Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20180102-00002 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2018010200002_1322930

January 2, 2018 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority Riverside, California Earth Station E040125 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) 1 for 30 days, commencing February 1, 2018, to use its Riverside, California C-band earth station—call sign E040125—to provide launch and early orbit phase (“LEOP”) services for the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (“IRNSS”) 1I satellite. IRNSS-1I is expected to launch on February 1, 2018.2 Intelsat expects the LEOP period to last approximately 30 days. The IRNSS-1I LEOP operations will be performed at the following frequencies: 6415.0 MHz and 6423.496 MHz (RHCP) in the uplink, and 4188.768 MHz and 4196.928 MHz (LHCP) in the downlink. The LEOP operations will be coordinated with all operators of satellites that use the same frequency bands and are in the LEOP path.3 All operators of satellites in that path 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 IRNSS-1I LEOP 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, FCC Form 159, a $200.00 filing fee, and this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System (“IBFS”). 2 The permanent orbital location and in-orbit testing location for IRNSS-1I, which Intelsat understands is licensed by India, will be 55.0° E.L. 3 Indian Space Research Organisation, the manager of the IRNSS-1I LEOP mission, will handle the coordination.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch January 2, 2018 Page 2 In further support of this request, Intelsat herewith attaches Exhibits A and B, which contain a coordination report and waiver requests. 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. Finally, Intelsat clarifies that during the IRNSS-1I launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (“ISRO”) will control the spacecraft. ISRO will build and send the commands to the Intelsat antenna, which will process and execute the commands. Telemetry received by Intelsat will be forwarded to ISRO. Intelsat will remain in control of the baseband unit, RF equipment, and antenna. Grant of this STA request will allow Intelsat to help launch the IRNSS-1I satellite. This, in turn, will help provide services to India and neighboring areas from the 55.0° E.L. orbital location and thereby promotes the public interest. Please direct any questions regarding this STA request to the undersigned at (703) 559-7848. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Susan H. Crandall Susan H. Crandall Associate General Counsel Intelsat Corporation cc: Paul Blais


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