Attachment STA Narrative

This document pretains to SES-STA-20170222-00192 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 Application by ) ) SES AMERICOM, INC. ) SES-STA-________-_____ ) Call Sign KA288 For Special Temporary Authority to ) Provide TT&C for SES-10 during IOT ) at 68.5° W.L. and During Drift to 66.9º W.L. ) REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY By this application, SES Americom, Inc. (“SES Americom” or “SES”) respectfully requests earth station special temporary authority (“STA”) for a period of 30 days, beginning 11 days following launch of SES-10, to use its KA288 antenna in Somis, California to communicate with the SES-10 satellite in order to provide Tracking, Telemetry and Command (“TT&C”) services for the SES-10 satellite during in-orbit testing at 68.5° W.L. and during the satellite’s drift to its final orbital location of 66.9° W.L. The satellite is currently scheduled to launch mid-March 2017, and SES seeks action on the STA consistent with that schedule. Grant of the requested authority will serve the public interest by facilitating the safe operation of SES- 10 during testing and in transit to its orbital location to commence regular operations. SES Americom’s affiliate, New Skies Satellites B.V. (“NSS”), has been authorized to use the SES-10 satellite to provide service into the United States using SES-10.1 SES-10 will be located at 68.5° W.L. +/- 0.1 degrees during in-orbit testing. The relaxed 1 See New Skies Satellites B.V. Market Access Application, File No. SAT-PPL-20160117-00005 (“SES-10 Petition”), granted on June 23, 2016 (“SES-10 Grant”). The grant was based on SES- 10 operating at 67.0° W.L., but NSS has filed a modification seeking to operate the satellite at 66.9° W.L. pursuant to the Commission’s expedited process set out in Section 25.117(h)(1). New Skies Satellites B.V. Modification, File No. SAT-MPL-20170108-00002, (Call Sign S2950), filed Jan. 8, 2017.

stationkeeping tolerance will minimize interruptions to the payload testing operations due to stationkeeping maneuvers, which would delay the satellite’s on-station start of operations. The proposed stationkeeping volume will not overlap with any other satellite at 68.5° W.L. Following the completion of in-orbit testing at 68.5° W.L., SES-10 will drift to its final orbital location at 66.9° W.L. NSS has requested that SES Americom assist with testing the satellite and provide TT&C during the tests at 68.5°W.L. and during the drift to the nominal 67° W.L. orbital location. The proposed operations will be coordinated with all satellite operators that use the same frequency bands within six degrees of 68.5° W.L. and those within the drift path. All operators of potentially affected satellites will be provided with an emergency phone number where the licensee can be reached in the event harmful interference occurs. Grant of STA Will Serve the Public Interest. Grant of this STA request is in the public interest. The requested authority to provide TT&C services while SES-10 is tested at 68.5° W.L. and drifts to its final orbital location will facilitate the safe operation of SES-10. No Harmful Interference to Other Spacecraft. All TT&C operations with SES- 10 while it is located at 68.5° W.L. and during relocation to 66.9° W.L. will be on a non-harmful interference basis. The drift of the spacecraft will be coordinated with other satellite operators 2 consistent with industry practice. For the foregoing reasons, SES Americom respectfully requests special temporary authority for a period of up to 30 days for its earth station to communicate with SES-10 to provide TT&C to maintain the satellite at 68.5° W.L. and drift the spacecraft to 66.9° W.L., as 2 The 24/7 point of contact for the proposed SES-10 operations is the SES Payload Management Operations Centre (PMOC) in Woodbine, MD, 1 800 772 2363 or 1 410 970 7570; e-mail: PMOC@ses.com. 2

described herein. Grant of the requested authority will promote safe operation of the satellite during and after testing. Respectfully submitted, SES AMERICOM, INC. By: /s/ Petra 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 NW, Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 599-0975 Tel: (202) 478-7143 Dated: February 22, 2017 3

ATTACHMENT 1 Call Sign: KA288 Site Details Contact Information: Address: Dave Coyle 5990 Solano Verde Dr. 805-386-2712 Somis, California 93066 Geographic Coordinates: Latitude: 34° 19’ 31.0" N Longitude: 118° 59’ 44.4" W Site Elevation: 311.0 meters Antenna Details Antenna ID: TK1 Manufacture/Model: Vertex/6.1 KPK Antenna Size: 6.1m Antenna Gain Transmit: 57.1 dBi at 14.0 GHz Antenna Gain Receive: 58.5 dBi at 11.725 GHz Height Above Ground Level: 7.0 meters Height Above Sea Level: 318.0 meters Total Input Power at the Flange: 650 watts Total EIRP for all Carriers: 85.2 dBW TT&C Operational Details Frequency Transmit/ Polarization Emissions Max EIRP Max EIRP (MHz) Receive Designator per Carrier Density per (dBW) Carrier (dBw/4kHz) 14000-14500 T Horizontal 1M00F9D 73.0 49.1 and Vertical 11700-12200 R Horizontal 500KF9D and Vertical


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