Attachment STA Support

This document pretains to SES-STA-20121213-01096 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2012121301096_978085

DENALI 20020, LLC (DENALI) hereby requests special temporary authority (“STA”)
for a period of 60 days to operate their existing and licensed 6.1 meter Ku-band antenna
using the Amazonas-2 geostationary satellite at 61º west longitude (“Amazonas-2”)
during the pendency of DENALI’s permanent modification (SES-MFS-20121213-01093)
application to add the aforementioned satellite as a point of communication to Call Sign
E120043. Grant of this STA request will allow DENALI to better support their customer
Panasonic Avionics Corporation. Amazonas 2 has been selected by Panasonic Avionics
Corporation to provide Commercial in Flight IP Connectivity services.

Although the Amazonas-2 is already on the FCC’s Foreign Satellite Permitted List, this
authority does not encompass the transponder pairings that transmit space-to-earth in the
conventional Ku-band between 11.7 and 12.2 GHz, but receive earth-to-space
transmissions in the extended Ku-band between 13.75 and 14.0 GHz.

By way of reference, DENALI hereby incorporates the information and exhibits provided
in modification application SES-MFS-20121213-01093. The proposed operations
pursuant to grant of this STA request will comport with the parameters set forth in the
aforementioned application, including maximum EIRP per carrier, maximum EIRP
density and maximum EIRP density towards the horizon. An interference analysis
demonstrates that DENALI’s proposed operations will not affect U.S. Navy and National
Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities.

The Amazonas-2 satellite is unique in both its coverage over certain key areas in the US
and Mexico including the Baja peninsula. There is currently a lack of available standard
band full transponders on the Amazonas-2 satellite, and it does not appear that full
standard transponders which are required to be able to saturate will become available in
the near to medium term. This is driving the customer to consider the extended Ku-band
spectrum of 13.75 – 14.0 GHz. Lastly, there is some additional EIRP benefit on the
extended band transponders that could prove beneficial to the end customers for the
delivery of satellite content to commercial aircraft.

Previous FCC grant of Amazonas 2 (61º west longitude) for the earth to space transmit
spectrum of 13.75 – 14.0 GHz was made for Call Sign E050018 and File number SES-
MFS-20100430-00497. DENALI requests similar access to the extended Ku-band
spectrum from their Brewster, Washington teleport on the 6.1 meter currently licensed
under their Call Sign E120043.

Support of access to Amazonas 21 per C.F.R. 25.137 included in footnotes.




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    File Number: SAT-PPL-20100506-00093; SAT-APL-20101209-00257 and SAT-PPL-20090806-00081

Added to Permitted List: See SAT-PPL-20100506-00093; SAT-APL-20101209-00257 (Int’l Bur. Sat.
Div., Auth. By Grant Stamp w/ Conditions, December 21, 2010. See also SAT-PPL-20090806-00081 (Int’l
Bur. Sat. Div., Auth. By Grant Stamp w/ Conditions, October 15, 2009)



Document Created: 2012-12-13 11:18:20
Document Modified: 2012-12-13 11:18:20

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