KA258 NileSat-101 De

SUPPLEMENT submitted by Intelsat Corporation

Intelsat KA258 NileSat-101 De-Orbit Suppl.

2013-01-22

This document pretains to SES-STA-20130116-00056 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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January 22, 2013 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority Hagerstown, Maryland Earth Station KA258 File No. SES-STA-20130116-00056 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”), at the request of the staff of the International Bureau, herein supplements its above referenced request for Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) for 30 days to use its Hagerstown, Maryland Ku-band earth station -- call sign K258 -- to provide de-orbit services for the NileSat-101 satellite that is expected to be de-orbited starting February 1, 2013.1 Specifically, in response to the staff’s inquiry, Intelsat clarifies that during the NileSat-101 de-orbit the spacecraft will be controlled by Astrium, which is the satellite’s manufacturer and the manager of the de-orbit mission. Astrium will build and send the commands to the Intelsat antenna, which will process and execute the commands. Telemetry received by Intelsat will be forwarded to Astrium. Intelsat will remain in control of the baseband unit, RF equipment and antenna. In addition, Intelsat wishes to correct an inadvertent misstatement regarding the licensing Administration of the NileSat-101 satellite that was included in Exhibit A to the STA request. It is Intelsat’s understanding that NileSat-101 is licensed by Egypt. For the Commission’s convenience, Intelsat attaches herewith a corrected Exhibit A. 1 See Intelsat License LLC Request for Special Temporary Authority, File No. SES-STA-20130116-00056 (filed Jan. 16, 2013).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch January 22, 2013 Page 2 Please direct any further questions regarding this STA request to the undersigned at (202) 944—7848. Respectfully submitted, Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation Attachment go: Paul Blais (w/attachment)


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