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This document pretains to SES-STA-20170920-01042 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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                                      E160022        SES—STA—20170920—01042        182017002649
                                      SES Americom, Inc.



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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:
Request for STA to Perform In—Orbit Testing for SES—11 at 142.5 W.L. Using Antenna E160022
 1. Applicant

           Name:        SES Americom, Inc.                  Phone Number:                         202—478—7143

           DBA Name:                                        Fax Number:                           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




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Applicant:   SES Americom, Inc.
Call Sign:   E160022
File No.:    SES—STA—20170920—01042
Special Temporary Authority (STA)


SES Americom, Inc. ("SES") is granted a special temporary authority for 30 days, commencing October
18, 2017, to perform in—orbit testing ("IO0T") of the Ka—band payload on SES—11 (S2964) at 142.5° W.L.
orbital location using the frequencies 28.720 GHz, 29.375 GHz, and 29.750 GHz (Earth—to—space) and
18.425 GHz, 18.920 GHz, and 19.950 GHz (space—to—Earth) 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.    SES—11‘s operations at the 142.5° W.L. orbital location must be limited to I0T and must not
include the provision of commercial services.

4;    SES Americom, Inc. will maintain SES—11 (S2964) with an east—west longitudinal station—keeping
tolerance of +/—0.05° degree.

5.     All operators of satellites will be provided with an emergency phone number where the licensee
can be reached in the event that harmful interference occurs; Currently, the 24x7 contact information
for SES—11 during IO0T and drift is as follows: Dave Coyle, Manager, South Mountain Earth Station, Ph.:
(805)386—2710 or email dave.coyle@ses.com.

 6.   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.

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

8.     Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this STA is solely at
SES‘s risk.

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:         Karis Hastings                      Phone Number:                          202—599—0975
             Company:      SatCom Law LLC                      Fax Number:

             Street:       1317 F St, NW                       E—Mail:                                karis@satcomlaw.com
                           Suite 400
             City:         Washington                          State:                                  DC
             Country:      USA                                 Zipcode:                               20004       —
             Attention:                                        Relationship:                           Legal Counsel


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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.F.R.Section 1.1114).
ol Governmental Entity       3 Noncommercial educational licensee
g4 Other(please explain):

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

5. Type Request

 gry Use Prior to Grant                           C Change Station Location                           @ Other


6. Requested Use Prior Date


7. CitySomis                                                              8. Latitude
                                                                          (dd mm ss.s h)   34    19    31.9   N


9. State   CA                                                              10. Longitude
                                                                           (dd mm ss.s h)    118    59   414    W
11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: STA Narrative                       Attachment 2:                                      Attachment 3:


12. Description.   (If the complete description does not appearin this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.)
     SES Americom,        Inc.    requests Special Temporary Authority for 30 days to perform in—orbit
     testing of the Ka—band payload on SES—11                        ($2964)     at 142.5 W.L. using the antenna
     designated under call sign E160022. Authority is requested to start elevendays after
     launch of the satellite.              See attached narrative.




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 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
   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
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In the Matter of




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SES AMERICOM, INC.                                                    File No. SES—STA—
                                                                      Call Sign E160022
Request for Special Temporary Authority to
Perform Testing with SES—11 at 142.5° W.L.


                            REQUEST OF SES AMERICOM, INC.

               SES Americom, Inc. ("SES") respectfully requests special temporary authority

("STA") for its E160022 earth station located at its South Mountain, California teleport to

communicate with the SES—11 spacecraft at 142.5° W.L. in order to perform in—orbit testing

("‘IOT") of the satellite. Authority is sought for a period of up to 30 days, commencing eleven

days following launch of SES—11, which could occur as early as the end of September 2017.

