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This document pretains to SES-STA-20101012-01276 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Lockheed Martin Corporation Carpentersville, New Jersey Earth Station STA Request for LEOp TT&C Operations October 2010 Attachment Description Lockheed Martin Corporation (“Lockheed Martin”) requests special temporary authority (“STA”) to operate its Carpentersville, New Jersey Ku-band fixed earth station (see File No. SES-LIC-20081103-01443, as amended) 1 to provide telemetry, tracking and control (“TT&C”) functions during the post-launch and transfer orbit phases of operation for the BSAT-3b satellite that will be operated by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation of Japan. BSAT-3b is currently scheduled for launch on October 28, 2010, and Lockheed Martin would need to begin test transmissions in preparation for the launch on or about October 26, 2010.2 To the extent required to meet this timetable, Lockheed Martin requests expedited treatment of the instant STA request. Lockheed Martin specifically seeks authority to transmit on the 17306.4 MHz telecommand uplink channel. The earth station would receive telemetry signals from the BSAT- 3b satellite on the 11707.1 MHz channels. Although the mission duration for the TT&C operations requested here is 6 to 10 days, Lockheed Martin requests a 30-day STA to enable it to accommodate any slippage in the launch date without the need for additional authority from the Commission. The transmit frequencies Lockheed Martin seeks to use for the BSAT-3b TT&C support operations are not included in Lockheed Martin’s former license for Call Sign E920702 and current application for the Ku-band antenna in File No. SES-LIC-20081103-01443 (under Call Sign E7541). Lockheed Martin notes, however, that the Commission previously granted Lockheed Martin STA requests for launch and early-operations TT&C support using frequencies in the ranges sought in the instant STA request. See, e.g., Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to Support LEOp TT&C Functions of NS-201, File No. SES-STA-20100706-00875 (STA to support launch and early operations TT&C functions for NS-201 using 17305.5 MHz); Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to Support LEOp TT&C Functions for EchoStar-7, File No. SES-STA-20020208-00160 (STA to support launch and early operations TT&C functions for EchoStar-7 satellite using 17.3-17.8 GHz band frequencies for Earth-to-space telecommand transmissions) (“EchoStar-7 TT&C STA”); Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to Support LEOp TT&C Functions of Astra 3B , File No. SES-STA-20100511-00579 (STA 1 The pending application in File No. SES-LIC-20081103-01443, under Call Sign E7541, was filed on a provisional basis to replace Lockheed Martin’s inadvertently non-renewed license for a 14.2 meter Ku-band antenna at the Carpentersville, NJ site under Call Sign E920702. Lockheed Martin’s petition to reinstate the license for Call Sign E920702, as well as the “replacement” application it filed in the alternative under File No. SES-LIC-20081103- 01443 and Call Sign E7541, are pending. 2 The test transmissions that would begin on or about October 26would occur over a period of approximately two days. During these tests, the earth station would not be communicating with any satellite; instead, the transmissions will be made with the antenna at zenith to verify RF functionality.

to support launch and early operations TT&C functions for Astra 3B using 17304 MHz). The EchoStar-7 TT&C STA request included a radiation hazard study for this frequency range that Lockheed Martin hereby incorporates by reference. See EchoStar-7 TT&C STA at Attachment 3. The 11707.1 MHz receive frequency is in the 11.7-12.2 GHz range that was authorized to Lockheed Martin under Call Sign E920702 and that is proposed in the license “replacement” application under Call Sign E7541. The parameters of operation are within the parameters in the pending application referenced in Note 1 above. Lockheed Martin notes that it has used the Carpentersville earth station facility for receive operations in support of the launch and early- operations TT&C functions for a number of satellites, including the Japanese JCSAT-12 satelltie in August 2009. See Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to Support LEOp TT&C Functions for JCSAT-12, File No. SES-STA-20090615-00734 (filed June 15, 2009) (STA to support launch and early operations functions for JCSAT-12 satellite using 12.7 GHz band frequencies for space-to-Earth telemetry reception) (“JCSAT-12 STA”). Lockheed Martin’s proposed transmissions on the 17306.4 MHz transmit frequency will use the emission designators for telecommand functions that are proposed in the pending license application, or will use carriers that do not exceed the highest e.i.r.p., e.i.r.p. density, and bandwidth prescribed in the application for the telecommand carriers. When no commands are being sent, a CW carrier that is within the emission envelope proposed in Lockheed Martin’s application, as amended, would be present. See File No. SES-AMD-20081219-01664, at Schedule B. The information in the Schedule B portion of Lockheed Martin’s pending application in File No. SES-LIC-20081130-01443, as amended, is hereby incorporated by reference. Lockheed Martin notes that it is possible that during an unexpected emergency with the satellite, the power levels proposed for the earth station in the 2008 application (as amended) may need to be exceeded to help recover the satellite. Under these extremely unlikely circumstances, Lockheed Martin will make every effort to coordinate such operations with affected users, and will take all reasonable steps to swiftly eliminate any harmful interference caused. Lockheed Martin fully understands that all of its proposed launch and early-operations TT&C support for the BSAT-3b launch will be on a strictly non-harmful interference, non- protected basis. Lockheed Martin believes that the limited operations it proposed in support of the launch of BSAT-3b – operations Lockheed Martin and the satellite operator will coordinate in advance with any and all potentially affected entities that operate communications systems in compliance with the Table of Frequency Allocations during the limited period of use – are required in the public interest. Lockheed Martin’s earth station will be part of a global network of control facilities that will be used to position the satellite as it progresses from transfer orbit to its final location. The safe and orderly use of the entire geostationary orbital resource and protection of the hundreds of satellites from the U.S. and other countries that operate there depends in no small part on ensuring that the BSAT-3b satellite is controlled while over North America, and Lockheed Martin’s earth station thus will serve a limited-duration, but nonetheless vital function. Lockheed Martin designates Michael Usarzewicz to be the contact person that will be available whenever transmission to, or reception from, BSAT-3b is to occur through the subject 2

earth station. Mr. Usarzewicz can be reached at the following cell phone number: (609)-865- 2658 and/or station number: (908) 859-4050. The antenna to be used for this STA is already built. It is the same antenna that was previously authorized under Call Sign E920270 and that is now the subject of the pending application and reinstatement request described in Note 1 above, and, as noted, has been authorized for use on an STA-basis to support other satellite launches. In sum, Lockheed Martin requests authority to operate its Carpentersville, NJ Ku-band earth station antenna to provide critical TT&C services during the launch and early operations phase of the BSAT-3b satellite, for a term of 30 days commencing October 26, 2010. 3


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