Attachment Extension grant

This document pretains to SES-STA-20090213-00180 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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E010011 SES—5TA—20090213—00180 182009000430 Deere & Company 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: Renewal of STA (expires 2/18/09) to receive from Inmarsat 4F3 1. Applicant Name: Deere & Company Phone Number: 310—381—2755 DBA Name: Fax Number: 310—381—2001 Street: 20780 Madrona Ave. E—Mail: pwilliams@navcomtech.com City: Torrance State: CA Country: USA Zipcode: 90503 ~3777 Attention: Dr. Peter Williams w—aliglos ulglog Term Dates

2. Contact Name: Eliot J. Greenwald Phone Number: 202~373—6009 Company: Bingham McCutchen LLP Fax Number: 202—373—6001 Street: 2020 K Street, N.W. E—Mail: cliot.greenwald@bingham.com City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20006 —1806 Attention: Eliot J. Greenwald Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your applicationis related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID ofthe related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number SESSTA2008121801660 or Submission ID 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? fod IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.E.R.Section 1.1114). 0 Governmental Entity & Noncommercial educational licensee &4 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGB — Mobile Satellite Earth Stations 5. Type Request fo Use Prior to Grant eJ Change Station Location 0 Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 02/18/2009 7. CityNationwide 8. Latitude (dd mmss.sh) 0 0 0.0

9. State 10. Longitude (dd mmss.s h) 0 0 0.0 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Exhibit A Attachment 2: Exhibit B 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.) Deere & Company seeks extension of Special Temporary Authority to operate up to 10,000 receive—only, non—common carrier, mobile earth stations operating in the L—band to downlink transmissions from Inmarsat‘s 4F3 satellite at 97.65 degrees west longitude. 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes {3 No subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 ofthe 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 Dr. Peter Williams Director, Advanced Programs 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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Deere & Company Receive—Only Mobile Earth Station Extension of STA Prior STA File No. SES—STA—20081318—01660 Exhibit A EXHIBIT A — EXTENSION OF SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Deere & Company ("Deere"), pursuant to Section 25.120(a) of the Commission‘s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(3), hereby requests extension of special temporary authority ("STA"), File No. SES—STA—20081318—01660, for a period of 60 days, from February 18, 2009 to April 19, 2009, to operate receive—only, non—common carrier, mobile earth stations operating in the L—band to downlink transmissions from Inmarsat‘s 4F3 geostationary satellite at 97.65° west longitude ("4F3").‘ Specifically, Deere requests an extension of its STA for its existing network of mobile earth terminals ("METs") operating under Call Sign EO10011 receiving a 2.5 kHz downlink carrier (emission designator 2K50D1D) from the 4F3 utilizing 1,545.5450 MHz as the carrier‘s center frequency. Extension of the STA is sought for up to 10,000 METs, the same METs already approved for Station EO1011. Since 2001, Deere has been equipping domestic agricultural equipment with its GreenStar‘" precision farming system. The GreenStar‘" system employs receive—only vehicle mounted StarFire"" mobile earth stations. These earth stations receive L—band signals from the Inmarsat IIF2 geostationary satellite at 98° west longitude ("IIF2"), and provide correctional data which enhances the information the GreenStar‘"" systems receives simultaneously from Global Positioning Satellites ("GPS"). This system enables the operators of domestic farming equipment to pinpoint their location to within twenty (20) centimeters (+ 16). This precise positioning capability developed originally to assist farmers in comparing the crop yields from various fields to determine, among other things, the amount of fertilizer and seed appropriate for a particular field and crop, has now found additional important uses to improve farming efficiency, including enabling farmers to manually record observations such as weed patches, crop appearance, and other field variables with remarkable precision. In addition, when coupled to the vehicle steering system through the Deere AutoTrack system it aids the operator to steer a more precise path when making repeated passes over the same track, thus greatly reducing crop and soil damage. Extension of the STA is needed because Deere‘s service on the Inmarsat 2 satellite at 98.00° west longitude was switched to the 4F3 on October 22, 2008. Grant of the extension will serve the public interest by preventing thousands of existing Deere GreenStar customers from losing service. If the customers do not receive service, the fuel efficiency of agricultural equipment enabled with StarFire terminals will decrease, and the likelihood increases substantially that the customers‘ equipment will over fertilize. Pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(3) of the rules, Deere requests a 60—day extension of the STA without the need for prior public notice. On December 16, 2008, Deere filed an application for regular authority to receive service from the 4F3. File No. SES—MFS—20081216—01619. Technical information for the 4F3 is contained in the following applications filed by Intelsat North America LLC: SES—MFS—20080228—00207, SES—AFS—20080410—00448 and SES—AFS—20080915— 01200. The uplink to the Inmarsat 2 was provided to Deere by Stratos from an earth station located in Quebec Province in Canada. After the cutover, Stratos continued to provide the same uplink services. A/T2844750.1

Deere & Company Receive—Only Mobile Earth Station Extension of STA Prior STA File No. SES—STA—20081218—01660 Exhibit B EXHIBIT B— FAA COMPLIANCE Pursuant to 47. C.F.R. §17.14 (a) and (b), FAA notification is not necessary because no remote mobile earth station will exceed 6.1 meters in height. AFT2844775.1


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