Specifically, SES requests authority for the earth station to communicate with the SES—11 Ka—

band payload in order to test the transmission capability of the payload.‘

               SES—11 is a dual—licensed spacecraft that will operate at the nominai 105° W.L.

orbital location. The Commission has issued a license for the satellite‘s Ku—band payload, which

will replace the Ku—band capacity of AMC—15, and has granted U.S. market access for the




‘ The Commission has granted a space station STA to permit SES—11, which also has a U.S.—
licensed Ku—band payload, to be positioned at 142.5° W.L. during IOT. SES Americom, Inc.,
(Call Sign $2964), File No. SAT—STA—20170526—00080, granted July 7, 2017 ("SES—11 Space
Station STA"). SES Americom, Inc. also received authority to operate a C—band antenna (Call
Sign KB27) to test the Gibraltar licensed C—band payload. See SES Americom, Inc., File No.
SES—STA—20170821—00935, granted Sept. 13, 2017.


satellite‘s Gibraltar—licensed C—band payload, which will replace the AMC—18 satellite." SES has

not requested permanent authority to access the U.S. market using the Ka—band payload, and

does not seek such authority now. SES only requests limited authority to test the operations of

the pa;yload.

                Following launch of SES—11, SES proposes to position the satellite at 142.5° W.L.

for IOT. SES—11 will be located at 142.5° W.L. +/—0.1 degrees during IOT.* The proposed

stationkeeping volume will not overlap with any other satellite. SES seeks earth station STA to

perform testing of the SES—11 Ka—band payload.

                As discussed below, performing IOT at 142.5° W.L. rather than at 105° W.L. will

permit testing to occur without disruption to existing customers at 105° W.L. and will not

adversely affect the operation of any adjacent satellites. SES seeks STA to support tests in the

following frequencies. A full summary of the proposed operations is provided in Attachment 1.

                 28720 MHz                        Uplink
                 29375 MHz                        Uplink
                 29750   MHz                      Uplink
                 18920   MHz                      Downlink
                 18425   MHz                      Downlink
                 19950   MHz                      Downlink


                Grant ofSTA Will Serve the Public Interest. Grant of SES‘s request to test SES—

11 at 142.5° W.L. is in the public interest. By testing SES—11 at this location, SES will minimize



* See SES Americom, Inc., File No. SAT—LOA—20160512—00047 and SES Satellites (Gibraltar)
Ltd, File No. SAT—PPL—20160512—0048 (together, the "SES—11 Applications"). These
applications were combined under a single call sign, $2964, and granted on December 7, 2016.

* The earth station license designated under call sign E160022 is coordinated to operate with
satellites within the orbital arc between 97° W.L. and 135° W.L. SES—11 IOT operations will
occur at 142.5° W.L., and SES seeks temporary authority to operate the earth station with that
orbital location.


the risk of interference to its other satellites operating at the nominal 105° W.L. orbital location.

Testing will allow SES to ensure that the satellite‘s Ka—band communications payload is fully

operational at the same time its Ku—band and C—band payloads are tested.

                  No Harmful Interference to Other Spacecraft. Positioning and testing SES—11 at

142.5° W.L. will not cause harmful interference to the operations of any other spacecraft due to

orbital angular separation, frequency diversity and/or geographically diverse beam coverage.

SES has coordinated the proposed IOT operations with other Ka—band satellites positioned near

142.5° W.L., including satellites operated by the Department of Defense at 141° W.L. and 144°

W.L. inthe 18—20.2 GHz band.

                  No Harmful Interference to Terrestrial Services. Transmissions associated with

IOT of SES—11 will not cause harmful interference to any co—primary terrestrial services in the

Ka—band. Currently, there are no terrestrial services authorized in the Ka—band frequencies

identified for testing in Attachment 1. The earth station will not exceed the maximum output

EIRP density specified in Attachment 1, except in the case of certain tests involving high—

powered continuous wave ("CW*") for a short duration of time lasting from 30 minutes to several

hours. SES will conduct all IOT operations on a non—harmful interference basis and will cease

transmissions promptly in the event SES receives a complaint of harmful interference regarding

its operations.

