfully operating satelites or radiocommunication systems. 3.. No later than February 17, 2006 a report must be submitted addressing whether,given the increased cspscity ofthe Inmarsat 4F2 satelite relative to the Inmarsat 3F4 satelite,there would be any discontinuance of, or degradation oftherelibilty of, existing operations should access to the "leaned" spectrum be terminated. In the eventthat the report assertsthat such discontinuation or degradation may occur,the report must include a detailed, quantitative explanation ofhe basis ofthis assertion. Any such explanation must also include a lst ofthe end—users,including any U.S. government end—users, using METs that may operate in the "loaned" spectrum under this STA, a point ofcontact (name and telephone number)for each such end—user, and the number ofMETs 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 lst ofthe 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 pointof contact (name and telephone number) for theassociated end—user who can verify the government‘s use. For purposes ofthis condition, "loaned" spectrum is defined as those bandwidth segments that were loaned to Inmarsat by MSV and MSV Conada, cither as part of the Revised 1999 Spectrum Sharing Amangement (October 4, 1999), or later as bilteral arangements between Inmarsat and MSV and Inmarsat and MSV Canada. 4.. Any action taken or expense incured as a result ofoperations pursuantt this special temporary suthority is solelyat Stratos‘s own risk. 5.. The grant othis STA is not based on a finding that Inmarsat‘s L—band operations are consistent with operation on a non—interference basis 6. The grantofthis STA is withoutprejudice to any future determination thatthe 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 a the Intermational Bureau‘s discretion, without a hearing, if conditions warrant.

Stratos Communications, Inc. IBFS File Nos. SES—STA—20051216—01760, SES—STA—20051216—01761, SES—STA—20051216— 01762, SES—STA—20051216—01763, SES—STA—20051216—01764 8.. Statos must notify its customers in writing no laterthan February 17, 2006 that operations on the Inmarsat 4F2 satelite are pursuanttoa 60—day grant ofspecial temporary authority that may be terminated or modificd 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—MEFS—20051202.01665, SES—MFS—20051 122—01614, SES—MES— 20081122.01615, SES—MEFS—20081 122—01616, SES—MFS—20051 122.01617, SES—MEPS—20051 122— o1618, SEs—¥FS—20051 123.01626, SE—MS—20051 123—01627, SEs—MFS—20051 123—01629, SEs— MFS—20051123—01630, and SES—MFS—20051207—01700. 10. This grant is issued parsuant to Section 0.261 ofthe Commission‘s rules on delegated authority,47 CFR. § 0.261, and is effective immediately. 11 Stratos is afforded thiry days from the date of release of this action to decline this special temporary suthorization as conditioned. Failure to respond within this period will constitute formal acceptance of the special temporary authorization as conditioned.

evur sesstnzosizisonee ienss States Communicatons,Inc Approved by OMB s060—0678 APPLICATION FoR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORTTY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application toidentfy t on the main menu: 60 Day STA for E010047 to Allow Transition of Inmarsat M Service to New Inmarsat 4F2 Satelite 1. Applicant Name: Stratos Communications, In Phone Number: a0t—214—ss00 DHiA Name: Fax Number: a0t—214—sso1 Street: 6901 RockledDrive Suite 900 E—Maie Bethesda State: mb usa Zipeote: 2osi7 — Atention:

2. Contact Name: Alfred Mamt Phone Number: an—420—6004 Companys Steptoc & Johnson LLP Fax Number: an—420—3002 Street: 1330 Connectica Ave, NW E—Mait: amamkt@steptoe.com Cit: Washington State: pe Country: USA Zipeode: 20036 ~1795 Attention: Relationship: Lepal Counsel [youapplication is related o an aplication ied with the Commision, enter ither tfile naniberort TB SubminsionTD otrelated lapplicaion. Plase enteronly one) 3. Reference File Number SESMFS2005 112201618 or Submission ID Mna fee submited with this application @ 1f¥es completeand atich PCC Form 159. IfNo,indicat reason for fee exemption (sce 47 C.ERSection 1.1114) g Governmental Entity gp Noncommercal educationallcensce @ Oterflease explain) (t. Fee Closi CGB — Mobile Satelite Barh Sations 5. Tpe Request @ Use Priorto Grant £5 Change Sution Location g on 6. Requested Use PriorDate ovsaos 7.Giy 8. Latinde (Gammsssiy 0 0. 00

