Attachment 20101118170326.pdf

20101118170326.pdf

DECISION submitted by IB/FCC

GRANTED STA

2010-11-18

This document pretains to SES-STA-20101115-01430 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010111501430_853298

WB81 SES—STA—20101115—01430 182010003503 SES Americom, Inc. Approved by OMB 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: WB81 STA to communicate with the AMC—18 ($2713) 1. Applicant Name: SES Americom, Inc. Phone Number: 202—478—7137 DBA Name: Fax Number: 202—478—7101 Street: 2001 L Stréet, NW E—Mail: daniel.mah@ses.com Suite 800 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20036 — Attention: Daniel C. H. Mah 30 df-‘fgé mrsenmessszny File # 55557443/0,/,5_0/;/3& wee envnermmumssietses Call Sign 4/5 / GemDate (/4/5’4’>é<> (or other identifies) From GMNTED International Bureau

2. Contact Name: Karis A. Hastings, Esq. Phone Number: 202—637—5767 Company: Hogan Lovells US LLP Fax Number: 202—637—5910 Street: 555 Thirteenth Street, NW E—Mail: karis.hastings@hoganlovells.com City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20004 —1109 Attention: Relationship: (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). {} Governmental Entity J Noncommercial educational licensee q73 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request gry Use Prior to Grant g54 Change Station Location @, Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 11/20/2010

7. CityVernon Valley 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 41 12 6.3 N 9. State NJ 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 74 31 34.6 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.) SES Americom, Inc. requests special temporary authority for 30 days, commencing on November 20, 2010, for its Vernon Valley, NJ earth station (call sign WBS81) to communicate with the AMC—18 (call sign $2713) C—Band satellite during maneuvers outside its orbital location. 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is @ Yes y 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 Daniel C. H. Mah Regulatory Counsel WILLFUL 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).

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT The public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, AMD—PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060—0678), Washington, DC 20554. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to PRA@fcec.gov. PLEASE DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. Remember — You are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and thegovernment may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060—0678. THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104—13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

Call Signs E000313 and WB81 Page 1 of 4 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY SES Americom, Inc. ("SES Americom," doing business as "SES WORLD SKIES"‘) hereby respectfully requests special temporary authority for a period of thirty days, starting on November 20, 2010, for its earth stations in Sunset Beach, HI (call sign EO0O0313) and Vernon Valley, NJ (call sign WB81) to communicate with the AMC—18 C—band satellite during maneuvers that will take the satellite outside its assigned stationkeeping volume. AMC—18 is a Gibraltar—licensed spacecraft authorized to serve the U.S. from 104.95° W.L." SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Limited ("SES Gibraltar”),3 the licensee of AMC—18, has advised SES WORLD SKIES that it plans to temporarily operate AMC—18 up to 0.2 degrees to the east and west of its assigned orbital location, i.e. between 104.75° and 105.15° W.L. The SES WORLD SKIES earth stations will be used to perform Telemetry, Tracking and Control ("TT&C") during these maneuvers." The satellite‘s communications payload will also be operational while the satellite is outside its typical stationkeeping box." ! _ SES WORLD SKIES is the commercial brand name for the integrated operations of two indirect subsidiaries of SES S.A.: SES Americom and New Skies Satellites B.V. (effective January 1, 2009). The brand name does not affect the underlying legal entities that hold Commission authorizations or U.S. market access rights. * See SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Limited, File No. SAT—PPL—20061006—00118, Call Sign $2713 (CAMC—18 Permitted List Filing"), grant—stamped Dec. 7, 2006 (adding AMC—18 to the Commission‘s Permitted Space Station List for C—band operations from 104.95° W.L.). 3 SES Gibraltar is a wholly—owned subsidiary of SES Americom. * The TT&C will be performed in the frequencies for which AMC—18 is authorized: command at 6423.5 MHz and telemetry beacons at 3700.5 MHz and 4199.5 MHz. See AMC—18 Permitted List Filing, Technical Appendix at A—16. ° Separate STA requests are being filed by the licensees of the earth stations used to uplink communications to AMC—18, and SES WORLD SKIES is concurrently filing a waiver request seeking authority for the earth stations that receive signals from AMC—18 to continue to do so during the maneuvers described herein. To the extent required, SES WORLD SKIES requests a waiver of the requirement to maintain a spacecraft authorized to serve the U.S. within +/— 0.05 degrees of its assigned station— keeping position. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.3 (waiver for good cause), 25.210(j) (east/west station— keeping).

