Attachment SESSTA2013071000577.

SESSTA2013071000577.

DECISION submitted by FCC

STA GRANT WITH CONDITIONS

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This document pretains to SES-STA-20130710-00577 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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                                                           SES—STA—20130710—00577         1B2013001458
                                                E000696
                                                SES Americom, Inc.




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                                                                                                                                              3060—0678

                                  APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY



      APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
      Request for STA to Test the NWM—17 Antenna on E000696 Using NSS—7 and NWM—16 Antenna
       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




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Applicant: SES Americom, Inc.
Call Sign: E000696
File No.:   SES—STA—20130710—00577
Special Temporary Authority (STA)




SES Americom, Inc. (SES) is granted STA to conduct antenna testing of the NWM—17 antenna at
Bristow, Virginia site. The test will be conducted in conjunction with the NWM—16 antenna to
communicate with the NSS—7 (Call Sign $2463) satellite at 20 degrees W.L orbital location. The
STA is granted under the following conditions:

   1) SES will conduct testing on the following paired center frequencies: transmit in the 5929
      MHz (RHCP) and receive in the 3704 MHz (LHCP); transmit in the 5850.5 MHz
      (LHCP) and receive in the 3625.5 MHz (RHCP).

   2) 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.

   3) SES point of contact during the proposed antenna test will be Gary Cruickshank, phone
        703—330—3305, gary.cruickshank@ses.com

   4) In the event of any harmful interference as a result of operations under this grant of
      special temporary authority, SES shall cease operations immediately upon notification of
        such interference and shall immediately inform the Commission, in writing, of such an
        event.

   5)    Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this STA is
        solely at SES‘s risk.

   6) Grant of this STA is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may
      make regarding pending application SES—MFS—20130604—00470.                     ~

   7) This grant was authorized under Section 1.62 of the Commussion‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. §
      1.62.



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2. Contact


             Name:         Daniel C.H. Mah                     Phone Number:                          202—478—7137
             Company:      SES Americom, Inc.                  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 SESMFS$2013060400470 or Submission ID

  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).
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4b. Fee Classification    CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station

5. Type Request


@   Use Prior to Grant                            3   Change Station Location                         +   Other


6. Requested Use Prior Date
      07/15/2013
7. CityBristow                                                            8. Latitude
                                                                          (dd mm ss.s h)    38   47    24     N


9. State   VA                                                               10. Longitude
                                                                            (dd mm ss.s h)    77    34    21.9   W
11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: STA Narrative                        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.)
     Request       for STA to perform transmit tests on the proposed NWM—17 antenna on E000696
     following a fault repair.  The test will be performed in conjunction with NSS—7 and the
     proposed NWM—16 antenna.  See attached narrative for full description.




13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is            @ Yeos         4 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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                                      ** Expedited Action Request **
                    APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
                        Call Sign E000696, Antennas NWM—16 and NWM—17

SES Americom, Inc. ("SES") respectfully requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA") from July 15 to
July 22, 2013, to conduct antenna testing of the proposed NWM—17 antenna (see File No. SES—MFS—
20130604—00470; call sign E000696 (the "NWM—16 and NWM—17 Application")) at its Bristow, Virginia,
teleport. The test will be conducted in conjunction with the NWM—16 antenna and the Netherlands—
licensed NSS—7 satellite at the 20° W.L. orbital location (see File No. SAT—MPL—20120215—00017; call
sign $2463) on the following frequencies:

        5929 MHz (right—hand circular) uplink / 3704 MHz (Ieft—hand circular) downlink
        5850.5 MHz (left—hand circular) uplink / 3625.5 MHz (right—hand circular) downlink.

SES is seeking: (1) authority to transmit an uplink carrier in those frequencies from the NWM—17; and
(2) authority to receive the corresponding satellite downlink from NSS—7 on the NWM—16 antenna. See
NWM—16 and NWM—17 Application. The purpose of the proposed test is to enable the antenna feed and
transmit—pattern of the NWM—17 antenna to be verified. The proposed tests themselves will likely take no
more than four hours to complete. However, SES is requesting a one—week window in which to perform
the testing to take into account weather or other contingencies.

The proposed testing will be conducted on a non—protected, non—interference basis. SES has carefully
chosen test frequencies that are in between or outside the transponder and TT&C frequencies of adjacent
satellites. In addition, the test will be conducted consistent with the terrestrial coordination submitted
with the NWM—16 and NWM—17 Application. In any event, SES will cease transmissions upon notice of
any harmful interference to any lawfully operating system. The SES point of contact during the proposed
testing with this antenna will be Gary Cruickshank, 703—330—3305, gary.cruickshank@ses.com.

Grant of the requested STA will serve the public interest by enabling SES to verify the performance of
NWM—17 antenna prior to final acceptance of delivery from the antenna vendor. The Commission has
previously granted an STA to use NWM—17 to conduct in—orbit testing ("IOT") with SES—6 at 26° W.L.
See File No. SES—STA—20130604—00471 (granted Jun. 12, 2013). Unfortunately, a fault in the antenna
was discovered during IOT. Grant of the instant STA request will enable SES to verify that the fault has
been repaired.



Document Created: 2013-07-12 17:00:20
Document Modified: 2013-07-12 17:00:20

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