o. Sure 10. Longitade (@@mmssst) 0. 0. 00 11 Picass sipply any need atchment. Attachment 1: STA Application Atachment 2: Roc Decliration Atachment 3: Cert ofService 12. Deserption— (If the completedescription does not appear in this bos, please goto the end ofhe form to view it in is entiety) stratos Comunications, Inc. (‘Stratos‘) requests special temporary authority to allow for the transition of the Inmarsat M service currently provided by the Inmarsat 3 satellite at 54 W.L. to the new Innarsat 492 satellite at 52.75 H.L. Please see the attached narrative lapplication for additional. detail. 13. By checking Yes,the undersigned crtfes that neither plicant nor any other partyto the applictionis ¥e gNo subject o denialo Rederalbenefis that ncludes PCC benefis pursuantto Section 5301 ofthe Anti~Drug Act of 198%, 21 U.S.C. Section H62, because ofa comviction for possession ordistibutionoa contrlledsubstance See 47 CFR 1.2002()for the meaning of&quotiparty t theappliation&iquot; fothese purposes. 14 Name of Person Signing 15.Tile o on Signing Paul Kugelman Assistant Secrctry WiLLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHARLE By FINE AND / OR IMPRISONVENT (US, Code, Tite 18,Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHIORIZATION (US. Code, Tite 47, Section 312(a)(1), AND/OR FORFETTURE (U.S. Code, Tite 47, Section 503).

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Stratos Communications, Ic. STA Request Attachment A pesciurrion or sra Request By this application, Stratos Communications, Ic.(*Stratos") requests grant by January 13, 2006 ofspeciatemporary authoriy (‘STA®)for sity (60) days to allow Statos to malntain existing servics t ts currently licensed Inmarsat M terminals (call—sign E010047) with the recenty launched fourth—generaton Inmarsat satllte o be located at 52.75° W.L. ("Inmarsat 425), Strtosis notaskingtoofferany new service. Stratos merely wantstocontinue to provide essental services, which have been licensed for morethan four year,tothe U.S. armed forces, Federal Emergency Management Ageney (*FEMA*), U.S. Const Guard, U.S. law enforcement, First Respondersfromstate and local govemment, and important privat sector customess. Stratos recently Aleda modifeation application (File No. SES—MFS—20051 122« O1618) for cal:ign E010047 in ordertoadd the Inmarsat 4F2 asa point of communication." Stratos hereby incorporatesby reference that modifiation application and ittechnical deals and material for purposes ofthis STA request. The Statos modifiation appliation was placed on Public Notice on December7, 2005,and thtime t ile any Petitions and/or Commentson this modification appliation expires on January 6, 2006. On November30, 2005, Mobile Satelte Ventures Subsidiary LLC (°MSV*) fled a Notice of ntentto Participat, and in addition,it Aled a Motion o designatethe proceeding as ‘permit—but—diclose.® See MSV Notice of ntent to Participate (Nov.30, 2005}; Motion to Designate Proceedings As "PernitBut— Disclose" (Nov. 30,2005) Sinee October 2001, Strtos has been censed by the FCC to provide Inmarsat services domestically in the United States,includingthe operation of Inmarsat B, C, M, mini—M and M# terminals" As setforth in theatached Declaration of Robert J. Roe, Senior Vice President of Salesfor Strtos,Stratos‘customersforInmarsat services encompass a wide range of U.S. customers,including the U.S. miltry,the Federal Govemment, sate and local govermments and private sctor end—users. Je Declaration oRobert J. Roe at 5 (Attachment B), U.S. miltary users include:the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Foree. S¥eDeclaration of Robert 3. Roe at 6. Federal Government users include: theStte Department, the FCC, FEMA, the * Additional modifietion applications werefled to modify th cal:signs associated with the Stratos icenses to provide thInmarsat Md, min—M, B and C services. SimilarSTA requestsare being Aledfor each oftheseservices * Ste «g, /n theMaterofCOUSITCorporation ds COUSITtobie Conmunications eral, 16 FCC Red 21661 (rl. Oct.9, 2001) (*nmarsatMarkerdecess Onts®)

