Attachment SESSTA2017052300590.

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This document pretains to SES-STA-20170523-00590 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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                        E96_0300     SES—STA —20170
                        Iridium Satellite          523—00590
                                          LLC                     182017001383




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                               APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY



APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
Extension of LEOP STA E060300 Fairbanks 5/17
 1. Applicant

           Name:          Iridium Satellite LLC                Phone Number:                        703—287—7518
           DBA Name:                                           Fax Number:

           Street:        1750 Tysons Boulevard                E—Mail:                              maureen.mclaughlin@iridium.com


                          Suite 1400
           City:          McLean                               State:                                VA
           Country:       USA                                  Zipcode:                   j         22102          —
           Attention:     Ms Maureen C McLaughlin




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Iridium Satellite LLC
Call Sign E060300
File Number SES—STA—20170523—00590



Iridium Satellite LLC is granted Special Temporary Authority for 180 days starting August 11,
2017, to provide LEOP service to the Iridium NEXT NGSO satellites and to operate at a U.S.
licensed authorize gateway earth station located in Fairbanks, AK in the 29.1—29.3 GHz (Earth—
to—space) and the 19.4—19.6 GHz (space—to—Earth) frequency bands under the following
conditions:

   1.    Operations will not exceed the operational power levels and parameters requested
   and coordinated.

   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 and notify the FCC in writing.

   3.      Transmitter(s) must be turned off during antenna maintenance to ensure compliance
   with the FCC—specified safety guidelines for human exposure to radiofrequency radiation in
   the region between the antenna feed and the reflector. Appropriate measure must also be
   taken to restrict access to other regions in which the earth station‘s power flux density
   levels exceed the specified guidelines.

   4.     Operations shall be consistent with applicable coordination agreements and satellite
   authorized bands.

   5.      Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this STA is
   solely at Iridium Satellite LLC‘s risk.

   6.    Grant of this STA is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may
   make regarding other pending or future Iridium Satellite LLC applications.

   7.    Continued operations of SES—STA—20161013—00837 with NEXT NGSO satellites during this
   extension was authorized pursuant to Section 1.62 of the Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. §1.62.



   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 upon release.

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2. Contact


             Name:         Joseph A. Godles Esq.               Phone Number:                        202—429—4900
             Company:      Goldberg, Godles, Wiener &          Fax Number:                          202—429—4912
                           Wright LLP
             Street:       1025 Connecticut Ave, NW            E—Mail:                              jgodles@g2w2.com
                           Ste 1000
             City:         Washington                          State:                                DC
             Country:      USA                                 Zipcode:                             20036      —
             Attention:                                        Relationship:                         Legal Counsel


(If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related
application. Please enter only one.)
 3. Reference File Number SESSTA2016080400717 or Submission ID
 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application?
; IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159.         If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114).
3 Governmental Entity        e Noncommercial educational licensee
«4 Other(please explain):

4b. Fee Classification    CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station

5. Type Request


3   Use Prior to Grant                             O   Change Station Location                     @   Other


6. Requested Use Prior Date


7. CityFairbanks                                                           8. Latitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)    64     49    3.2
9. State   AK                                                              10. Longitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)     147    43    29.8
11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: Extension Request                   Attachment 2:                                      Attachment 3:


12. Description.   (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.)
     Iridium Satellite LLC             (‘Iridium‘)       pursuant to 47 CFR ss              25.120,       and for the reasons           set
     forth herein,       requests special temporary authority                        (‘STA‘)      to operate its gateway earth
     station E060300 in Fairbanks, AK in the manner described during the launch and early
     operations phase          (‘LEOP‘)     of the Iridum NEXT constellation of                           satellites.




13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is           @ Yes          «3 No
subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Act
of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance.
See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes.


14. Name of Person Signing                                                 15. Title of Person Signing
  Maureen C. McLaughlin                                                       Vice President, Public Policy
           WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT
                  (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION
                   (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).


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                               REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF
                             SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

        Iridium Satellite LLC and Iridium Constellation LLC (collectively, "Iridium"),
pursuant to Section 25.120 of the Commission‘s Rules, hereby request an extension of
special temporary authority ("STA") to operate their gateway earth stations located in
Tempe, Arizona; Chandler, Arizona; and Fairbanks, Alaska, in the manner identified
below.* Iridium seeks an extension of 180 days commencing on June 4, 2017.
       The STAs Iridium seeks to extend initially were granted for 30 days and then for
180 days.2 These STAs authorize Iridium to operate the tracking, telemetry, and
command ("TT&C") links at its Tempe, Chandler, and Fairbanks gateway earth stations
in accordance with specified parameters during the launch and early operation phase
("LEOP") of its Iridium NEXT constellation.
       Launch and early operations are ongoing. When fully deployed, Iridium NEXT
will consist of 66 operational satellites plus in—orbit spares. Iridium launched the first
ten Iridium NEXT satellites in January, and ten additional satellites are scheduled to be
launched in late June.

       Iridium‘s STA extension request is supported by good cause. By granting
Iridium‘s initial STA requests, the Commission already has determined that the
operations proposed in this extension request are in the public interest. Grant of an
extension will provide continuing authority for these operations while LEOP continues.
     Moreover, Iridium demonstrated in its initial STA requests that operating in the
manner described therein presents no concerns with interference to the LMDS stations,
Fixed Service stations, and Fixed—Satellite Service stations that share Iridium‘s
TT&C/feeder link band. The same will be true of Iridium‘s operations under the STAs
as extended, which will be technically identical to the originally—described operations.
                                              Conclusion

      Accordingly, and for good cause shown, Iridium respectfully asks that its STA
extension request be granted.




1 The call signs for these gateway earth stations are E050282, EQO60300, E960131, and E960244. The licensee
of the first three call signs is Iridium Satellite LLC. The licensee of the fourth call sign is Iridium
Constellation LLC. This exhibit accompanies separate STA requests that Iridium is filing for each call
sign.
2 Call sign E960244, SES—STA—20160804—00716; call sign E060300, SES—STA—20160804—00717; call sign
E050282, SES—STA—20160804—00718; and call sign E960131, SES—STA—20160804—00719.



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Document Modified: 2017-08-17 19:03:14

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