Attachment 20160308131405.pdf

20160308131405.pdf

DECISION submitted by FCC-IB

Grant

2016-03-04

This document pretains to SES-STA-20160225-00166 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2016022500166_1129379

                                        E010048      SES—STA—20160225—00 168      182016000537
                                        Inmarsat Solutions (US) Inc.




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                            APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY                                         .REA,U%R;



APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description ofthis application to identify it on the main menu:
Request for Special Temporary Authority (EO10048)
 1. Applicant

           Name:        Inmarsat Solutions (US) Inc.        Phone Number:                        202—248—5150

           DBA Name:                                        Fax Number:                          202—248—5177
           Street:      1101 Connecticut Avenue NW          E—Mail:                              regan.rishel@inmarsat.com
                        Suite 1200

           City:        Washington                          State:                               DC
           Country:     USA                                 Zipcode:                             20036       ~
           Attention:   Ms. Regan Rishel


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Applicant:    Inmarsat Solutions (US) Inc.
Call Sign:    E010048
File No.:     SES—STA—20160225—00166
Special Temporary Authority (STA)

Inmarsat Solutions (US) Inc. is granted special temporary authority (STA) for 60 days beginning
on March 3, 2016 to operate currently authorized remoteterminal earthstations with the
Inmarsat—3 F5 satellite at the 54 W.L. in the 1626—1660.5 MHz, (Earth—to—space) and 1525—1559
(space—to—Earth) frequency bands under the following conditions.

    1)   All antennas must operate with authorized emission limits in current authorizations

   2)    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.

   3) Grant of this STA is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may
         make regarding other pending or future applications.

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

   5) Grant ofthis STA does not constitute market access for any other U.S. earth station.
   6)    If the Inmarsatple application IBFS File No. SAT—PPL—20160111—00001 is dismissed or
         denied this authorization becomes invalid and operations with the Inmarsat—3 F5 satellite
         must cease immediately.

   7)    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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                    REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
                        (Call Signs E010048, E010049, and E010050)
       Inmarsat Solutions (US) Inc. ("IS—US") hereby requests Special Temporary Authority

("STA") for 60 days beginning on March 3, 2016 to add the Inmarsat—3 F5 satellite (the "13F5"

satellite) at the 54° W.L. orbital location as a point of communication for the above referenced

blanket licensed mobile earth stations while the underlying application to amend the ISAT List is

being processed.‘

       The earth station authorizations at issue cover mobile terminals that communicate with

satellites operated by IS—US‘s corporate parent, Inmarsat plc ("Inmarsat"), using L—band

frequencies (1525—1559 MHz and 1626.5—1660.5 MHz). At present, Inmarsat operates the

Inmarsat—3 F4 satellite (the "I3F4" satellite) at 54° W.L. It was added to the ISAT List at this

location in 2009," and has been operating there for over six years without incident. Inmarsat has

filed an application to amend the ISAT List to replace 13F4 with 13F5 (see IBFS File No. SAT—

PPL—20160111—00001). As explained in that application, the 13F4 and 13F5 satellites were the

last of a series of third—generation Inmarsat satellites built by Lockheed Martin and Matra

Marconi Space, and have virtually identical designs. Accordingly, the 13F5 satellite will operate

with the same parameters, and provide the same types of "existing and evolved" Inmarsat

services, as the 13F4 satellite it is replacing. 13F5 has arrived at its new location, and Inmarsat

has scheduled traffic transfer to begin on or about March 3, 2016.




!   See IBFS File No. SAT—PPL—20160111—00001. To the extent necessary, IS—US hereby incorporates
    by reference the technical information provided in Inmarsat‘s application.

*   See Grant Stamp, IBFS File Nos. SAT—PPL—20090107—00003 and SAT—APL—20090115—00005 (Apr.
    6, 2009).


       The requested STA would serve the public interest by allowing the transition of services

to a new satellite while the Commission processes Inmarsat full application, ensuring continuity

of services to, from, and within the United States during the reconfiguration of Inmarsat‘s in—

orbit fleet. Because the new satellite will operate with the same parameters as the one it is

replacing, and IS—US is not requesting any change in authorized parameters for its earth stations,

the requested STA will not change the existing interference environment. IS—US therefore

respectfully requests that the Commission grant this STA request as expeditiously as possible.



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