Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20160517-00441 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2016051700441_1136372

Request for Special Temporary Authority Pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(4),1 DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (“DIRECTV”) requests special temporary authority (“STA”) for a period of 30 days commencing on June 1, 2016 to deploy a 1.2m transportable Ku-band antenna. The transportable antenna will be used to cover the 2016 COPA America Centenario soccer tournament, which will take place from June 3-26, 2016, across 10 cities in the United States.2 Grant of this STA serves the public interest because it will provide necessary capacity for communication of this important sporting event. The earth station will communicate with the Horizons 1 satellite (call sign S2475) at the 127° W.L. orbital location.3 The earth station will operate on the 14.0-14.5 GHz (uplink) and 11.7-12.2 GHz (downlink) frequencies. The attached technical data provides information on the operating parameters of the earth station. Grant of this STA is in the public interest because it will enable DIRECTV’s customer to provide enhanced communications for the COPA America Centenario soccer tournament. Moreover, grant of the requested STA will not cause harmful interference to any facilities operating in the Ku-band. The earth station will operate pursuant to routine Ku-band parameters. In the extremely unlikely event that harmful interference should occur due to transmissions to or from its earth stations, DIRECTV will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the interference. In light of the above, DIRECTV respectfully requests Commission approval of this STA request. 1 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(4). 2 The tournament games will be played in Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Foxborough, MA; East Rutherford, NJ; Santa Clara, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Pasadena, CA; Glendale, AZ; Houston, TX; and Orlando, FL. 3 In re Horizons Satellite LLC, 18 FCC 24745 (Int. Bur. 2003) (adding the Horizons 1 satellite to the Permitted List); Horizons Satellite LLC Application for Modification of Permitted List Authorization, 19 FCC Rcd 20349 (Int. Bur. 2004) (authorizing Horizons 1 to provide DTH service to the United States).

Technical Data for Special Temporary Authority Request Location CONUS Manufacturer Probecom Antenna Diameter 1.2m Transmit Frequencies 14.0 – 14.5 GHz Receive Frequencies 11.7 – 12.2 GHz Point of Communication Horizons 1 at 127.0° W.L. Height Above Ground 1 meter Antenna Gain Transmit 42.8 dB Antenna Gain Receive 41.8 dB Total Input Power at Antenna Flange 69.2 Watts Total EIRP for All Carriers 61.2 dBW Transmit Antenna Polarization Linear V/H Receive Antenna Polarization Linear V/H Maximum Bandwidth 7 MHz Maximum EIRP Per Carrier 61.2 dBW Maximum EIRP Density Per Carrier 28.8 dBW/4 kHz Range of Satellite Arc E/W Limit 127W-127W Maximum EIRP Density Toward the Horizon -12.3 dBW/4 kHz1 Emission Designator 7M0G7W Remote Controlled? No 1 The maximum EIRP density toward the horizon will depend on the location of the antenna. This measurement was taken under a worst case scenario for the potential locations of the antenna. Specifically, the elevation from Foxborough, MA to the satellite at 127.0° W.L. would be 16.3° and the power density towards the horizon for that elevation angle would be -12.3 dBW/4 kHz.


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