Attachment SESSTA2012061300510.

This document pretains to SES-STA-20120613-00510 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2012061300510_959572

                                     E060383     SES—STA—20120613—00510   182012001419
                                     HNS License Sub, 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:
June 2012 E060383 Fillmore CA 30—Day STA Request for IOT Operations
 1. Applicant

           Name:        HNS License Sub, LLC             Phone Number:                   301—428—5506

           DBA Name:                                        Fax Number:                  301—428—2802
           Street:      11717 Exploration Lane              E—Mail:                      Steven.Doiron@hughes.com


           City:        Germantown                          State:                       MD
           Country:     USA                              Zipcode:                        20876         —
           Attention:   Mr. Steven Doiron




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Applicant: HNS License Sub, LLC
Call Sign:   E060383
File No.:    SES—STA—20120613—00510
Special Temporary Authority (STA)




HNS License Sub, LLC (HNS) is granted, under the following conditions, STA for 30 days, from
July 15, 2012 through August 14, 2012 to use its 9.2 meter Ka—band earth station antenna licensed
under file number SES—MFS—20120426—00394, Call Sign E0O60383, to provide telemetry,
tracking, and command (TT&C) functions to support the orbit raising maneuvers and in—orbit
testing (IOT) of EchoStar XVII satellite at orbital location 107.1° W.L.

1) HNS is granted authorization operate this earth station with an increase of the maximum EIRP
level per carrier from 56.3 dBW to 90.0 dBW for TT&C emission designator 600KFID in the
frequency band 29500.0 — 29515.0 MHz to perform in—orbit testing of EchoStar XVII.

2) All operations shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis, HNS License
Sub, LLC, Call Sign E060383, 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 interference.

3) Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this special
temporary authority is solely at HNS risk.

4) This action is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission‘s rules on delegated
authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective immediately.


2. Contact


             Name:         Stephen D. Baruch                   Phone Number:                          202—416—6782
             Company:      Lerman Senter PLLC                  Fax Number:                            202—429—4626
             Street:       2000 K Street, N.W.                 E—Mail:                                sbaruch@lermansenter.com
                           Suite 600
             City:         Washington                          State:                                  DC
             Country:      USA                                 Zipcode:                               20006       —
             Attention:                                        Relationship:                           Legal Counsel


(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 SESMFS2012042600394 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        g34 Noncommercial educational licensee
C Other(please explain):

4b. Fee Classification    CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station

5. Type Request


gy Use Prior to Grant                             C Change Station Location                           & Other



6. Requested Use Prior Date
      07/15/2012
7. CityFillmore                                                           8. Latitude
                                                                          (dd mm ss.s h)    34   24    18.0   N


9. State   CA                                                              10. Longitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)    118   53    39.0   W
11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: Attachment                          Attachment 2:                                     Attachment 3:


12. Description.   (If the complete description does not appearin this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.)
     See attachment.          July 15,      2012 commencement date requested.




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 "party to the application" for these purposes.


14. Name of Person Signing                                                 15. Title of Person Signing
   Steven Doiron                                                              Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
           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).


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                                                                           HNS License Sub, LLC
                                                                            FCC Form 312 — STA
                                                                               Narrative Exhibit
                                                                                      June 2012

                   REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
                           Call Signs: E060382 and E060383


         HNS License Sub, LLC ("Hughes") hereby requests Special Temporary Authority

beginning on July 15, 2012, and continuing for 30 days thereafter (to August 14, 2012) to

operate its new 9.2 meter transmit/receive Earth Station antennas at Castle Rock, Colorado (Call

Sign EO60382)‘ and Fillmore, California (Call Sign E060383) at an increased maximum EIRP

level per carrier of up to 90.0 dBW for a single emission designator. The temporary increase in

power is needed by Hughes, which uses the two earth stations for telemetry, tracking, and

command ("TT&C") operations, to support the orbit raising maneuvers and in—orbit testing of the

EchoStar XVII ({/k/a Jupiter 1 and Spaceway 4) satellite, Call Sign $2866.

         EchoStar XVII, a Ka—band fixed—satellite service ("FSS") satellite to be located at 107.1°

W.L., is expected to be launched from Kourou, French Guiana during the first week of July

2012. Hughes is requesting Special Temporary Authority to increase the maximum EIRP level

per carrier from 56.3 dBW to 90.0 dBW for emission designator 600KFID for TT&C Earth

Stations E060382 (Castle Rock, CO) and E060383 (Fillmore, CA) to perform in—orbit testing of

EchoStar XVII. Under this request, the maximum EIRP density level per carrier will equal the

maximum aggregate output level specified in the earth station licenses for all carriers

intermittently and for short periods of time during the proposed STA term. In accordance with

industry practice, Hughes has undertaken to coordinate the temporary increase in power with

operators of all co—frequency spacecraft within six degrees of longitudinal separation of EchoStar

‘ See File No. SES—MFS—20120426—00393.
> See File No. SES—MFS—20120426—00394.


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XVII at 107.1° W.L., and will operate in accordance with the coordination arrangements it

reaches. Hughes intends not to transmit in excess of the per—carrier power level authorized in its

license through the geostationary arc in order to avoid interference with satellites in

geostationary orbit. All operations under this STA that are at variance with the underlying

licenses for the subject earth stations will be performed on a non—harmful interference basis. No

additional changes to the remaining authorized transmitting and receiving frequency bands are

requested by this request for Special Temporary Authority.

         During the orbit raising maneuvers of EchoStar XVII, the satellite‘s communications

payload will be turned off and only TT&C functions will be used. Hughes is requesting identical

authority for the two TT&C earth stations used for EchoStar XVII to ensure itself the maximum

amount of flexibility in testing the Ka—band payload on an abbreviated schedule, and to provide

redundancy in tefms of number and site diversity should a problem arise with one of the

antennas.

         The requested Special Temporary Authority will serve the public interest by ensuring that

Hughes‘ EchoStar XVII satellite can be maneuvered and successfully tested so that the satellite

can begin to make productive use of the valuable spectrum and orbital resources as soon as

possible. Adding new Ka—band fixed—satellite service capacity for the provision of commercial

services to customers in the United States is very much in the public interest.

         Hughes is submitting this request pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(4) of the Commission‘s

rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(4), and is doing so more than three business days in advance of the

requested commencement date.




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         For all of the foregoing reasons, Hughes respectfully requests that the Commission grant

this request for Special Temporary Authority to operate the EchoStar XVII TT&C earth stations

for in—orbit testing of EchoStar XVII for a period of 30 days, commencing on July 15, 2012.




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