Attachment SESSTA2014010300005.

SESSTA2014010300005.

DECISION submitted by FCC

STA GRANT WITH CONDITIONS

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This document pretains to SES-STA-20140103-00005 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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~ E7541 SES—STA—20140103—00005 1B2014000010 Lockheed Martin Corporation 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: Carpentersville TT&C LEOP STA for ABS—2 — January 2014 1. Applicant Name: Lockheed Martin Corporation Phone Number: 703—413—5970 DBA Name: Fax Number: 703—413—5908 Street: 2121 Crystal Drive E—Mail: jennifer.warren@Imco.com Suite 100 City: Arlington State: VA Country: USA Zipcode: 22202 — Attention: Ms Jennifer Warren C0| — A meSks Boh00s . t‘\&\\\ e E—IML gounes NBAE

Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation Call Sign: E7541 File No.: SES—STA—20140103—00005 Special Temporary Authority Lockheed Martin Corporation is granted Special Temporary Authority (STA), for 30 days, from January 28, to operate its earth station Call Sign E7541 located in Carpentersville, NJ, to provide launch and early orbit phase services for the ABS—2 satellite licensed and registered by Papua New Guinea, as it travels to its permanent orbital location 75.0° E.L. Communications will be on the following center frequencies: 5844 MHz and 5846 MHz in the (Earth—to—space), and 4183.25 MHz and 4184.25 MHz in the (space—to—Earth) under the following conditions: 1. Lockheed will coordinate with operators of co—frequency satellites in the drift path. 2. Operations in the uplink frequencies will be within the coordinated parameters of the antenna‘s current license. 3 Operations, shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from, interference caused to it by any other lawfully operating station and it shall cease transmission(s) immediately upon notice of such interference. 4. Grant of this authorization is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may make regarding pending or future Lockheed Martin Corporation applications. 5. Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this STA is solely at Lockheed Martin Corporation‘s risk. This action is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission‘s rules on delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. §0.261, and is effective immediately. i GRANTERD L. International Burseau /

2. Contact Name: David S. Keir Phone Number: (202) 429—8970 Company: Lerman Senter PLLC Fax Number: (202) 293—7783 Street: 2000 K Street, NW E—Mail: dkeir@lermansenter.com Suite 600 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20006 —1809 Attention: David S. Keir Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter eitherthe file number or the IB Submission ID of the related —|application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number 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). C3 Governmental Entity { Noncommercial educational licensee gr4 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request C Use Prior to Grant C Change Station Location @ Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 01/21/2014 7. CityCarpentersville 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 40 38 39.1 N

