Attachment STA grant

This document pretains to SES-STA-20071023-01456 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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SES—STA—20071023—01456 182007002533 CapRock Communications, Inc. Approved by OMB 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: STA Pascagoula, MS 1. Applicant Name: CapRock Communications, Inc. Phone Number: 832—668—2751 DBA Name: Fax Number: 832—668—2780 Street: 4400 S. Sam Houston Parkway Ea E—Mail: esands@cprk.com City: Houston State: TX Country: USA Zipcode: 77048 — Attention: Ms. EllenAnn Sands

2. Contact Name: Raul Magaillanes Phone Number: 281 317 1397 Company: The Law Office of Raul Fax Number: Magallanes, PLLC Street: PO Box 1213 E—Mail: info@rmtelecomlaw.com City: Houston State: TX Country: USA Zipcode: 77549 — Attention: Raul Magallanes Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, entereither the file number or the 1B Submission ID ofthe 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.FR.Section 1.1114). C Governmental Entity C Noncommercial educational licensee «y Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request C Use Priorto Grant C Change Station Location @ Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 11/01/2007

7. CityPascogoula 8. Latitude (dd mmss.sh) 28 0 0.0 N 9. State MS 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 91 O 0.0 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Cover Letter Attachment 2: Auachment 3: 12. Description. (If the complete description does not appearin this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.) Request for STA for temporary operation at shipyard at Pascagoula, MS 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant norany other party to the application is Yes O 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 ofa conviction for possession ordistribution 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 ofPerson Signing Alan Aronowitz VP & General Counsel 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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)) Teuscommunicarons Law The Law Office of c Raul Magallanes www.emictocamiaw.com October 23, 2007 Scott Kotler, Chief System Analysis Branch Satellite Division International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority Dear Mr. Kotler: Pursuant to Section 25.120(a) of the Rules and Regulations ("Regulations") of the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission"), CapRock Communications, Inc. ("CapRock"), by way of the underlying application, seeks Commission consideration for a Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to operate an earth station at Pascagoula, Mississippi (53.0N, 91.0W). Pursuant to Section 25.120(a) of the Regulations, in "circumstances requiring ... temporary use of facilities, request may be made for special temporary authority to install and/or operate new or modified equipment." In addition, according to Section 25.120(b)(4) of the Regulations, the Commission may grant temporary authorization for a period not to exceed 30 days, if the STA request has not been placed on public notice, and an application for regular authority is not contemplated. In the instance case, the STA request has not been placed on public notice and CapRock does not plan to file an application for regular authority at this site. The proposed antenna will be used to perform a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and "burn in" of the antenna. It is necessary for CapRock to test the Station at the shipyard at Pascagoula, Mississippi before it is placed in permanent operation. If warranted, CapRock will file a permanent application for the antenna‘s final location in due course. This way proper functioning of the Station can be insured prior to permanent operation. Once the earth station is placed in permanent operation, it will be the principal source of communications. Because the Station will be the principal means of communication of the permanent site, testing after the installation of the station poses a risk to the safety and

health of personnel onboard as well as the environment. With testing verified at the shipyard, communications will be available immediately once the station is placed in permanent operation. Sincerely, /s/ Raul Magallanes Attorney

) )) Tececommunicarions Law A Leoal Enoincerine Firm RO. Box 1213, Houston, TX 77549 The Law Office of (an arm—rsoy n ce — info@rmte: © Raul Magallanes vewwirmiglecemlaw com October 25, 2007 Scott Kotler, Chief System Analysis Branch Satellite Division International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority Dear Mr. Kotler: This document is a supplement to a letter sent on October 23, 2007 along with application SES—STA—20071023—01456 in reference to a temporary operation in Pascagoula, Mississippi for CapRock Communications, Inc. The antenna at issue is a C—band Seatel 9797 (2.4m) ("Antenna"). The Antenna does not strictly comply with Section 25.209 of the Regulations. However, pursuant to Section 25.220 (b—c) of the Regulations, an applicant may request the Commission to consider a non— compliant antenna if it can be shown that the operational power density will be below the requirement of Section 25.212(c)(2). Specifically, the earth station operator must provide the power and power density levels that result by reducing the values stated in Section 25.212(c)(2) by the number of decibels that the non—compliant antenna fails to meet the standards of Section 25.209 of the Regulations. In this case, the proposed Antenna exceeds the patterms of Section 25.209 by approximately 24B in the 9° to 12° region along the azimuth axis. The Antenna is designed to operate with a maximum EIRP density into the antenna flange of —18.41 dBW/MAKHz. This is 13.97 dB below the —2.7dBW/A4KHz limit. Applying the methodology in Section 25.220 (b—c), the maximum EIRP density at Antenna flange is increased by 24B to yield,

—18.41 dBW/AKHz + 2 dB =—16.41 dBW/AKHz. As calculated, this figure is still below the allowed maximum EIRP density at the Antenna flange of —2.7.0 dBW/4KHz by 13.71 dB. A spectral density study is attached as Appendix A hereto. Sincerely, Is/ Raul Magallanes Attorney


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