Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100125-00113 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010012500113_796059

           January 25, 2010

           Ms. Marlene H Dortch
           Secretary
           Federal Communications Comm1ssmn
           445 12"" Street, S.W.
           Washington, D.C. 20554
INTELSAT
                     Re:       Request for Special Temporary Authority
                               Riverside, California Earth Station EQO60384

           Dear Ms. Dortch:

           Intelsat North America LLC ("Intelsat") hereinrequests a grant of Special
           Temporary Authority (“STA”)1 for 30 days, from February 21, 2010 through
           March 22, 2010, to use its Riverside, California Ku—band earth station —— call
           sign EO60384 —— to provide telemetry, tracking and command ("TT&C")
           services for the Intelsat 16 satellite at 48.0° W.L. while the satellite undergoes
           in—orbit testing, as well as during the satellite‘s drift to and operation at its
           permanent location of 58.10° W.L." Intelsat 16 is expected to be launched on
           February 11, 2010.

           Upon launch and subject to receipt of FCC apzproval, Intelsat 16 will be located
           temporarily at 48.0° W.L. for in—orbit testing." The satellite‘s permanent
           location ultimately will be 58.10° W.L.* The Intelsat 16 TT&C operations will
           be performed in the following frequency bands: 13997.5 MHz and 14499.5 _
           MHz in the uplink and 12198.25 MHz and 12198.75 MHz in the downlink.

           For 48.0° W.L., Intelsat has coordinated the proposed TT&C operations with
           operators of co—frequency satellites within six degrees. During the drift from
           48.0° W.L. to 58.10° W.L., Intelsat has coordinated with operators of co—
           frequency satellites in the drift path. For 58.10° W.L., Intelsat will operate the
           TT&C transmissions in conformance with its coordination agreements for the >
           nominal 58.0° W.L. location, as well as with the FCC‘s rules designed to allow
           co—frequency operations in a two—degree separation environment.


           ‘ Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $175.00 filing fee and
           this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau‘s Filing
           System ("IBFS").
           * Intelsat will shortly file an appllcatlon to modify the E060384 license to add
           58.10° W.L. as a point of communication.                          .
           * See Intelsat North America LLC Requestfor Special Temporary Authority,
           File No.SAT—STA—20100111—00007 (filed Jan. 11, 2010).
           * See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00610, File
           No. SAT—LOA—20080416—00085 (June 5, 2009) (Public Notice).


           Intelsat Corporation
           3400 international Drive NW, Washington DC 20008—3006 USA www.intelsat.com T +1 202—944—6800 F+1 202—944—7898


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
January 25, 2010
Page 2


Operations in the 14499.5 MHz, 12198.25 MHz and 12198.75 MHz
frequencies will be consistent with the antenna‘s licensed parameters. With
respect to operations in the 13997.5 MHz frequency, Intelsat is attaching
Exhibit A, which contains technical information that demonstrates that the >
operation of the earth station will be compatible with its electromagnetic
environment and will not cause harmful interference into any lawfully
operating terrestrial facility." In the extremely unlikely event that harmful
interference should occur due to transmissions to or from its earth station,‘
Intelsat will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the interference.

The provision of TT&C services to the Intelsat 16 satellite at 48.0° W.L.,
during drift, and at 58.10° W.L. is critical to ensure the safestation—keeping of
the satellite while it undergoes in—orbit testing and at its permanent location.
This, in turn, will result in additional capacity at the nominal 58.0° W.L.
location, and thereby promotes the public interest.

Please direct any questions regaiding this STA request to the undersigned at
. (202) 944—7848.

Respectfully submitted,




Susan H. Crandall
Assistant General Counsel
Intelsat Corporation




Ce:     Kathyrn Medley




* The EIRP levels for transmissions in the 13997.5 MHz frequency will be
consistent with the antenna‘s licensed parameters.



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