Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20110330-00391 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2011033000391_879647

                                                                                      Spike renewal




                             Description of STA Renewal Request

        Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation ("CMDC") hereby requests that the Commission
renew and extend, with condition, the special temporary authority ("STA") that the Commission
granted with condition on February 2, 2011 for E990143 in File No. SES—STA—20110131—00075.
This STA, which expires on April 5, 2011, gives CMDC authority to operate the mobile earth
terminals ("MET‘s") presently authorized pursuant to this license in portions of the L—band (1525—
1544/1545—1559 MHz and 1626.5—1645.5/1646.5—1660.5 MHz) on MSAT—2 in orbital locations
other than those currently listed on the license. CMDC‘s permanent license authorizes CMDC to
operate its MET‘s on MSAT—2 at 101.3°W.L. LightSquared Subsidiary LLC ("LightSquared")
has launched SkyTerra 1 as the replacement satellite for MSAT—2 and is in the process of
locating this satellite at 101.3°W.L. and moving MSAT—2 to 103.3°W.L. It is CMDC‘s
understanding that its MET‘s will continue to operate with MSAT—2 for an estimated eight (8)
months after MSAT—2 is repositioned, until SkyTerra 1 has been fully tested, service is
transitioned to the new satellite, and MSAT—2 is taken out of service.

        Grant of this STA renewal request will serve the public interest as it will enable CMDC
to continue to meet the needs of CMDC‘s existing customers, including the U.S. Army, for
services provided on LightSquared‘s satellites. CMDC accepts and complies with any condition
imposed in the original STA grant and acknowledges and accepts that grant of this STA renewal
request will be similarly conditioned. CMDC further acknowledges that any grant of this STA
renewal request is without prejudice to, and will be conditioned on, the Commission‘s final
action on any CMDC application.

       For the reasons set forth above, CMDC respectfully requests that its STA be renewed and
extended no later than April 5, 2011.



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