Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20151019-00770 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2015101900770_1110194

October 19, 2015 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority Castle Rock, Colorado Earth Station E030096 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”)1 for 30 days, commencing November 15, 2015, to use its Castle Rock, Colorado Ku-band earth station—call sign E030096—to provide telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) services for Galaxy 11 (S2253) during its drift from 55.6° W.L. to 60.1° E.L.2 Galaxy 11 is expected to begin drifting no earlier than November 15, 2015. The drift is expected to take approximately six months. TT&C operations will be performed in the following frequencies: 14000.5 MHz, 14498.5 MHz, 11701 MHz, and 11702 MHz. The drift operations will be coordinated with all operators of satellites that use the same frequency bands and are in the drift path.3 All operators of satellites in that path will be provided with an emergency phone number where the licensee can be reached in the event that harmful interference occurs. The 24x7 contact information is as follows: Ph.: (703) 559-7701 – East Coast Operations Center (primary) (310) 525-5591 – West Coast Operations Center (back-up) Request to speak with Harry Burnham or Kevin Bell. In the extremely unlikely event that harmful interference should occur due to transmissions to or from its earth station, Intelsat will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the interference. 1 Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $195.00 filing fee, and this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System (“IBFS”). 2 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-01103, File No. SAT-STA-20150505-00033 (Aug. 21, 2015) (Public Notice). 3 Intelsat will handle the coordination.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch October 19, 2015 Page 2 Grant of this STA request will allow Intelsat to drift the Galaxy 11 satellite to its new location. This, in turn, will allow Intelsat to meet a temporary customer demand at 60.1° E.L. and thereby promotes the public interest. Please direct any questions regarding this STA request to the undersigned at (703) 559—6949. Respectfully submitted, Regulatory Counsel Intelsat Corporation cc: Paul Blais


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