Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20130122-00081 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2013012200081_982096

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 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”)1 for 30 days commencing February 15, 2013 to use its Hagerstown, Maryland Ku-band earth station -- call sign KA258 -- to provide in-orbit testing (“IOT”) services for the Intelsat 27 satellite that is scheduled to be launched on January 30, 2013.2 The in-orbit testing will be conducted at the 51.5° W.L. orbital location in the following bands: 11450-11700 MHz, 11700- 12200 MHz (downlink), 12500-12700 MHz,3 and 14000-14500 MHz (uplink). The Intelsat 27 IOT operations have been coordinated with all operators of satellites that use the same frequency bands located within six degrees of 51.5º W.L.4 To Intelsat’s knowledge, the only co-frequency satellites within plus/minus six degrees of 51.5º W.L. are Intelsat 23 at 53.0° W.L., Intelsat 805 at 55.5º W.L., Galaxy 11 at 55.5° W.L., Intelsat 1R at 50.0º W.L., NSS 703 at 47.05º W.L., TDRS 3 at 49.0° W.L., and Inmarsat 3-F4 at 54.0º W.L. Intelsat has coordinated the Intelsat 27 IOT with SES World Skies, the operator of NSS 703; Inmarsat, the operator of Inmarsat 3-F4; and the United States Government, the operator of TDRS 3, regarding the Intelsat 27 C/Ku-band IOT. With regard to the remaining spacecraft, Intelsat has internally coordinated the proposed testing with the operations of these satellites. In the unlikely event that harmful 1 Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $180.00 filing fee and this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System (“IBFS”). 2 The satellite’s permanent orbital location will be 55.5º W.L. See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-00904, File No. SAT- LOA-20110610-00105 (Oct. 12, 2012) (Public Notice). The FCC’s order granting the Intelsat 27 license prohibits Intelsat from operating the UHF payload without further order from the FCC. See id., Condition no. 4. The satellite’s UHF payload will be tested at 55.5º W.L., subject to receipt of FCC approval. 3 Intelsat will not test the 12700-12750 MHz band using this antenna. 4 See Intelsat License LLC Request for Special Temporary Authority, File No. SAT-STA-20121130-00204 (filed Nov. 30, 2012).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch January 22, 2013 Page 2 interference occurs, Intelsat will take all necessary steps to eliminate the interference. Grant of this STA request will allow Intelsat to in—orbit test the Intelsat 27 satellite. This, in turn, will help ensure that the satellite is fully operational at its permanent location of 55.5° E.L. and thus serves the public interest. Please direct any questions regarding this STA request to the undersigned at (202) 944—7848. Respectfully submitted, (J¥A.CA_SQ_ Susan H. Crandall Assistant General Counsel Intelsat Corporation go: Paul Blais


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