9. State NJ 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 75 11 27.8 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: ATTACHMENT 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.) Lockheed Martin Corporation requests Special Temporary Authority for a 30—day period, commencing January 21, 2014, to use the C—band antenna at its Carpentersville, NJ earth station (Call Sign E7541) to support post—launch/early—orbit operations TT&C for the ABS—2 satellite, which is expected to be launched on or about January 23, 2014. See Attachment. 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes o 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 Jennifer Warren Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulation 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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Lockheed Martin Corporation Carpentersville, New Jersey Earth Station STA January 2014 Attachment Page 1 of 6 Description of Operations and Public Interest Statement Lockheed Martin Corporation ("Lockheed Martin®") requests special temporary authority ("STA") to operate its Carpentersville, New Jersey Ku—band fixed earth station (see File No. SES—LIC—20081103—01443, as amended)‘ to provide telemetry, tracking and control ("TT&C") functions during the post—launch and early orbit phases ("LEOP") of operation for the ABS—2 satellite. ABS—2 is destined for operation at the 75° East longitude orbital location (75°® E.L.), and is currently scheduled for launch on January 23, 2014 aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana." Accordingly, Lockheed Martin would likely need to begin test transmissions in preparation for the launch on or about January 21, 2013 1. Requested STA Operations Lockheed Martin specifically seeks authority to transmit telecommand signals at the center frequencies 5844 MHz and 5846 MHz MHz for in transit communications, and to receive telemetry signals from the satellite on the 4183.25 MHz and 4184.25 MHz frequencies. Additional technical parameters for the STA operation are set forth in the chart on pages 5—6 of this narrative. Lockheed Martin is requesting the duration of this STA to be a total of thirty (30) days from January 21, 2014 to cover any slippage in the anticipated dates of the various phases of operation; it nonetheless expects that all Carpentersville operations in support of the launch will be completed within ten (10) days after the ABS—2 satellite is launched. Lockheed Martin‘s proposed transmissions will use total input power and emissions for telecommand that will fall below the highest input power, EIRP, EIRP density, and bandwidth prescribed for the telecommand carriers in its former FCC license. When no commands are being sent, a CW carrier that is within the emission of Lockheed Martin‘s E7541 operation would be present. See, e.g., File No. SES—AMD—20081219—01664, at Schedule B. The information in the Schedule B portion of Lockheed Martin‘s pending application in File No. SES—LIC—20081130—01443, as amended, is hereby incorporated by reference. All of Lockheed ‘ The pending application in File No. SES—LIC—20081103—01443, under Call Sign E7541, was filed on a provisional basis to replace Lockheed Martin‘s license for a 14.2 meter Ku—band antenna at the Carpentersville, NJ site under Call Sign E920702, for which it inadvertently did not file a timely renewal application. Lockheed Martin‘s petition to reinstate the license for Call Sign E920702, as well as the "replacement" application it filed in the alternative under File No. SES—LIC—20081103—01443 and Call Sign E7541, both remain pending. * See, e.g., Space Systems Loral/Asia Broadcast Satellite Joint Press Release, "SSL Delivers ABS—2 Satellite to Launch Base in Kourou," dated Dec. 9, 2013 (available at http://www.absatellite.net/wp— content/uploads/2013/12/ABS—2—Shipped—FINAL—9—Dec—2013.pdf, last visited 1/02/2014). * The test transmissions that would begin on or about January 21° would occur over a period of approximately two to three days. During these tests, the earth station would not be communicating with any satellite; instead, the transmissions will be made with the antenna at zenith to verify RF functionality.

Lockheed Martin Corporation Carpentersville, New Jersey Earth Station STA January 2014 Attachment Page 2 of 6 Martin‘s proposed TT&C operations in support of the ABS—2 launch will be on a strictly non— harmful interference, non—protected basis. The antenna to be used for this STA is already built. It is the same antenna that was authorized under Call Sign E7541 and that is now the subject of the pending request described in Note 1 above, and has been used during the pendency of that request on an STA—basis to support many other satellite launches. See, e.g., Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to operate Carpentersville, NJ earth station in support of launch of SES—8, SES—STA—20131101—00922 (granted Nov. 18, 2013); Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to operate Carpentersville, NJ earth station in support of launch of Eutelsat 25B, SES—STA—20130809—00708 (granted Aug. 26, 2013); Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to operate Carpentersville, NJ earth station in support of launch of Amazonas—3, File No. SES—STA—20130122—00078 (granted Feb. 4, 2013). For this reason, Lockheed Martin does not provide a new analysis of non—ionizing radiation for the antenna, or any of the detailed transmission/reception parameters for the signals. Instead, Lockheed Martin incorporates by reference the radiation hazard study and Schedule B information that were included with the November 2008 modification application in File No. SES—LIC—20081103—01443, as amended. Lockheed Martin designates Michael Usarzewicz to be the contact person that will be available whenever transmission to, or reception from, ABS—2 is to occur through the subject earth station. Mr. Usarzewicz can be reached at the following cell phone number: (609)—865— 2658 and/or station number: (908) 8§59—4050. 2. Grant of the Requested Authority Will Serve the Public Interest Lockheed Martin believes that the limited operations it proposes in support of the launch of the ABS—2 satellite are required in the public interest. Operations will be coordinated in advance with any and all potentially affected entities that operate communications systems in compliance with the Table of Frequency Allocations during the limited period of use." ABS—2 will be located in geostationary orbit at 75°E.L. and fitted with up to 89 active C, Ku, and Ka— band transponders for the provision of direct TV broadcast, multimedia applications, telecommunications and data transmission services for the Asia Pacific, African, Middle Eastern, European and Russian/CIS markets. Lockheed Martin‘s Carpentersville earth station will be part of a global network of control facilities that will be used to position the satellite as it progresses from transfer orbit to its final location. The safe and orderly use of the entire geostationary orbital resource and protection of the hundreds of satellites licensed by the U.S. and other countries that operate there depends in no small part on ensuring that the ABS—2 satellite is controlled while over North America; Lockheed Martin‘s earth station thus will serve a vital function. * The spacecraft will be controlled throughout the launch and transfer orbit phases by Space Systems/Loral, which is the manager of the LEOP portion of the mission.

