Attachment STA Explanation

This document pretains to SES-STA-20120801-00711 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2012080100711_961739

FCC Form 312 FRN 0018756155 Attachment 1 Page 1 of 1 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Pursuant to Section 25.120 of the Commission’s rules, VSAT Systems, LLC (“VSAT Systems”) hereby requests a 60-day extension of the current Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) that authorizes VSAT Systems to operate two additional hub sites under Call Sign E090086 (File No. SES-STA-20120321-00285). The technical parameters of the hub sites are identified in a pending application filed by VSAT Systems (File No. SES-AMD-20120619- 00552). A copy of that application is attached hereto. VSAT Systems serves a cross-section of users, including many governmental subdivisions and other agencies that protect public safety and respond to emergencies and natural disasters. Current users of the network include international charitable disaster response organizations; national and local emergency management agencies; fish and wildlife agencies; oil, gas and mining companies; Native American entities; safety and security providers; and the military services. In many instances, these users do not have access to affordable alternative methods of broadband connectivity and, for some users, it is believed that the network is a crucial mode of broadband access in the event of terrestrial outages. As explained below, the requested STA will assist VSAT Systems in avoiding disruption to this important service. Under the STA, the two additional hub sites are being used to service customers while VSAT Systems performs critical maintenance on two previously authorized uplink antennas in the network. These other antennas needed to be taken out of service to perform this maintenance. VSAT Systems has filed an application to permanently authorize the two additional hub sites so that it may continue to serve customers using these sites. The application was accepted for filing by public notice on July 5, 2012, and VSAT Systems understands that the application may not be immediately granted after the public notice period expires due to the volume of applications now pending before the Bureau. Accordingly, VSAT Systems respectfully requests a 60-day extension of the STA to allow for processing of the permanent application while preventing disruption to ongoing service.


Document Created: 2012-08-01 18:24:07
Document Modified: 2012-08-01 18:24:07
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