Attachment 20110201121938.pdf

20110201121938.pdf

DECISION submitted by IB/FCC

GRANTED STA

2011-01-26

This document pretains to SES-STA-20110126-00061 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2011012600061_865831

                                          KA275       SES—STA—20110126—00061           182011000259
                                          Intelsat License 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 Special Temporary Authority Using Clarksburg, Maryland Earth Station KA275
 1. Applicant

           Name:        Intelsat License 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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SES—STA—20110126—00061

KA275

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
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                 International Bureau


January 26, 2011


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

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

Dear Ms. Dortch:

Intelsat License LLC ("Intelsat") ({/k/a Intelsat North America LLC) herein
requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA")‘ for seven days —— from
January 31, 2011 through February 6, 2011 —— to use its Clarksburg, Maryland
earth station (call sign KA275) to transmit to the Galaxy 15 satellite at 93°
W.L. in the 3700—4200 MHz and 5925—6425 MHz C—band frequencies in the
event that Intelsat decides to conduct further testing of the satellite.

As the Commission is aware, on April 5, 2010, the Galaxy 15 satellite suffered
an anomaly of unknown origin. Due to this anomaly, the satellite drifted
outside of its authorized +/— 0.05° East/West station—keeping box pursuant to
STA.

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

* See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00750, File
No. SAT—STA—20101228—00268 (Jan. 14, 2011) (Public Notice); Policy
Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00741, File No. SAT—
STA—20101129—00248 (Dec. 3, 2010) (Public Notice); Policy Branch
Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00735, File No. SAT—STA—
20101029—00227 (Nov. 5, 2010) (Public Notice); Actions Taken, Report No.
SAT—00727, File No. SAT—STA— 20100929—00203 (Oct. 8, 2010); Actions
Taken, Report No. SAT—00720, File No. SAT—STA— 20100830—00185 (Sep. 10,
2010) (Public Notices); See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report
No. SAT—00715, File No. SAT—STA—20100803—00172 (Aug. 13, 2010) (Public
Notice); Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—O00706,
File No. SAT—STA—20100628—00149 (Jul 9, 2010) (Public Notice); Policy
Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00698, File No. SAT—
STA—20100601—00118 (Jun. 11, 2010) (Public Notice); Policy Branch
Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00687, File No. SAT—STA—
20100430—00087 (May 7, 2010); Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken,



Intelsat Corporation
3400 international Drive NW, Washington DC 20008—3006 USA wwww.intelsat.com T +1 202—944—6800 F+i 207—944—7898


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
January 26, 2011
Page 2


On December 23, 2010, Galaxy 15 lost Earth lock, all power drained from its
battery, and the command unit reset, as it was designed to do." Shortly
thereafter, Galaxy 15 began accepting commands and Intelsat began receiving
telemetry from the satellite. The satellite initially was placed in Sun
acquisition mode for diagnostic testing. On December 27, 2010, after the
spacecraft‘s batteries were fully charged and the satellite was thermally
balanced, Galaxy 15 was placed in Earth acquisition mode.

Currently, Galaxy 15 is located at 93.0° W.L., where it is collocated with
Intelsat‘s Galaxy 25, which is operated at 93.10° W.L. Intelsat has been
conducting tests to determine the functionality of every aspect of the satellite."
Intelsat herein seeks further authority in the event that it or its customers wish
to conduct additional testing while the satellite is located at 93.0° W.L.

The KA275 earth station is currently licensed to provide telemetry, command
and ranging services, and the emission designators in the license reflect that
use. For purposes of the Galaxy 15 testing, Intelsat will be transmitting an
unmodulated carrier, with an eirp ranging from 50 dBW to 65 dBW and an eirp
density not exceeding 65 dBW/4KHz. These values are lower then the
maximum eirp and eitp density levels in the license.

The KA275 earth station 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 that includes 93.0° W.L. Moreover, the KA275 earth station already
contains the ALSAT designation, authorizing communications in the
conventional C—band with all U.S.—licensed satellites.

As noted above, the KA275 antenna will operate consistent with the power
levels specified in its existing authorization. As such, no terrestrial
coordination is required. Moreover, the proposed testing will be coordinated


Report No. SAT—00682, File No. SAT—STA—20100409—00071 (Apr. 16, 2010)
(Public Notice).

* The satellite‘s communications payload had earlier shut off as a result of
power loss.

* See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT—00751, File
No. SAT—STA—20110107—00007 (Jan. 21, 2011) (Public Notice); Satellite
Communications Services Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SES—O01313,
File No. SES—STA—20110107—00027 (Jan. 19, 2011) (Public Notice).


 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
 January 26, 2011
 Page 3


 with operators of all satellites that could potentially be affected. As such,
 Intelsat does not expect any harmful interference into lawfully operating
 radiocommunications facilities during the testing. Nevertheless, all operators
 of potentially affected satellites will be provided with an emergency phone
 number where the licensee can be reached in the event that harmful
 interference occurs.

 Grant of this STA request will allow Intelsat to further assess the health of
  Galaxy 15 following the loss and subsequent recovery of ability to command
_ the satellite. Assuming a successful outcome to the testing, this will in turn
 help Intelsat return the satellite to commercial operation at either 129° W.L or
  133° W.L., thereby serving the public interest.

 For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the
 Commission expeditiously grant this STA request.

 Sincerely,‘




 Susan H. Crandall
 Assistant General Counsel
 Intelsat Corporation


 ce:     Paul Blais
         Kathyrn Medley



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