Attachment 20171205144241.pdf

20171205144241.pdf

DECISION submitted by IB-FCC

Grant

2017-12-07

This document pretains to SES-STA-20171121-01271 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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                        E120085    SES—STA20171121—01271       182017003279
                        SES Americom, Inc




                                                                                                                      Approved by OMB
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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:
E120055 STA for TT&C During AMC—18 Drift
 1. Applicant

           Name:          SES Americom, Inc.                Phone Number:                    202—478—7144
           DBA Name:                                        Fax Number:                      202—478—7111
           Street:        1129 20thStreet NW                E—Mail:                          nancy.eskenazi@ses.com
                          Suite 1000
           City:          Washington                        State:                           DC
           Country:        USA                              Zipcode:                         20036       =
           Attention:     Ms Nancy Eskenazi




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Applicant:     SES Americom, Inc.
File No.:      SES—STA—20171121—01271
Call Sign:     E120055
Special Temporary Authority

SES Americom, Inc. is granted a special temporaryauthority under the following conditions, for
30 days, beginning December 05, 2017, to permitits C—band earthstation (E120055) located in
Mount Airy, Maryland to performtelemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) for the AMC—18
(S2713) satellite during its relocation from 104.95 deg. W.L. to 139 deg. W.L. and once the
satellite arrives on—station at 139 deg. W.L., using the following frequency bands: 3700.50 MHz
and 4199.50 MHz (space—to—Earth) and 6423.50 (Earth—to—space). At this location, AMC—18
($2713) satellite will be replaced bythe C—band payload of the SES—11 ($2964) satellite, which
was launched on October 11, 2017.

1. All operations must be within the coordinated emission and power limits.

2. During the drift to the satellite‘s permanent orbital location 104.95° W.L., SES Americom,
Inc., will coordinate with operators of co—frequencysatellites in the drift path.

3. All operators ofsatellites 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
informationfor the AMC—18 mission is as follows: Payload Management Operations Center
(PMOC) in Woodbine, MD, 1—410—970—7580; e—mail: P\                      comand the SES Satellite
Control Center in Betzdorf, Luxembourg; +352.710.725.212; e—mai               @

4. All operations under this grant of special temporaryauthority shall be on an unprotected and
non—harmful interference basis. SES Americon, Inc.‘s E120055, shall not cause harmful
interference to, and shall not claim protection frominterference caused to it by, anyother
lawfullyoperating radio communication system.

5. In the event of any harmful interference under this grant of special temporaryauthority, SES
Americon, Inc.‘s E120055, 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 Americon, Inc. applications.

7. Anyaction taken or expense incurred as a result ofoperations pursuantto this special
temporaryauthority is solely at SES Americon, Inc.‘s risk.

8. This grantis issued pursuant to Section 0.261 ofthe Commission‘s rules on delegated
authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective uponrelease.        .. g            us  Rrauy
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2. Contact


             Name:         George Varkey                       Phone Number:                          609 987 4327
             Company:      SES                                 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 Commission, 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).
( Governmental Entity        0 Noncommercial educational licensee
> Other(please explain):

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

5. Type Request

( Use Prior to Grant                              > Change Station Location                           @ Other


6. Requested Use Prior Date


7. CityMount Airy                                                         8. Latitude
                                                                          (dd mm ss.s h)    39   22    37.0   N


9. State   MD                                                               10. Longitude
                                                                            (dd mm ss.s h)    77   4    46.0   W
11. Please supply any need attachments.                                                   |
Attachment 1: STA Narrative, TT&C                 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 requests temporary authority (STA)                             for 30 days beginning on Dec.                  S5,   2017,   to
    permit the E120055 earth station to perform TT&C for the AMC—18 satellite during its
    relocation from 104.95 deg. W.L. to 139 deg. W.L.




13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is               Yes        ( 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
  Nancy J. Eskenazi                                                           VP, Legal & Global Regulatory
           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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