Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100127-00125 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010012700125_797147

January 27, 2010 Ms. Marlene H Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 INTELSAT Re:.__ Request for Special Temporary Authority Clarksburg, Maryland Earth Station KA258 Dear Ms. Dortch: ~ Intelsat North America LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority ("STA") for 30 days, from March 1, 2010 through March 30, 2010 to use its Clarksburg, Maryland Ku—band earth station —— call sign KA258 —— to provide telemetry, tracking and command ("TT&C") services for the Intelsat 16 satellite at its permanent location of 58.10° W.L. Intelsat intends shortly to file an application to modify the KA258 license to add > 58.10° W.L. as a point of communication.: Intelsat 16 is expected to be launched on February 11, 2010. After in—orbit testing, Intelsat 16 will be placed at its permanent location of 58.10° W_.L.2 The Intelsat 16 TT&C operations will be performed at 58.10° W.L. 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. At 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. " ‘ 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 ‘ Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $1k75 00 filing fee and this supporting letter electronically via the Intematlonal Bureau‘s Filing System ("IBFS"). 2 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 27, 2010 Page 2 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 58.10° W.L. is critical to ensure the safe station—keeping of the satellite at that 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 regarding this STA request to the undersigned at _ (202) 944—7848. Respectfully submitted, x V , m frmmmosmact> .. Susan H. Créndall Assistant General Counsel _ Intelsat Corporation Co: 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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