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This document pretains to SES-STA-20171010-01130 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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SES—STA—20171010—01130 1B2017002862 E160139 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 STA to Perform In—Orbit Testing for SES—15 WAAS Payload Using Antenna E160139 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 File &g>Ssgolol —01 Call \BQGr \ ant Date {or other1dennfier) k Z% 2 ‘i? V | International Bu reay

Applicant: SES Americom, Inc. File No.: SES—STA—20171010—01130 Call Sign: E160139 Special Temporary Authority SES Americom, Inc. is granted a special temporary authority for 30 days, commencing November 19, 2017, to use its 11 meter earth station antenna located at 34° 19" 32°N / 118° 59" 44 W in Somis, California, to perform an in—orbit testing ("IOT") and to test the Wide Area Augmentation System ("WAAS") payload on SES—15 ($2951) at 137° W.L. rather than at 129° W.L. using the following frequency bands: 6628.27— 6650.27 MHz, and 6679.42—6701.42 MHz (Earth—to—space) and 3700.20 MHz, 1165.45—1187.45 MHz, 1564.42—1586.42 MHz and 3700— 4200 MHz (space—to—Earth), under the following conditions: 1. Operations will not exceed the operational power levels and parameters requested and coordinated. 2. All operators of satellite 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 the SES—15 ($2951) mission is as follows: Ph.: (805) 386—2712— Request to speak with Dave Coyle. 4. All operations under this grant of special temporary authority shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis. SES Americom, Inc.‘s, E160139, shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from interference caused to it by, any other lawfully operating radio communication system. 5. In the event of any harmful interference under this grant of special temporary authority, SES Americom, Inc., E160139, must cease operations immediately upon notification of such interference, and must inform the Commission, in writing, immediately of such an event. 6. Grant of this authorization is without prejudice to any determination that the Commission may make regarding pending or future SES Americom, Inc. applications. 7. Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this special temporary authority is solely at SES Americom, Inc.‘s risk. 8. 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. File @E@-&‘\‘?\%«\W\Q&Q“ 0\30 C<;l:l }}&Q\%CS Grant Date \S s 1"\fi (or other identifier) Term GRANTED From\\—\A~Y | International Bureau Approved: L.

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 (If your application is related to an application filed with the Comumission, enter either 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.F.R.Section 1.1114). £4 Governmental Entity C Noncommercial educational licensee £34 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request g74 Use Prior to Grant «4 Change Station Location «& Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 11/19/2017 7. CitySomis 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 34 19 32.0 N

9. State CA 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 118 59 44.0 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. requests special temporary authority (STA) to operate antenna E160139 to test the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) payload on SES—15 (call sign $2951) in the L—band and the conventional and extended C—bands during in—orbit testing of the _ satellite at 137 W.L. SES requests authority for 30 days beginning on November 19, 2017. 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 &quot;party to the application&quot; 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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12. Description SES Americom, Inc. requests special temporary authority (STA) to operate antenna E160139 to test the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) payload on SES—15 (call sign $2951) in the L—band and the conventional and extended C—bands during in—orbit testing of the satellite at 137 W.L. SES requests authority for 30 days beginning on November 19, 2017. See attached narrative.

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) SES Americom, Inc. ) SES—STA— — ) Call sign E160139 Request for Special Temporary Authority to ) Conduct In—Orbit Testing with SES—15 at 137° W.L. ) APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY SES Americom, Inc. ("SES") respectfully requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to use its E160139 earth station located in its South Mountain, California teleport‘ to communicate with SES—15 at 137° W.L. in order to perform in—orbit testing ("IOT") of the satellite‘s Wide Area Augmentation System ("WAAS") payload. Authority is sought for a period of up to 30 days, commencing on or around November 19, 2017. SES requests authority for the earth station to communicate with the Gibraltar—licensed SES—15 satellite to test the receive and transmit capability of the WAAS payload. SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Limited received market access to provide service into the United States from 129.15° W.L. using the Ku— and Ka—bands as well as to operate the WAAS payload in the L— and conyentional and extended C—bands. SES—15 was launched on May 18, 2017 and is currently en route to its test orbital location at 137° W.L. SES—15 will be located at 137° W.L. +/—0.1 degrees during IOT. The proposed stationkeeping volume will not ‘SES Americom, Inc., Call Sign E160139, File No. SES—LIC—20160725—00674, filed July 25, 2016. 2 SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Limited, (Call Sign $2951), File No. SAT—MPL—20160718—00063, granted Dec. 14, 2016; modifying File No. SAT—PPL—20160126—00007, granted July 12, 2016.

