Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20190627-00842 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2019062700842_1753816

June 26, 2019

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

          Re:    Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority
                 Mountainside, Maryland Earth Station E140121

Dear Ms. Dortch:

Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests an additional 30 days of Special Temporary
Authority (“STA”)1 previously granted to Intelsat to use its Mountainside, Maryland Ku-band earth
station (call sign E140121) to provide telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) services for
Galaxy 11 (call sign S2253) during its drift from 44.9° E.L. to 93.1° W.L.2 Galaxy 11 began drifting
on March 4, 2019, and the drift is expected to take approximately six months.3 Intelsat has filed a
modification to add Galaxy 11 as a point of communication at 93.1° W.L.4

The Galaxy 11 TT&C operations will continue to be performed in the following frequencies: 14000.5
MHz and 14498.5 MHz in the uplink; and 11701.0 MHz and 11702.0 MHz 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.5 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

1
  Intelsat has filed its STA request, an FCC Form 159, a $210.00 filing fee, and this supporting letter
electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System (“IBFS”).
2
 See Satellite Communications Services Information, Actions Taken, Report No. SES-02159, File No.
SES-STA-20190408-00501 (May 8, 2019) (Public Notice).
3
 See Satellite Policy Branch Information, Actions Taken, Report No. STA-01383, File No. SAT-
MOD-20181231-00095 (Apr. 19, 2019) (Public Notice).
4
  See Intelsat US LLC Request for Further Amendment of Hagerstown, Maryland Earth Station, Call
Sign E140121, File No. SES-AFS-20190509-00577 (filed May 9, 2019).
5
    Intelsat will handle the coordination.


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
June 26, 2019
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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.

The 24x7 contact information for the drift of Galaxy 11 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 extension request will allow Intelsat to complete its drift of Galaxy 11 to its new
location. This, in turn, will allow Intelsat to provide service continuity at the nominal 93.1° W.L.
orbital location and thereby promotes the public interest.

For the reasons set forth herein, Intelsat respectfully requests that the Commission grant this STA
extension request. Please direct any questions regarding this STA extension request to the
undersigned at (703) 559-6949.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Cynthia J. Grady

Cynthia J. Grady
Senior Counsel
Intelsat US LLC


cc: Paul Blais



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Document Modified: 2019-06-26 11:30:08

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