Call Signs E000313 and WB81 Page 2 of 4 The AMC—18 maneuvers are intended to mitigate potential interference from the PanAmSat Licensee Corp. ("PanAmSat") Galaxy 15 satellite (call sign $2387), which suffered an anomaly and which is drifting in an uncontrolled manner in the direction of AMC—18. Grant of the requested authority and any necessary waiver will serve the public interest by allowing AMC—18 to continue to serve U.S. customers during the planned maneuvers, minimizing disruptions as Galaxy 15 approaches and passes through the 104.95° W.L. orbital location. As the Commission is aware, because of an anomaly that occurred on or about April 5, the Galaxy 15 satellite began drifting eastward from its assigned orbital location of 133° W.L. Galaxy 15 is nearing AMC—18 and is expected to pass through AMC—18‘s station— keeping box with its payload active on or about November 24. Because Galaxy 15 operates on the same C—band frequencies as AMC—18, the potential for harmful interference into AMC—18 operations is significant as Galaxy 15 approaches. There will also be an increased risk of an in— orbit collision as Galaxy 15 passes through AMC—18‘s stationkeeping box. SES Gibraltar is considering options to address these matters in conjunction with its customers and Intelsat. One such method is to ensure a minimum orbital separation between AMC—18 and the active Galaxy 15 as it approaches and passes through 104.95° W.L. Specifically, AMC—18 wofild first move to the east as Galaxy 15 approaches from the west, and then be maneuvered to the west of 104.95° W.L. as Galaxy 15 continues on its passage east. The maneuvers are expected to be completed within a week, after which AMC—18 will recommence operating with its standard stationkeeping tolerance. This method has previously been used successfully to mitigate interference. For example, PanAmSat managed the transition of traffic from Galaxy 15 to Galaxy 12 by operating Galaxy 12 outside of the 133° W.L. box (with Commission authority) for a period of time to

Call Signs E000313 and WB81 Page 3 of 4 maintain a minimum separation between the satellites.© SES WORLD SKIES requested and received Commission authority to use the same approach to mitigate interference when Galaxy 15 passed through the assigned stationkeeping volume of AMC—11 2 Grant of the requested authority will not adversely affect other authorized operations. There are no C—band satellites assigned to operate within +/— 0.2 degrees of 104.95° W.L. The closest C—band spacecraft to AMC—18 are SES WORLD SKIES®‘ AMC—1 at 103° W.L. and Telesat Canada‘s Anik F1 and FIR satellites at 107.3° W.L. SES WORLD SKIES does not expect that the proposed temporary operations of AMC—18 outside ofits assigned station—keeping box will cause harmful interference to adjacent satellites. SES WORLD SKIES and SES Gibraltar will coordinate internally with respect to AMC—1. SES WORLD SKIES understands that SES Gibraltar has notified Telesat Canada of the planned AMC—18 maneuvers, and has reached an agreement with Telesat Canada concerning the maneuver parameters described herein. During the proposed maneuvers, there will be a temporary overlap between the assigned stationkeeping volume of SES WORLD SKIES‘ AMC—15 satellite at 105.05° W.L. and the enlarged stationkeeping volume proposed for AMC—18. SES WORLD SKIES and SES Gibraltar will closely monitor the two satellites‘ positions during the AMC—18 maneuvers to ensure physical separation between the spacecraft. Apart from AMC—15, AMC—18 will not be located at the same orbital location as another satellite or at an orbital location that has an overlapping stationkeeping volume with another satellite. For the foregoing reasons, SES WORLD SKIES seeks temporary authority for a period of up to 30 days beginning on November 20, 2010, to communicate with AMC—18 while See File No. SAT—STA—20100408—00070, Call Sign $2422, grant—stamped Apr. 9, 2010. See File No. SAT—STA—20100430—00086, Call Sign $2433, grant—stamped May 12, 2010.

Call Signs E000313 and WB81 Page 4 of 4 the spacecraft is located between 104.75° and 105.15° W.L. At the end of this period, AMC—18 will be returned to its assigned orbital location of 104.95° W.L.


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