Attachment 20100810174457.pdf

20100810174457.pdf

DECISION submitted by IB/FCC

Extension grant

2010-08-10

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100803-00984 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010080300984_834631

                                     KA275                                               SES—STA—20100803—00984             1B2010002438
                                     Intelsat North America LLC




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                            APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY



APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority for Clarksburg Maryland Earth Station KA275
 1. Applicant

           Name:        Intelsat North America LLC                                                    Phone Number: _                          202—944—7848

           DBA Name:                                                                                  Fax Number:                              202—944—7870
           Street:      c/o Intelsat Corporation                                                      E—Mail:                                  susan.crandall@intelsat.com
                        3400 International Drive, N.W.

           City:        Washington                                                                    State:                                   DC
           Country:     USA                                                                           Zipcode:                                 20008        —3006
           Attention:   Susan H Crandall




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Condition:

All operations shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis, i.e., Intelsat
North America LLC shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim
protection from, interference caused to it by any other lawfully operating station and it
shall cease transmission(s) immediately upon notice of such interference.




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2. Contact


             Name:         Jennifer D. Hindin                   Phone Number:                         202—719—4975

             Company:      Wiley Rein LLP                       Fax Number:
             Street:        1776 K Street, N.W.                 E—Mail:                               jhindin@wileyrein.com


             City:         Washington                           State:                                DC
             Country:      USA                                  Zipcode:                              20006       —
             Attention:    Jennifer D. Hindin                   Relationship:                         Legal Counsel


(If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related
application. Please enter only one.)
 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID
 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application?
@ IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159.         If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114).
C Governmental Entity         £3 Noncommercial educational licensee
C Other(please explain):

4b. Fee Classification    CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station

5. Type Request


C3   Use Prior to Grant                           Lt   Change Station Location                        @   Other


6. Requested Use Prior Date


7. CityClarksburg                                                          8. Latitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)   39   13    74     N


9. State   MD                                                              10. Longitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)     77   16    10.9   W
11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: STA Request                         Attachment 2:                                      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.)
     Intelsat North America LLC herein requests a 30 day extension,                                     from August 7,         2010 to
    September 5,        2010 of the Special Temporary Authority previously granted Intelsat to use
     its Clarksburg Maryland earth station                      (call sign KA275)           to provide emergency
    communications services in the 3700—4200 MHz and 5925—6425 MHz conventional C—band




13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is           &   Yes        £4 No
subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the 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 &quot;party to the application&quot; for these purposes.


14. Name of Person Signing                                                 15. Title of Person Signing
   Susan H. Crandall                                                         Asst. General Counsel, Intelsat Corp.
           WILLEFUL 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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12. Description

Intelsat North America LLC herein requests a 30 day extension,       from August 7,   2010 to September 5,
2010 of the Special Temporary Authority previously granted Intelsat to use its Clarksburg Maryland
earth station     (call sign KA275)   to provide emergency communications services in the 3700—4200 MHz
and 5925—6425 MHz conventional C—band frequencies.


August 3, 2010


 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
 Secretary
‘Federal Communications Commission
445 12" Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20554

Re:      Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority for Clarksburg,
         Maryland Earth Station, Call Sign: KA275

Dear Ms. Dortch:

Intelsat North America LLC ("Intelsat"), pursuant to Section 25.210 of the
rules of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC or "Commission"),‘
herein requests an additional 30 days—from August 7, 2010 through
September 5, 2010—of the Special Temporary Authority ("STA")" previously
granted Intelsat to use its Clarksburg, Maryland earth station (call sign KA275)
to provide emergency communications services in the 3700—4200 MHz and
5925—6425 MHz conventional C—band frequencies." Intelsat will provide
emergency communications services to the Galaxy 18 satellite (call sign
$2733) at 123.0° W.L., the Galaxy 23 satellite (call sign $2592) at 121.0°
W'L'Z and the ANIK—F3 satellite licensed to Telesat (call sign $2703) at 118.7°
W.L.

This STA extension request seeks temporary authority to add communications
services, including video and data, as approved services for KA275. The
emission designators for the proposed services are 36M0G7W (digital video
and data), 36MO0F7D (digital data), and 36MO0F8SW (analog video and data).

The KA275 earth station is not currently licensed to provide communications
services. Instead, the license specifies telemetry, command and ranging


1         47 CER. § 25.120.
2       Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159 and a $175.00
filing fee electronically via the International Bureau‘s Filing System.

3       See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SES—01261,
File No. SES—STA—20100702—0865 (July 14, 2010) (Public Notice).

*         Intelsat anticipates using KA275 with Galaxy 18 from August 9—19,
2010, with Galaxy 23 from August 20—31, 2010 and with ANIK—F3 from
September 2—12, 2010. These dates may fluctuate based on the Galaxy 15
satellite‘s drift.



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
August 3, 2010
Page 2


services, and the emission designators in the license reflect that use. However,
the KA275 earth station already contains the ALSAT designation, authorizing
communications with all U.S.—licensed satellites (including Galaxy 18) and
non—U.S. licensed satellites on the U.S. Permitted List (including Galaxy 23
and ANIK—F3). The KA275 earth station also is authorized to use the
conventional C—band frequencies from 3700—4200 MHz and 5925—6425 MHz
and has been coordinated for operations in these frequencies for the portion of
the satellite arc where Galaxy 18, Galaxy 23 and ANIK—F3 operate. The
KA275 antenna will operate consistent with the power levels specified in its
existing authorization when providing communications services.

Grant of this STA request will serve the public interest. As the Commission is
aware, the Galaxy 15 satellite (call sign $2387) operated by Intelsat‘s sister
company, PanAmSat Licensee Corp. ("PanAmSat"), experienced an anomaly
on April 5, 2010 and is currently drifting East in an uncontrolled manner
toward the Galaxy 18, Galaxy 23 and ANIK—F3 satellites. The requested
authority will allow Intelsat to mitigate potential interference and minimize
service disruptions. Use of the 19m antenna in Clarksburg, MD will facilitate
the successful transmission of C—band communications traffic during the
period of time that Galaxy 15 drifts through the nominal 123.0° W.L., 121.0°
W.L., and 118.7° W.L. orbital locations. Specifically, the KA275 earth station
will uplink communications traffic to Galaxy 18, Galaxy 23 and ANIK—F3.
Galaxy 18, Galaxy 23 and ANIK—F3 will remain in their station—keeping boxes.
The large size and advanced tracking capabilities of the KA275 earth station
will best ensure uninterrupted signals during these maneuvers. As a result,
grant of the requested STA extension will minimize service disruptions for
customers.

In addition, grant of this request will not adversely affect other satellite service
providers. Intelsat and Telesat are coordinating the proposed use of the KA275
earth station for communications services with the ANIK—F3 satellite. C—band
satellites within 6° of the orbital locations 123.0° W.L., 121.0° W.L. and 118.7°
W.L. which are not operated by Intelsat or PanAmSat are SatMex 5 (116.8°
W.L.), Solidaridad 2 (114.9° W.L.) and SatMex 6 (113.0° W.L.). Provision of
communications services using the KA275 earth station will not cause harmful
interference to any of these three satellites because operations will be
conducted in compliance with the FCC two—degree conditions. Actually, given
the earth station size (19.0 m), the EIRP towards any of these satellites will be
well within acceptable values. For the same reason, Intelsat does not expect
that its proposed provision of communications services using the KA275 earth
station will cause harmful interference to any of the satellites operated by
Intelsat or PanAmSat.


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
August 3, 2010
Page 3


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


ce:    Kathyrn Medley
       Stephen Duall



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