Attachment SESSTA2013060300466.

SESSTA2013060300466.

DECISION submitted by FCC

STA GRANT WITH CONDITIONS

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This document pretains to SES-STA-20130603-00466 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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E000102 SES—STA—20130603—00466 i 1B2013 SES Americom, Inc. §01168 Approved by OMB 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: STA Request to use E000102 for TT&C with SES—6 1. Applicant Name: SES Americom, Inc. Phone Number: 202—478—7137 DBA Name: Fax Number: 202—478—7101 Street: 1129 20th Street NW E—Mail: daniel.mah@ses.com Suite 1000 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20036 =— Attention: Daniel C.H. Mah _ .CS6 3q20009>—00Niolp Sm |EGa p!oA Grampae_l\o—\—N Call SE _z (or other identifies) — uns R —;‘:‘:.?A'_% 5 i | | From | GRANTED y ‘ Anwrrational Bureans Appsoves //

Applicant: SES Americom, Inc. Call Sign: E000102 File No.: SES—STA—20130603—00466 Special Temporary Authority (STA) SES Americom, Inc.(SES) is grant STA under the following conditions for 30 days for earth station Call Sign E000102 at Bristow, Virginia to use transmit frequencies: 14.0 GHz, 14.499 GHz and receive frequencies: 11.701 GHz, 11.7005 GHz, 12.1995 GHz to perform telemetry, tracking, and control ("TT&C") operations for SES—6 satellite, Call Sign $2870, during in—orbit testing (IOT) at 26° W.L. to its permanent orbital location 40.5° W.L. 1. Operations under this STA are subject to this STA‘s application Narrative, and subject to terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in SES‘ s pending application SAT—PPL—20120717—00117. All operations under this grant of STA shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis. SES shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from interference caused to it by, any other lawfully operating radio communication system. In the event of any harmful interference as a result of operations under this grant of STA, SES shall cease operations immediately upon notification of such interference and shall immediately inform the Commission, in writing, of such an event. SES point of contact for TT&C operations is Gary Cruickshank, 703—330—3305, gary.cruickshank@ses.com Grant of this authorization is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may make regarding EchoStar pending application IBFS File No. SAT—PPL—20120717—00117. This grant is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission‘s rules on delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective upon release. m . (Sge —oop3eBoe—Odide mmenianonmessmemitetenammesn EDD@\OB\ ,.\ D3 Call Sign GRAN| ELW ~rnational Bureau ADWOM

2. Contact Name: SES Americom, Inc. Phone Number: 202—478—7137 Company: Fax Number: 202—478—7101 Street: 1129 20th Street NW E—Mail: daniel.mah@ses.com Suite 1000 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20036 — Attention: Daniel C.H. Mah 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 or Submission ID 1B2013001165 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). C Governmental Entity C Noncommercial educational licensee > Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request ) Use Prior to Grant 3 Change Station Location q4 Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 06/14/2013 7. CityBristow 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 38 47 0.5 N

9. State VA 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 77 34 22.8 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: E000102 STA Attachment 2: Attachment 3: 12. Description. (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.) SES requests an STA to use E000102 for TT&C with SES—6 at 26W and to relocate SES—6 to 40 . 5W . SES respectfully requests expedited action by June 14, 2013. See attached narrative. 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 Daniel C.H. Mah Regulatory Counsel 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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APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Call Sign E000102 SES Americom, Inc. ("SES*") respectfully requests a 30—day Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to use the 8.1 meter (antenna 1) on earth station license E000102 to perform TT&C with the Netherlands— licensed SES—6 satellite (call sign $2870): (a) during in—orbit testing of the satellite at 26° W.L.; and (b) to drift of the satellite from 26° W.L. to its regularly authorized location at 40.5° W.L. SES seeks authority to use Antenna 1 to perform TT&C frequencies for SES—6 using the following TT&C frequencies, all of which are in the conventional Ku—band: Table 1. TT&C on—station frequencies, polarizations and beams Carrier Frequency Polarization Beam Type (MHz) Type Command 1 14000 V Global horn Command 2 14499 H Global horn Telemetry 1 11701 H or V Global horn Telemetry 2 11700.5 H or V Global horn Telemetry 3 12199.5 H Global horn Table 2. TT&C transfer and emergency frequencies, polarizations and beams Carrier Frequency Polarization Beam Type (MHz) Type Command 1 14000 L or R Dual Omni‘s Command 2 14499 L or R Dual Omni‘s Telemetry 1 11701 L or R Dual Omni‘s Telemetry 2 11700.5 L or R Dual Omni‘s Telemetry 3 12199.5 L or R Dual Omni‘s TT&C transmissions under the requested STA will not exceed the maximum EIRP and EIRP density listed on earth station license EQOOO0102 for antenna 1. Specifically, transmitted EIRP will not exceed 85.40 dBW and transmitted EIRP density will not exceed 59.80 dBW/4 kHz. The SES point of contact _ for the proposed TT&C operations is Gary Cruickshank, 703—330—3305, gary.cruickshank@ses.com. A full description of the SES—6 satellite can be found in the pending application for U.S. market access for SES—6 at 40.5° W.L. See File No. SAT—PPL—20120717—00117; Call Sign $2870 (accepted for filing Aug. 31, 2012). The SES—6 satellite will be operated under Netherlands authority and will be registered on the Netherlands‘ national registry of space objects. Grant of the requested STA will serve the public interest by enabling safe operation of a brand new satellite during IOT and during relocation of the satellite to its authorized orbital location.


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