overlap with any other satellite. SES seeks earth station STA to perform testing of the SES—15 WAAS payload using the following frequency bands: 6628.27—6650.27 MHz Uplink 6679.42—6701.42 MHz Uplink 3700.2 MHz Downlink of satellite beacon 1165.45—1 1v87.45 MHz Downlink of WAAS transmissions 1564.42—1586.42 MHz Downlink of WAAS transmissions As discussed below, performing IOT while SES—15 is at 137° W.L. rather than at 129.15° W .L. will permit testing to occur without disruption to existing customers at 129.15° W.L. and will not adversely affect the operation of any adjacent satellites. Grant ofSTA Will Serve the Public Interest. Grant of SES‘s request to test the WAAS payload on SES—15 at 137° W.L. is in the public interest. By testing SES—15 at this location, SES will minimize the risk of interference to other satellites operating at the nominal 129° W.L. orbital location. Testing will allow SES to ensure that the satellite‘s WAAS communications payload is fully operational at the time it arrives at its final orbital location, thereby avoiding any interruption in service that otherwise might be associated with spacecraft testing. No Harmful Interference to Other Spacecraft. Testing the SES—15 WAAS payload at 137° 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 initiated coordination of the proposed IOT operations with other

satellites operating in the above bands and positioned near 137° W.L. to ensure no harmful interference will be caused to nearby satellites. No Harmful Interference to Terrestrial Services. Transmissions associated with IOT of SES—15 will not cause harmful interference to any co—primary terrestrial services in the conventional C—band. The earth station to be used for in—orbit testing of the satellite has been coordinated to communicate with satellites in an arc that includes 137° W.L. The earth station will not exceed the maximum output EIRP density specified in its license, 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. A detailed description of the proposed IOT activities is provided in Attachment 1. 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 any necessary waiver of Section 25.210(j) of the Commission‘s rules in order to permit communications with SES—15 at 137° 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.8 3 PanAamSat Licensee Corp., 17 FCC Red 10483, 10492 (Sat. Div. 2002) (footnotes omitted).

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 communicate with SES—15 while the satellite is maintained with a +/— 0.1 degree stationkeeping tolerance during the limited period of IOT operations. 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 SES—15 stationkeeping volume will not overlap with that of other satellites near 137° W.L. and therefore there will be no adverse effect on the operations of other spacecraft. Protective Conditions. SES seeks authority for E160139 to communicate with SES—15 in the L—band and extended C—band frequencies in order to test the WAAS payload at 137° W.L. SES will coordinate its test operations with all potentially affected operating satellite networks and will operate only the Ku—band TT&C payload of the SES—15 spacecraft during satellite drift. All testing will be conducted 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. 447 C.F.R. § 25.210(G). ° The 24/7 point of contact for SES during IOT and drift is Payload Management Operations Center Level 1, +1 410 970 7570; +1 800 772 2363; pmocl1@ses.com.

For the foregoing reasons, SES respectfully requests special temporary authority to operate its E160139 earth station to test the L—band and conventional and extended C—band WAAS payload on SES—15 at 137° W.L. for a period of up to 30 days commencing on or around November 19, 2017. Grant of the requested authority will permit testing of the spacecraft without affecting services to customers and will permit a seamless transition of services. 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 20th Street N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 599—0975 Dated: October 10, 2017

Attachment 1 Call Sign: E160139 Site Details Contact Information: Address: David Coyle 5990 Solano Verde Dr. 805—386—2712 Somis, California 93066 Geographic Coordinates: Latitude: 34 ©19 ©32.0 "N Longitude: 118 °59 ‘44.0 "W Site Elevation: 312.0 meters Antenna Details Antenna ID: SMWAAS Manufacture/Model: Vertex 11m Antenna Size: 11.0 meters Antenna Gain Transmit: 55.7 dBi at 6 GHz Antenna Gain Receive: 52.0 dBi at 4 GHz Height Above Ground Level: 15.0 meters Height Above Sea Level: 327.0 meters Total Input Power at the Flange: 500.0 watts Total EIRP for the test Carrier: 46.38 dBW Operational Frequency Transmit Polarization Emission Max EIRP Max EIRP (MHz) [Receive Designato per Density per r Carrier Carrier (dBW) (dBw/4kHz) 3700.2 R Left and Right NON 0.0 0.0 Circular 1165.45— R Left and Right NON 0.0 0.0 1187.45 Circular 1564.42— R Left and Right NON 0.0 0.0 1586.42 Circular 6628.27— T Left and Right NON 81 81 6650.27 Circular 6679.A2— T Left and Right NON 81 81 6701.42 Circular


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