Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100608-00680 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010060800680_821473

            June 8,2010

            Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
            Secretary
            Federal Communications Commission
            445 12"" Street, S.W.
            Washington, D.C. 20554
INTELSAT.
            Re:        Request for Further Extension of Special Temporary Authority
                      Clarksburg, Maryland Earth Station KA258

            Dear Ms. ‘Dortch:

            Intelsat North America LLC ("Intelsat") herein requests a further 30—
            day extension —— through July 12, 2010 —— of the Special Temporary
            Authority ("STA")‘ previously granted Intelsat 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 has a
            pending application to modify the KA258 license to add 58.10° W.L. as
            a pointof communication."                                                        '

            Intelsat 16 was launched on February 11, 2010 and has commenced
            operations at 58.10 W.L.* The Intelsat 16 TT&C operations will
            continue to be performed at 58.10° W.L. in the following frequency


            ‘ Intelsat has filed its STA reqfiest, an FCC Form 159, a $175.00 filing
            fee and this supporting letter electronically via the International
            Bureau‘s Filing System ("IBFS").
            > See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SES—
            02227, File No. SES—STA—20100127—00125, (Mar.17, 2010) (Public
            Notice); Intelsat North America LLC Requestfor Extension ofSTA,
            File No. SES—STA—20100409—00429 (stamp granted issued by Kathyrn
            Medley, Chief, Satellite Engineering Branch, on Apr. 14, 2010);
            Intelsat North America LLC Requestfor Further Extension ofSTA, File
            No. SES—STA—20100507—00507 (stamp granted issued by Shannaz
            Ghavami, System Analysis Branch, on June 6, 2010).
            * See Satellite Policy Branch Information, Applications Acceptedfor
            Filing, Report No. SES—01239 (Apr. 28, 2010) (Public Notice).
            * See Policy BranchInformation; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—
            00610, File No. SAT—LOA—20080416—00085 (June 5, 2009)(Public
            Notice); Letter from Susan H. Crandall, Intelsat Corporation, to
            Marlene H. Dortch, Federal Communications Commission (Mar. 31,
            2010) (noting that Intelsat 16 commenced service as of March 19,
            2010).                                                                     |


            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
 June 8, 2010
 Page 2


 bands: 13997.5 MHz and 14499.5 MHz in the uplink and 12198.25
 MHz and 12198.75 MHz in the downlink. Intelsat will continue to
 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 continue to be consistent with the antenna‘s licensed
 parameters. With respect to operations in the 13997.5 MHz frequency,
 Intelsat herein incorporates by reference the Exhibit A supplied with
 the original STA request, 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 continued provision of TT&C services to the Intelsat 16 satellite at
 58.10° W.L.iscritical to ensure the safe station—keeping of the satellite
 at that location. This, in turn, results in additional capacity at the
 nominal 58.0° W.L. location and thereby promotes the public interest.

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

 Respectfully submltted




Susan H. Crandall       _
Assistant General Counsel
Intelsat Corporation


 Coe:   Kathyrn Medley


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



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