Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20190520-00635 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2019052000635_1689330

Global Eagle Telecom Licensing Subsidiary LLC STA Extension Request May 2019 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Global Eagle Telecom Licensing Subsidiary LLC (“Global Eagle”), pursuant to Section 25.120(b) of the FCC’s Rules, hereby requests Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) for an additional period of sixty (60) days to continue operating its licensed Ku-band network of Earth Stations Aboard Aircraft (“ESAA”) (Call Sign E080100) using space segment capacity on the Eutelsat, S.A. (“Eutelsat”) 133 WA satellite (“E133 WA”) at 132.85 W.L. Row 44, Inc. (“Row 44”), a Global Eagle affiliate and predecessor-in-interest, filed an application on March 12, 2019 to modify its license on a permanent basis to specify long-term operation on E133 WA at 132.85 W.L. See FCC File No. SES-MFS-20190312-00328. This application has not yet appeared on FCC Public Notice. The operating authority sought in the modification application is consistent with the terms of Eutelsat’s U.S. Permitted List operations at this orbital location under Call Sign S3031. See FCC File Nos. SAT-PPL-20180302-00018 and SAT-MPL-20180908-00068 (granted Aug. 16, 2018 and Feb.14, 2019, respectively). Full documentation supporting these operations is included in the underlying modification application. An initial STA was granted on March 15, 2019 for a period ending May 26, 2019. See FCC File No. SES-STA-20190312-00331. Under Section 25.120(b)(1) of the FCC’s Rules, the International Bureau may grant an STA when the public interest supports the relief requested, and/or delay in the institution of temporary operations would be contrary to the public interest. See 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(1). Such authority may be granted for a period not to exceed 60 days where the applicant has filed a request for permanent authority for the parameters and facilities requested. See 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(3). This is the case here, where Global Eagle/Row 44 has filed an application to modify its license permanently to permit access to E133 WA at the 132.85 W.L. orbital location for the duration of Eutelsat’s operation of the satellite at that location. Grant of the authority requested here will promote the public interest by permitting Global Eagle to continue providing enhanced service to its customers using capacity on the E133 WA satellite. Use of E133 WA helps maintain effective coverage of all U.S. domestic routes served by Global Eagle, particularly Southwest Airlines flights from the mainland to Hawaii. Global Eagle’s operations employing capacity on the E133 WA satellite do not cause harmful interference to any adjacent satellites operating in accordance with FCC's two-degree spacing policy. Extended STA is therefore consistent with Commission policy and will not adversely affect other authorized operations. Global Eagle acknowledges that any action taken pursuant to a grant of the requested STA will be at its own risk.


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