Attachment STA grant

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070709-00908 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007070900908_584804

                                            E06038?    SES—STA—20070709—00908                                                                    182007001625
                                            HNS License Sub, LLC



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                                                                                                                                                                                     3060—0678

                            APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY



APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
July 2007 STA Request for Castle Rock CO Station IOT Operations
 1. Applicant

           Name:        HNS License Sub, LLC              Phone Number:                                                                                     301—428—5506

           DBA Name:                                      Fax Number:                                                                                       301—428—2802

           Street:      11717 Exploration Lane            E—Mail:                                                                                           sdoiron@hns.com


           City:        Germantown                        State:                                                                                            MD

           Country:     USA                               Zipcode:                                                                                          20876      —

           Attention:   Mr. Steven Doiron


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                                           Attachment

SES—STA—20070709—00908
E060382

SES—STA—20070709—00909
E060383

Condition:



The 17.8 — 20.2 GHz band is shared with U.S. Government space stations and associated earth
stations in the Fixed—Satellite Services. Services within the United States over the satellite
network of which this is a cooperating earth station are subject to coordination under US334 and
operation of the earth station(s) authorized herein will be subject to any technical constraints
resulting from this coordination.


2. Contact


             Name:         Stephen D. Baruch                    Phone Number:                          202—416—6782
             Company:      Leventhal Senter & Lerman PLLC Fax Number:                                  202—293—7783
             Street:       2000 K Street, N.W.                  E—Mail:                                sbaruch@Isl—law.com
                           Suite 600
             City:         Washington                           State:                                 DC

             Country:      USA                                  Zipcode:                               20006       —
             Attention:                                         Relationship:                          Legal Counsel


(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
application. Please enter only one.)
 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID
   4a. Is a fee submitted with this application?
@ If Yes, complete and attach FCC Form 159.        If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.ER.Section 1.1114).
g¢y Governmental Entity      § Noncommercial educational licensee
C3 Other(please explain):

4b. Fee Classification    CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station

5. Type Request

 «3 Use Prior to Grant                             g34 Change Station Location                         ) Other


6. Requested Use Prior Date
      08/14/2007
7. CityCastle Rock                                                         8. Latitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)   39    16    35.0   N


9. State   CO                                                               10. Longitude
                                                                            (dd mm ss.s h)    104    48   29.0   W

11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: Exhibit                              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.)
    Temporary authority to operate earth station with increased maximum EIRP level per carrier
     for a single emission designator is requested.                             Operation is needed to support TT&C for
    new SPACEWAY 3 satellite during orbit—raising maneuvers and in—orbit testing.                                                See
    Exhibit.




13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is               Yes        6 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 "party to the application" for these purposes.


14. Name of Person Signing                                                  15. Title of Person Signing
   Steven Doiron                                                               Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
           WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT
                  (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION
                   (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).


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                                                                     HNS License Sub, LLC
                                                                      FCC Form 312 — STA
                                                                         Narrative Exhibit
                                                                                    July 2007

               REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
                       Call Signs: EQ060382 and E060383


       HNS License Sub, LLC ("Hughes") hereby requests Special Temporary Authority
beginning on August 14, 2007, and continuing for 30 days thereafter (to September 13,
2007) to operate its transmit/receive Earth Stations at Castle Rock, Colorado, Call Sign
E060382,‘ and Fillmore, California, Call Sign E060383," at an increased maximum EIRP
level per carrier of up to 93.0 dBW for a single emission designator. The temporary
increase in power is needed by Hughes, which uses the two earth station for telemetry,
tracking, and command ("TT&C") operations, to support the orbit raising maneuvers and
in—orbit testing of the SPACEWAY 3 satellite, Call Sign $2663.

       SPACEWAY 3, a Ka—band fixed—satellite service ("FSS") satellite to be located at
94.95° W.L., is fully constructed and is scheduled to be launched from Kourou, French
Guiana on August 14, 2007. Hughes is requesting Special Temporary Authority to
increase the maximum EIRP level per carrier from 56.3 dBW to 93.0 dBW for emission
designator 600KFID for TT&C Earth Stations EQO60382 (Castle Rock, CO) and E060383
(Fillmore, CA) to perform orbit raising maneuvers and in—orbit testing of SPACEWAY 3.
Under this request, the maximum EIRP density level per carrier will equal the maximum
aggregate output level specified in the earth station licenses for all carriers for short
periods of time. In accordance with industry practice, Hughes has undertaken to
coordinate the temporary increase in power with operators of all co—frequency spacecraft
within six degrees of longitudinal separation for SPACEWAY 3 at 94.95° W.L., and will
operate in accordance with the coordination arrangements it reaches. Hughes intends not
to transmit in excess of the per—carrier power level authorized in its license through the
geostationary arc in order to avoid interference with satellites in geostationary orbit. All
operations under this STA that are at variance with the underlying licenses for the subject
earth stations will be performed on a non—harmful interference basis. No additional
changes to the remaining authorized transmitting and receiving frequency bands are
requested by this request for Special Temporary Authority.

      During the orbit raising maneuvers of SPACEWAY 3, the satellite‘s
communications payload will be turned off and only TT&C functions will be used.
Hughes is requesting identical authority for the two TT&C earth stations used for
SPACEWAY 3 to ensure itself the maximum amount of flexibility in testing the Ka—band



‘ See File No. SES—LIC—20061017—01852, as amended by File Nos. SES—AMD—20061103—01954 and SES—
AMD—20070207—00204.
* See File No. SES—LIC—20061017—01869, as amended by SES—AMD—20061103—01952 and SES—AMD—
20070207—00203.


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payload on an abbreviated schedule, and to provide redundancy in terms of number and
site diversity should a problem arise with one of the antennas.

        The requested Special Temporary Authority will serve the public interest by
ensuring that Hughes‘ SPACEWAY 3 satellite can be maneuvered and successfully
tested so that it will reach its licensed orbital location safely and in good working order,
and that once on station, the satellite can begin to make productive use of the valuable
spectrum and orbital resources as soon as possible. Adding new Ka—band fixed—satellite
service capacity for the provision of commercial services to customers in the United
States is very much in the public interest.

        Hughes is submitting this request pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(4) of the
Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(4), and is doing so more than three business
days in advance of the requested commencement date. To the extent that in—orbit testing
may take more than 30 days from August 14, Hughes may need to seek an extension of
the authority requested here in due course. A complementary request for temporary
authority to operate the SPACEWAY 3 satellite at variance from its authorization for in—
orbit testing purposes will be filed by Hughes Communications, Inc.

       For all of the foregoing reasons, Hughes respectfully requests that the
Commission grant this request for Special Temporary Authority to operate the
SPACEWAY 3 TT&C earth stations for in—orbit testing of SPACEWAY 3 for a period of
30 days, commending August 14, 2007.




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Document Modified: 2007-08-10 15:23:41

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