Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20170613-00644 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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June 13, 2017 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority Hagerstown, Maryland Earth Station KA258 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) 1 for 30 days, commencing July 16, 2017, to use its Hagerstown, Maryland Ku-band earth station—call sign KA258—to provide in-orbit testing (“IOT”) services at 33.0° W.L.2 Intelsat 35e is expected to be launched on June 26, 2017. The IOT is expected to last approximately 45 days. The proposed operations will be performed using the following frequencies: 11.7-12.5 and 14.0-14.5 GHz. The proposed operations will be coordinated with all operators of satellites that are potentially affected by these operations at the IOT location.3 All operators of potentially affected satellites will be provided with an emergency phone number where the licensee can be reached in the event that harmful interference occurs. The 24x7 contact information for the Intelsat 35e mission is as follows: Ph.: (703) 559-7701 – East Coast Operations Center (primary) (310) 525-5591 – West Coast Operations Center (back-up) Request to speak with Harry Burnham or Kevin Bell. 1 Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $200.00 filing fee, and this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System (“IBFS”). 2 See Intelsat License LLC, Request for Special Temporary Authority to Conduct In-Orbit Testing of Intelsat 35e; Call Sign S2959, File No. SAT-STA-20170314-00050 (filed March 14, 2017). The permanent orbital location for Intelsat 35e will be at 34.5º W.L. See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-01191, SAT- LOA-20160408-00034 (Oct. 7, 2016) (Public Notice). 3 Intelsat will handle the coordination.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch June 13, 2017 Page 2 In the extremely unlikely event that harmful interference should occur due to transmissions to or from its earth station, Intelsat will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the interference. Grant of this STA request will allow Intelsat to in- test the Intelsat 35e satellite. This, in turn, will help provide additional capacity to customers at the 34.5º W.L. orbital location and thereby promotes the public interest. Please direct any questions regarding this STA request to the undersigned at (703) 559-6949. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Cynthia J. Grady Cynthia J. Grady Regulatory Counsel Intelsat Corporation cc: Paul Blais


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