Attachment 20141002164146.pdf

20141002164146.pdf

DECISION submitted by IB-FCC

Grant

2014-10-02

This document pretains to SES-STA-20140925-00777 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2014092500777_1063674

1   "   E090060       SES—STA—20140925—00777    1B2014001929
        SES Americom, Inc.




                                                                                                                       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:
| 30—day STA to use E090060 to de—orbit NSS—703
     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 Signs:£090060,E120055
File Nos.: SES—STA—20140925—00777,SES—STA—20140925—00778


SES Americom, Inc. (SES) is granted special temporary authority, for 30 days, beginning October 6, 2014,
to use Call Signs E0O90060, E120055 to perform Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) to retire the
NSS 703 satellite currently at the 47.05° W.L. orbital location under the following conditions.

    1)   Operations shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from
         interference caused by any other lawfully operating station. SES will cease transmissions
         immediately upon notice of such interference.
    2)   Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this authority is solely
         at SES‘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.

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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:                                        Relationship:


(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

   4a. Is a fee submitted with this application?
«y 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        3 Noncommercial educational licensee
C3 Other(please explain):

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

5. Type Request


G Use Prior to Grant                               (a) Change Station Location                        @ Other



6. Requested Use Prior Date
       10/07/2014
7. CitySunset Beach                                                       8. Latitude
                                                                          (dd mm ss.s h)    21   40    14.0   N


9. State   HI         |                         ‘                         |10. Longitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)     158    15   56.0   W
11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: Narrative                             Attachment 2: Coordination Report                Attachment 3: RadHaz


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 30—day STA to use E090060 to de—orbit NSS—703.                                     See attached narrative,
     coordination report and radiation hazard study.




13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is               Yes        {4 No
subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC beneffits 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
           WILLEFUL 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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                   APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
                              (Call Signs E120055 and E090060)

SES Americom, Inc. ("SES") respectfully requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA")— to commence
no later than October 7, 2014 —— to use the following additional earth stations to perform Tracking,
Telemetry and Command ("TT&C") to retire the NSS—703 satellite currently at 47.05° W.L.:




 Woodbine       E120055        13m       15W—142W        47.05W—142W           84.09             57.1
    T2            Ant#l      Vertex
   Sunset       E090060       IMKP       S3W—233 W         83 W—233 W          77.9              53.9
 Beach C2          C2        Vertex

During the maneuvers to retire NSS—703, these earth stations will communicate with the satellite on the
following TT&C frequencies:

                          Command 1       6173.7   MHz
                          Command 2       6176.3   MHz
                          Telemetry 1     3947.5   or 3948 MHz
                          Telemetry 2     3952.5   or 3952 MHz

The Woodbine T2 earth station (Call Sign E120055) will be operated in accordance with the earth
station‘s licensed and coordinated technical parameters, as noted above. The Sunset Beach C2 earth
station (Call Sign EO90060) will be operated in accordance with the parameters contained in the
coordination report accompanying the E090060 STA request (summarized in the Table above). An
updated radiation hazard report is also attached to that STA request. SES will seek to modify the
E090060 earth station license to add these parameters in the near future.

In any event, all earth station operations during the retirement of NSS—703 will be performed on a non—
harmful interference, non—protected basis. In addition, SES will coordinate the de—orbit drift with all
potentially affected satellite operators in accordance with industry practice. SES will cease operations
upon receipt of notification of harmful interference. The SES point of contact for interference matters
during the NSS—703 retirement maneuvers is the SES Satellite Control Center, +352 710 725 212,
soc@ses.com (attention: Duty Satellite Controller).

Grant of the requested STAs will serve the public interest, as it will enable the NSS—703 satellite to be
deorbited in accordance with the satellite‘s authorized post—mission disposal plan. See SES Satellites
(Gibraltar) Limited, Stamp Grant, File Nos. SAT—PPL—20101103—00230, 20110120—00015, Call Sign
$2818 (granted Oct. 13, 2011). The Commission recently granted STAs for SES to use three other earth
stations to perform NSS—703 de—orbit maneuvers. See SES Americom, Inc., File Nos. SES—STA—
20140829—00680, SES—STA—20140829—00681, SES—STA—20140829—00682 (stamp—granted Sept. 17,
2014).

SES respectfully requests STAs for an initial period of 30 days to begin on October 7, 2014. However,
the retirement of the satellite may take longer than 30 days to ensure full venting of the fuel and oxidizer
on the spacecraft. Accordingly, SES will be requesting an extension of these STAs for another 30 days.



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