ULS. Const Guard and the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation. SbDeclaration of Robert J. Roe t1 7. Stateand local govemmentcustomersinclude: New York Fire Department,Los Angeles Fire Depariment and National Guard Unit restoring devastred areasimpacted bythe recent hurricanes in the Gulf SzeDeclaration of Robert J Roe at% 8. U.S. private sectorcustomers include: Chevron/Texaco, Global Santa Fe and Edison International(parent company of Southem Califoria Edison). Sze Declaration oRobert J. Roe at 99. As set fortin File No. SES—MFS—20051122—01618, theInmarsat 4F2 is lcensed by the United Kingdom and willbe located at the 52.75° W.L. orbital location. t was Iaunched on November 8, 2005, As seforth in File No. SES—MFS—20051122.01618, grant of the moifcation application s n the public intrest, is consistent with the ORBIT AcC and satsfes the Commission‘s 2/5CO /standard.® Absent authorit to communicate with the Inmarsat 4F2, Stratos willnot be ableto ontinue to providethe Inmarsat Mservice, lcensed undercallsign E000180, o ts existing orfture customers becausethe M4 service, along other Inmarsat services (ncluding B, . M and mint—MD,wll be migrated rom thethid generation Inmarsat satelite currenty at 4° W.L. o the Inmarsat 4F2 sateliteat82.75° WL Inmarsat is scheduled to migrate theseservicesto the Inmarsat 4F2 on January 15, 2006. Stratos has been informed by Inmarsat that maintainingthis schedule is necessary because the Inmarst 3 satelite curentlyat 54° W.L. needs to be moved to 142W.L. where it wll replacea secand generation Inmarsatsatelte, which is running outof fuel and needsto be decommissioned shorty. This second generation stelite at 142° WL. is curreny providing essental Inmarsatleaseservicesto the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. e Declaration of Robert J. Roe at 1 4. An untimely migration ofthe "existing and evalved services" from the third geneation Inmarsatsitellte to the new Inmarsat 4F2 satelite would jeopardize the continityof these essentil serviees currenty being provided by the second generation satllteathe 142° W.L. orbital loction: Since the current Public Notice period forthe Stratos modifictionapplication is scheduled o expire on Janary6, 2006 and MSV has already indicated t ntent to partcipae in this aplication proceeding, Sratos believes thait untikely that thInterational Bureau will be ableto act on the modifiation applieation in advance ofth scheduled January 15, 2006 imigration ofthe Inmarsat MA service t the new Inmarsat 4F2 satelt at 52.75° W.L" Accordingly, Stratos is requesting this STA to ensurethat there is no disruption ofserviceto Stratos‘existingInmarsat M4 customers when Inmarsat migrates he sevices o the new suelite. * Szed7 US.C. §761 ersuy. 5 Stetnendnentofthe Comnizsion‘sPolcesto AllowNon—US LicensedSpace Sutions ProvidngDowestic andInernationalServiein the UnitedStates, 12 ECC Red 24084 gom Cascorn 5 n alllikelihood,Stratosand MSV will be ithe middle of the pleading eyclefothe Stratos modification application:

