Attachment SESSTA2017090100978.

SESSTA2017090100978.

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This document pretains to SES-STA-20170901-00978 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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SES—STA—20170901—00978 1B2017002461 SES Americom, Inc. Approved by OMB 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: Request for 30—Day STA to Test 9m Ku—band Antenna in Woodbine, MD (K—13) 1. Applicant Name: SES Americom, Inc. Phone Number: 202—478—7143 DBA Name: Fax Nfimber: 202—478—7111 Street: 1129 20th Street NW E—Mail: petra.vorwig@ses.com Suite 1000 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20036 = Attention: Ms Petra A Vorwig GRANTED | International Bureau Grrrenscoamiesvemre

Applicant: SES Americom, Inc. Call Sign: N/A File No.: SES—STA—20170901—00978 SES Americom is granted special temporary authority, for 30 days, beginning September 12, 2017 to operate one 9 meter fixed antenna with AMC—15 (S2180) satellite at the 105° W.L. orbital location in the 11.7—12.2 GHz (space—to—Earth) and 14.0—14.5 GHz (Earth—to—space) frequency bands under the following conditions: 1. Operations, shall not cause harmful interference to or claim protection from other lawfully operating stations and it shall cease transmission(s) immediately upon notice of such interference. 2. In the event of any harmful interference under this grant of STA, SES—Americom, Inc. must cease operations immediately. 3. Grant of this authorization is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may make regarding pending or future SES Americom, Inc. applications. 4. All operations must be within the relevant requested operational parameters in IBFS File No. SAT—PPL—20160918—00093. 5. Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this STA is solely at SES Americom‘s risk. 6. Should an emergency situation exists and the applicant must notify FCC OperationCenter@fcc.gov of the situation with a copy to paul.blais@fcc.gov. 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 immediately. mmnges GRANTED In:errational Buregu I

2. Contact Name: George Varkey Phone Number: 609—987—4327 Company: SES Americom, Inc. Fax Number: Street: 4 Research Way E—Mail: george.varkey@ses.com City: Princeton State: NJ Country: USA Zipcode: 08540 — Attention: Relationship: Engineer (If your application is related to an application filed with the Comumission, entereither the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number 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.FER.Section 1.1114). «y Governmental Entity g*y Noncommercial educational licensee «4 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request g£34 Use Prior to Grant «34 Change Station Location @ Other — 6. Requested Use Prior Date 09/12/2017 7. CityMount Airy 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 39 22 36.5 N

9. State MD 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 77 4 49.4 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: STA Narrative 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.) SES Americom, Inc. respectfully requests special temporary authority (STA) for 30 days beginning September 12, 2017 to test a Om antenna located at its Woodbine, MD facility in the conventional Ku−band with AMC−15 (Call Sign $2180). See attachment. 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes «y No subject to a denial of Federal beneffits 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 ordistribution 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 Petra A. Vorwig Senior Legal & Regulatory Counsel 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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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of SES Americom, Inc. SES—STA— _ Request for Special Temporary Authority to Test New Antenna in the Conventional Ku—band Expedited Action Requested REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY SES Americom, Inc. ("SES") respectfully requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA") for 30 days to test a new nine—meter antenna located at SES‘s facility in Woodbine, Maryland (WB K—13) in the conventional Ku—band with the AMC—15 satellite at 105° W.L. (Call Sign $2180). SES is preparing an application seeking a license for this antenna, which will be used to support operations of the SES—14 satellite to be operated by SES DTH do Brasil Ltda ("SES DTH Brasil") at 47.5° W.L.!‘ SES seeks STA to test the new antenna in the conventional Ku—band frequencies beginning September 12, 2017, and asks for Commission action consistent with that timing. Specifically, SES requests authority to test the WB K—13 antenna on the following frequencies with AMC—15: 11.7—12.2 GHz (downlink) and 14.0—14.5 GHz (uplink). Testing will consist of an unmodulated CW carrier operating for a few hours several times during the requested 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. ‘ See SES DTH do Brasil Ltda, Call Sign $2974, File No. SAT—PPL—20160918—00093, granted Feb. 9, 2017.

Grant of the requested STA on an expedited basis is in the public interest because it will allow SES Americom to ensure its earth station is capable of providing a high level of service in support of the SES—14 operations in advance of the satellite‘s launch, which is scheduled for early in 2018. For the foregoing reasons, SES Americom respectfully reques‘gs that the Commission grant it én an expedited basis a 30—day STA to test its WB K—13 antenna with AMC—15 in the conventional Ku—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: September 1, 2017

Attachment 1 Site Details Contact Information: Address: Mark Rathert 2323 Grimville Rd. 410—970—7501 Mt. Airy, MD 21771 Geographic Coordinates: Latitude: 39° 22‘ 36.5 N Longitude: 77° 4° 49.4"W Site Elevation: 190 meters Antenna Details Antenna ID: K—13 Manufacture/Model: General Dynamics/9.0m Cassegrain Antenna Size: 9.0 meters Antenna Gain Transmit: 60.1 dBi at 14.125 GHz Antenna Gain Receive: 58.5 dBi at 11.725 GHz Height Above Ground Level: 9.7 meters Height Above Sea Level: 199.7 meters Total Input Power at the Flange: 750 watts Total EIRP for the test Carriers: 88.85 dBW Operational Frequency Transmi Polarization Emissions Max EIRP Max EIRP (GHz) t/Receiv Designator per Carrier Density per e (dBW) Carrier (dBw/4kHz) 11.7—12.2 R Horizontal 1M00G9D 0.0 0.0 and Vertical 11.7—12.2 R Horizontal 100KG7ZW 0.0 .0.0 and Vertical 11.7—12.2 R Horizontal NON 0.0 0.0 and Vertical 14.0—14.5 T Horizontal 1IMOOFID 76.08 52.1 and Vertical 14.0—14.5 T Horizontal 100KG7ZW 60.08 46.1 and Vertical 14.0—14.5 T Horizontal NON 32.1 §2.1 and Vertical


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