Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100312-00308 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010031200308_805654

March 12, 2010 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority for Clarksburg, Maryland Earth Station, Call Sign: KA275 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat North America LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests Special Temporary Authority (“STA”)1 for 14 days—from March 15, 2010 through March 29, 2010—to use its Clarksburg, Maryland C-band earth station, call sign KA275, to provide in-orbit testing (“IOT”) services for the Intelsat 25 satellite (call sign S2804) at the 31.5° W.L. orbital location. This application for STA is being filed out of an abundance of caution to add the Intelsat 25 satellite at 31.5° W.L. as an authorized point of communication for KA275 earth station.2 The KA275 earth station is already authorized to communicate with “INTELSAT AOR @ 328.5 E.L. satellite of the INTELSAT system (U.S.-licensed”). The Intelsat 25 IOT operations will be performed at 31.5° W.L. in the 3700–4200 MHz and 5925–6425 MHz bands. These conventional C-band frequencies are already included on the earth station authorization for KA275. Grant of this STA request will serve the public interest. Grant will allow Intelsat to begin partial in-orbit testing immediately upon the arrival of Intelsat 25 at its proposed permanent operating location of 31.5° W.L. Intelsat 25 is a newly acquired in-orbit satellite. Testing is a critical step in ensuring that the satellite will be fully operational at 31.5° W.L. This, in turn, will provide customers with the benefits of additional capacity at the 31.5° W.L. location as quickly as possible. Grant of this STA request will not result in an increased risk of harmful interference. Intelsat operates (or shortly will operate) the satellites using the 1 Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159 and an $830.00 filing fee electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System. 2 Intelsat has a pending application for authority to operate Intelsat 25 at 31.5° W.L., Intelsat North America LLC, Application for Authority to Operate Intelsat 25, an In-orbit Satellite, at 31.5º W.L., File No. SAT-A/O-20091223- 00151 (filed Dec. 23, 2009). Intelsat is simultaneously filing an application for special temporary authority for in-orbit testing of Intelsat 25 at 31.5° W.L.

conventional C-band frequencies that are immediately adjacent to 31.5° W.L. at the 29.5° W.L. orbital location3 and at the 34.5° W.L. orbital location4 and thus can internally monitor and coordinate any interference to adjacent satellites. For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission expeditiously grant this request. Sincerely, /s/ Susan H. Crandall Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation cc: Kathyrn Medley Stephen Duall 3 Application for Special Temporary Authority to Drift the Intelsat 801 Satellite to 29.5° W.L., File No. SAT-STA-20091216-00146 (stamp grant Feb. 22, 2010). 4 Application of Intelsat LLC to Modify Authorizations, File No. SAT-MOD- 20011221-00139 (stamp grant Mar. 22, 2002) (granting Intelsat authority to operate the Intelsat 903 satellite at 34.5° W.L.). -2-


Document Created: 2010-03-12 15:22:49
Document Modified: 2010-03-12 15:22:49
© 2024 FCC.report
This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FCC