Attachment STA Narrative

This document pretains to SES-STA-20161108-00877 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) SES Americom, Inc. ) SES-STA-________-____ ) Call sign E160139 Request for Special Temporary Authority to ) Operate with AMC-8 at 139° W.L. ) ) APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY SES Americom, Inc. (“SES Americom”) respectfully requests Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) for 30 days to test its new 11 meter Vertex antenna (SMWAAS) at its South Mountain teleport located in Somis, California, in the conventional C-band with AMC-8, operating at 139° W.L. As described in the pending license application, the SMWAAS antenna will be used to communicate with the Wide Area Augmentation System (“WAAS”) payload on the SES-15 satellite to be operated by SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd. (“SES-GIB”) at 129.15° W.L.1 SES Americom seeks STA to test the new antenna in C-band frequencies beginning December 1, 2016, and asks for Commission action consistent with that timing. Specifically, SES Americom requests authority to test the SMWASS antenna on the following frequencies with AMC-8: 3700-4200 MHz (downlink) and 6247-6283 MHz (uplink).2 Testing will consist of an unmodulated CW carrier for a few hours once during the 30- day STA term. All operations will be conducted within the technical parameters set forth in Attachment 1 and on an unprotected, non-interference basis. 1 SES Americom, Inc., Call Sign E160139, File No. SES-LIC-20160725-00674, filed July 25, 2016. 2 C-band operations with AMC-8, including in the 6247-6283 MHz band, have been coordinated at the Somis, California teleport and include the parameters requested in this application. See File No. SES-RWL- 20081105-01451, granted Nov. 6, 2008 (call sign KB27).

Grant of the requested STA will allow SES Americom to ensure its earth station is capable of providing a high level of service in support of the WAAS operations, which will ultimately improve aircraft navigation and safety. For the foregoing reasons, SES Americom respectfully requests that the Commission grant it a 30-day STA to test its SMWAAS earth station with AMC-8 in the conventional C-band. Respectfully submitted, SES Americom, Inc. By: /s/ Petra A. Vorwig Of Counsel Petra A. Vorwig Karis A. Hastings Senior Legal & Regulatory Counsel SatCom Law LLC SES Americom, Inc. 1317 F Street, N.W., Suite 400 1129 20th Street N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 599-0975 Dated: November 7, 2016 2

Attachment 1 Call Sign: E160139 Site Details Contact Information: Address: David Coyle 5990 Solano Verde Dr. 805-386-2712 Somis, California 93066 Geographic Coordinates: Latitude: 34 °19 ’32.0 "N Longitude: 118 °59 ’44.0 "W Site Elevation: 312.0 meters Antenna Details Antenna ID: SMWAAS Manufacture/Model: Vertex 11m Antenna Size: 11.0 meters Antenna Gain Transmit: 55.7 dBi at 6 GHz Antenna Gain Receive: 52.0 dBi at 4 GHz Height Above Ground Level: 15.0 meters Height Above Sea Level: 327.0 meters Total Input Power at the Flange: 500.0 watts Total EIRP for the test Carrier: 46.38 dBW Operational Details Frequency Transmi Polarization Emissions Max EIRP Max EIRP (MHz) t/Receive Designator per Carrier Density per (dBW) Carrier (dBw/4kHz) 3700-4200 R Horizontal N0N 0.0 0.0 and Vertical 6247-6283 T Horizontal N0N 46.38 46.38 and Vertical


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