Lockheed Martin Corporation Carpentersville, New Jersey Earth Station STA January 2014 Attachment Page 3 of 6 3. Request for Limited Waiver of the Commission‘s Rules The requested telecommand transmit frequencies at 5844 MHz and 5846 MHz are part of the band allocated in the U.S. Frequency Table to the Federal Radiolocation service on a primary basis and to non—government users operating in the Amateur and Amateur—satellite (space—to— Earth) on a secondary basis. Accordingly, Lockheed Martin seeks a waiver of the U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations to the extent necessary to allow the limited STA satellite TT&C uplink operations described herein." Under the Commission‘s rules and established polices, a waiver of the Commission‘s Rules is appropriate when good cause is shown.° In general, a waiver of the Commission‘s rules is appropriate if circumstances warrant a deviation from the rule and such deviation will better serve the public interest than would strict adherence to the rule.‘ This is just such a case. Good cause exists for allowing Lockheed Martin to conduct LEOP operations for the ABS—2 satellite using the 5844 MHz and 5846 MHz frequencies. As described above, ABS—2 is destined for permanent operation at the 75° E.L. for service to locations that lie entirely outside the U.S. and predominantly within ITU Region 1, where the spectrum band 5830—5850, in which the requested TT&C frequencies lie, is allocated to the Fixed—Satellite Service ("FSS") (Earth—to—space) on a primary basis. ABS—2 therefore was designed to meet the requirements for operation within this band in ITU Region 1, and there is no alternative to using these TT&C channels during the brief period that the satellite passes over ITU Region 2, including the United States. In order to safely guide and communicate with the spacecraft during this period, Lockheed Martin and other similarly situated LEOP service providers must have access to these frequencies on a temporary basis. ° Lockheed Martin notes that no waiver of the Commission‘s application rules with respect to non—U.S. satellites (see 47 C.F.R. §§ 25.114 and 25.137) is required in this instance, as the requested operations will not "serve the United States" market, but are instead intended only to assist in the launch and transfer orbit phases for deployment of a new satellite, which incidentally will also serve only points that lie outside the U.S. Under such circumstances, the Commission has not required any submission pursuant to the application rules governing non—U.S. satellites, nor otherwise required any waiver showing. See, eg, Request of Lockheed Martin Corp. for STA to operate Carpentersville, NJ earth station in support of launch of Amazonas—3, File No. SES—STA—20130122—00078 (granted Feb. 4, 2013); cf. EchoStar Satellite Operating Company, 28 FCC Red 4229, 4233 (« 12) (IB 2013) ("ESOC will operate feeder links and TT&C earth stations within the United States, but we do not interpret these very limited technical operations, under STA, as constituting "DBS service" to the United States"). 6 See 47 C.FR. § 1.3. See also WAIT Radio. v. FCC, 459 F.2d 1203 (1972). ‘ See Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990), citing WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153 (D.C. Cir. 1969).