Grant ofthis STA request is in the publc nterest, As set forthabove,the Inmarsat services provided byStratosare used not only by privatindusty,but alsby the U.S. militay, Federal Govermment, and state and local overnment, The Inmarsaservies are used by these enttestofaciitate militry communieations,lawenforeement and homeland securi, emergency eliefeffors, protectlives and safeguard property and to provide crtcal communications services to support business operations in remoteareas. See Declaraton o Robert J Roe at 9 5—8. Grant of his STA request will ensure that these end—usersdo not experience any disuption o thInmarsat servieesthey currenly use and rely on As stated by Mr. Roc, "Inmarsatservices are used and critallyreied upon by govemment ‘First Responders‘and private industy,as a fexible and mobile backupto terestral voice and data communieations networks in the event that anaturl disaster oterrost attack takes place." SzeDeclaration of Robert J Roe at9 10. Any disuption to the Inmarsat services used by First Responders would seriously compromis thir ability o accomplish their riial missions. AeDeclarationof Robert J. Roeat 1 10. "The necessity of Inmarsat services was learlydemonstrated n theaftermath of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma in the Gulfof Mexico. Inresponse to these devastating natural disasters, Strtos sawa noticeable increase in the demand forthe Inmarsatservices it distrlbutes. Several monthslater, Inmarsasevices continuet playa vta ole in he Gulf of Mexico regionin comnection with the reeovery and restoration effors being undertaken by FEMA,the National Guard,the U.S. Army, state and locl government,law enforcement personnel and the petroleum industry.® SzeDeclaration of Robert J. Roe at 11. In the words of Chairman Martin: If we leamed anything from Hurricane Katrin, itthat we cannot rely solely on terrestral communications. When radio towers are knocked down, sate communications are, in some instances, the most effective means of communicating. See Writen Statement of Chairman Kevin . Martin atthe Hearing on Communic Disaster before the ULS. Senate Committeon Commerce, Science and Transportation at7 (Sept. 22,2005). The grant of this STA would ensure that there is nodiruptioni servic tthese ende users currenty usingand relying upon Inmarsat services The Inmarsat services which currenty are being provided overthe Inmarsat sateliteat $4° WL. can and will b provided overthe Inmarsat 42 at 52.75° W.L. without adversly affeting the interference environment that existstoday with respect t other operting L—Band spacecraft. Specifall,()the EIRP spectral densiy ofthe proposed cariers on the Inmarsat4F2 willbe no greter than the EIRP spectrl densty othe same services provided today over the Inmarsatsatet at 54° W.L., ) the out—ofband emissions fom the Inmarsat 4F2 carers willnot exceedth limis of §25.202(0 (1) 2)and (3),and (it no greater protection from interference into the Inmarst 42 spacecrat orthe Inmarsat mobile cath terminals,beyond thelevelofprotection that exiss today, is sought. In sum, duringthe term of this STA, theseservices can and wll be provided on Inmarsat 4F2 within the echnicl envelope pursuantto which these services are currenly provided on the thrd generation Inmarsastelite currenty located at 5#° W.L.

Stratos understands that grant of this requested STA will be withoutprjudice to, and will b conditioned on,the Bureau‘s ction on the underlying modification application (File No. SES—MFS—20051122—01614) to modify cal:—sizn E000180 to add the Inmarsat 42 as an authorized pointof communication. Por th reasons st forth above, Stratosrespectflly requeststhatthis STA be granted nolater than January 13, 2006° fosisty (60) days. * Janvary 13, 2006 is thlast business day before the planned January 15, 2006 cut—over to the Inrmarst 42 sarellt ofthe "existing and evalved" services.

cerniricate or sErvicE 1, Brendan Kasper, an attomey with the law firm of Steptos & Johnson LLP, hereby cerify that on this 16th day of December, 2005, served a tie copy ofthe foregoing "STA Request," by fistclass mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherwie indicated) upon the fllowing: James Ball* Andres Kelly® International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Stree, S.W 445 12" Stret,SW. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Cassandra Thomas® Scott Kotler® International Bureau Interational Bureau Federal Communiations Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Stree, S.W 445 12" Stret,S.W Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Howard Griboft® Karl Kensinger® International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Pederal Communications Commission 445 12"Street, S.W 445 12® Streeu, S.W Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Fem Jarmulnck® Jennifer A. Manner International Bureau Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Federal Communications Commission Mobile Satelite Ventures Subsidiary LLC 445 12Strcet, S.W. 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20554 Reston, Virginia 20191 Robert Nelson® Bruce D. Jacobst* International Bureau David S. Konezal Federal Communications Commission Pillsary Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 445 12® Stree, S.W. 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20037—1128 bruce jacobs@pillsburylaw.com JoAnn Ekblad* davidkoncral@pillsburylaw.com International Bureau Federal Communications Commission John P. Janka® 445 12" Stree, S.W. Joffiey A. Marks Washington, DC 20554 Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 * by clectronic mail ** by Hand Delivery and electronic mail


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