                  Waiver Request. SES seeks a limited waiver of Section 25.210(j) of the

Commission‘s rules in order to operate SES—11 at 142.5° W.L. with an east—west stationkeeping

tolerance of +/— 0.1 degree during the IOT operations. Grant of this waiver is consistent with

Commission policy:

                         The Commission may waive a rule for good cause shown.
                         Waiver is appropriate if special circumstances warrant a


                       deviation from the general rule and such deviation would
                       better serve the public interest than would strict adherence
                       to the general rule. Generally, the Commission may grant a
                       waiver of its rules in a particular case if the relief requested
                       would not undermine the policy objective of the rule in
                       question and would otherwise serve the public interest.*

               Section 25.210(j) specifies that geostationary space stations "must be maintained

within 0.05° of their assigned orbital location in the east/west direction, unless specifically

authorized by the Commission to operate with a different longitudinal tolerance."" Here, SES is

seeking authority to operate SES—11 with a relaxed stationkeeping tolerance of +/— 0.1 degree

during the limited period of IOT operations. The Commission has already granted a similar

waiver request when it authorized SES to operate the Ku—band payload of SES—11 at 142.5° W.L.

with +/—0.1 degree stationkeeping.© SES requests a waiver because the relaxed 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. It will also conserve

fuel for future satellite operations. Furthermore, the proposed operations will not result in any

overlap with other satellites near 142.5° W.L. and therefore will not adversely affect the

operations of other spacecraft.

               Protective Conditions. SES seeks authority for E160022 to communicafe with

SES—11 in the Ka—band frequencies identified in Attachment 1 in order to test SES—1 1 at 142.5°

W.L. with +/—0.1 degree stationkeeping tolerance. SES will coordinate its drift and test

operations with all potentially affected operating satellite networks and will operate only the Ku—

band TT&C payload of the SES—11 spacecraft during satellite drift. All testing will be conducted

*   PanamSat Licensee Corp., 17 FCC Red 10483, 10492 (Sat. Div. 2002) (footnotes omitted).

$    47 CFR. § 25.210G).
°    SES—11 Space Station STA, condition 6, at 2.


on an unprotected, non—harmful interference basis, and SES operations will cease immediately

upon notification of harmful interference."

               SES hereby certifies that no party to this application is subject to a denial of

benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862.

               For the foregoing reasons, SES respectfully requests special temporary authority

to operate its E160022 earth station to test the Ka—band payload on SES—11 at 142.5° W.L. for a

period of up to 30 days, commencing eleven days following the launch of SES—11. Grant of the

requested authority will permit testing of the spacecraft without affecting services to customers.

As noted above, SES is preparing to launch SES—11 in September 2017 and requests action on

this application to accommodate that schedule.

                                              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, NW., Suite 400                     1129 20°" Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004                            Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 599—0975                               Tel: (202) 478—7143

Dated: September 20, 2017




‘   The 24/7 point of contact for SES during IOT and drift is Dave Coyle, Manager, South
Mountain Earth Station, (805) 386—2710, dave.coyle@ses.com.


                                            Attachment 1

Call Sign: 160022

Site Location:
5920 Solano Verde Dr
Somis, CA 93066

Coordinates:     34° 19‘ 31.9" N
                 118° 59° 41.4" W

Satellite:       SES—11 operating at 142.5° W.L. for in—orbit testing

Antenna Facilities

Diameter: 9.2 meters
Manufacturer: SES
Model Number: 9.2 Meter
Site Elevation: 312.12 meters
Max Antenna Height: 11.05 AGL/318.05 AMSL
Receive Gain: 62.2 dBi @18 GHz
Transmit Gain: 69.1 dBi @ 30 GHz
Max Total Input Power at Antenna Flange: 371.5 watts
Max Aggregate EIRP for All Carriers: 91.19 dBW

Operational Details


Frequency        Transmit/     Polarization    Emissions            Max EIRP      Max EIRP
(MHz)            Receive                       Designator           per Carrier   Density per
                                                                    (dBW)         Carrier
                                                                                  (dBW/4kHz)
28720            T             Left and        NON                  40.5          40.5
                               right hand
                               circular
29375            T             Left and        NON                  40.5          40.5
                               right hand
                               circular
29750            T             Left and        NON                  40.5          40.5
                               right hand
                               circular
18920            R             Left and        NON
                               right hand
                               circular
18425            R             Left and        NON
                               right hand
                               circular


19950   Left and     NON
        right hand
        circular



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