Lockheed Martin Corporation Carpentersville, New Jersey Earth Station STA January 2014 Attachment Page 4 of 6 Moreover, Lockheed Martin‘s short—term use of the 5844 MHz and 5846 MHz frequencies will not harm incumbent operations. The FSS is co—primary with the Federal Radiolocation service in the adjacent 5850—5925 MHz band, and operations are regularly coordinated in this band between these types of users. Other users of the band are secondary and are therefore accustomed to accepting some level of occasional interference. Any additional interference that may occur to these secondary operations during the brief duration of the LEOP mission would be transient, if it occurs at all, and unlikely to cause any material disruption of these operations. Accordingly, for the reasons outlined here and in the foregoing public interest showing, the Commission should grant the requested waiver for the ten—day period required for Lockheed Martin‘s limited STA operations. *# *# * *# *# As outlined above, Lockheed Martin requests authority to operate its Carpentersville, NJ Ku—band earth station antenna to provide critical TT&C services during the launch and early operations phase of the ABS—2 satellite, for a term of 30 days commencing January 21, 2014.

Lockheed Martin Corporation Carpentersville, New Jersey Earth Station STA January 2014 Attachment Page 5 of 6 Operating Parameters for Proposed Carpentersville, NJ C—Band TT&C LEOP STA Parameter Performance Orbit—Raising Operations and Contingency Operations (Telemetry) Antenna coverage +130° to —90° from +Z and +70° to —30° from —Z Antenna polarization Left—Hand Circular Polarization (LHCP) Antenna configuration Four antennas Two +Z elements Two —Z elements On—Station Normal Operations (Telemetry) Antenna coverage C—band East/West Hemi Horn communications transmit pattern Antenna polarization Linear Vertical and Linear Horizontal Polarization (V—Pol and H—Pol) Antenna configuration C—band East/ West Hemi communications antenna Orbit—Raising Operations and Contingency Operations (Command) Antenna coverage +130° to —90° from +Z and +70° to —30° from —Z Antenna polarization Left—Hand Circular Polarization (LHCP) Antenna configuration Four antennas Two +Z elements Two —Z elements On—Station Normal Operations (Command) Antenna coverage C—band East/ West Hemi Horn communications receive coverage Antenna polarization Linear Vertical Polarization (V—Pol) Antenna configuration C—band East/ West Hemi communications antenna Telemetry Frequency 4183.25 MHz 41§4.25 MHz EIRP Wide—angle antenna >0 dBW at edge of coverage (min) 15 dBW (max) C—Band East/West Hemi communication antenna >0 dBW at edge of coverage (min) 18 dBW (max)

Lockheed Martin Corporation Carpentersville, New Jersey Earth Station STA January 2014 Attachment Page 6 of 6 Parameter Performance Telemetry (cont‘d) Modulation Phase modulation telemetry and/or ranging Subcarrier Frequencies 128 kHz Normal + Dwell Output data Normal/Dwell telemetry BPSK on 128—kHz subcarrier Data Rate 16,000 bps Data modulation Bi—phase L Ranging 27.777—kHz 7 tones ESA ranging subcarrier Modulation Index One Subcarrier 1.0 +0.1 radian Two Subcarriers 0.7 +0.1 radian Three Subcarriers 0.58 +0.1 radian (three subcarriers) Command Frequency 5.844 GHz, 5.846 GHz Flux density (min] Transfer orbit and contingency on—station —90 dBW/m Normal on—station > —95 dBW/m* Modulation Type FM Deviation +400 kHz Bit rate 1000 bps Baseband encoding Non—return to Zero—Level (NRZ—L) Binary Phase—Shift Keyed (BPSK) Data modulation Binary Phase—Shift Keyed (BPSK) on 16—kHz subcarrier, coherent Ranging Baseband Ranging tones 7—tone—27.7 kHz ESA—like (on—station) or Intelsat tone burst ranging scheme Modulation Uplink FM, +400—kHz carrier deviation Downlink PM, 1.0 +0.2 radian, 0.7 £+0.2 radian, or 0.58 +0.2radian Ranging accuracy +30 m


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