Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20101028-01364 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010102801364_848720

Call Sign E060276 Page 1 of 2 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Sirius XM Radio Inc. (“Sirius XM”), a satellite digital audio radio service (“SDARS”) licensee, hereby applies for special temporary authority (“STA”) to commence operations using a new 3.7 meter C-band antenna at its Vernon, NJ earth station, Call Sign E060276. STA is sought pending action on the modification application requesting authority for this antenna, File No. SES-MFS-20100824-01076.1 Grant of the requested STA will serve the public interest by permitting use of the new antenna to support operations of the recently launched XM-5 satellite.2 Specifically, Sirius XM plans to use the new antenna to communicate with the facilities in Canada that perform the primary Telemetry, Tracking and Control (“TT&C”) for XM-5 and the remainder of the XM Radio satellite fleet. The XM-5 in-orbit spare spacecraft was launched successfully on October 14, and is currently undergoing in-orbit testing (“IOT”) at 80° W.L.3 Following the completion of IOT, the satellite will be drifted to its assigned orbital location, 85.2° W.L. In preparation for deployment of XM-5, Sirius XM seeks to begin using the 3.7 meter antenna to communicate with the TT&C facilities in Canada on November 3, 2010 and seeks action on the instant STA request to accommodate that schedule. 1 The modification application appeared on public notice as accepted for filing on October 6. See Report No. SES-01283 (Oct. 6, 2010) at 3. 2 See XM Radio Inc. (“XM Radio”), File No. SAT-LOA-20090217-00025 (Call Sign S2786), grant-stamped Aug. 31, 2009. 3 XM Radio received special temporary authority for its feeder link earth stations, Call Signs E000158 and E040204, to communicate with XM-5 for IOT and to perform TT&C while the satellite is located at 80° W.L. and during the drifts to and from the IOT location. See File Nos. SES-STA-20100917-01176 (E040204); SES-STA-20100917-01175 (E080168), both grant- stamped Oct. 13, 2010.

Call Sign E060276 Page 2 of 2 Grant of the requested authority will not adversely affect other authorized communications systems. The new C-band antenna has been fully coordinated with other spectrum users.4 4 See File No. SES-MFS-20100824-01076, Coordination Report.


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