Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20180511-00574 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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May 11, 2018 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority Mountainside, Maryland Earth Station KA258 EXPEDITED TREATMENT REQUESTED Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests 30 days of expedited Special Temporary Authority (“STA”),1 commencing May 20, 2018, to use its Mountainside, Maryland Ku-band earth station—call sign KA258—to provide telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) services for Intelsat 9 (Call Sign S2380) during its drift from 29.5° W.L. to 66.15° E.L.2 The drift is expected to take approximately eight months. Intelsat is seeking expedited treatment because the traffic transfer from Intelsat 9 to Intelsat 901 will be completed ahead of schedule, which allows for the acceleration of Intelsat 9’s redeployment. This will, in turn, allow Intelsat 9 to provide additional capacity at 66.15° E.L. at an earlier date than previously anticipated. TT&C operations will be performed in the following frequencies: 14.0005 GHz and 14.4945 GHz in the uplink; and 11.7005 GHz and 11.702 GHz in the downlink. The drift operations will be coordinated with all operators of satellites that use the same frequency bands and are in the drift 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. 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. 1 Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $200.00 filing fee, and this supporting letter electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System (“IBFS”). 2 See Intelsat License LLC, Application to Modify Authorization for Intelsat 9 (Call Sign S2380), File No. SAT-MOD-20180305-00019 (filed Mar. 5, 2018); See Intelsat License LLC, Request for Special Temporary Authority to Drift Intelsat 9 to 66.15 E.L., Call Sign S2380, File No. SAT-STA-20180509- 00041 (filed May 9, 2018). 3 Intelsat will handle the coordination.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch May 11, 2018 Page 2 The 24x7 contact information 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. Grant of this STA request will allow Intelsat to drift Intelsat 9 to its new location. This, in turn, will add additional capacity at the 66.15° E.L. orbital location and thereby promotes the public interest. For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission expeditiously grant this STA request. Please direct any questions regarding this STA request to the undersigned at (703) 559-6949. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Cynthia J. Grady Cynthia J. Grady Regulatory Counsel Intelsat Corporation cc: Paul Blais


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