Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20190703-00880 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2019070300880_1771877

July 3, 2019

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

            Re:   Request for Special Temporary Authority
                  Ellenwood, Georgia Earth Station E940532

Dear Ms. Dortch:

Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests a grant of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”)1 for
60 days, commencing August 1, 2019, to use its Ellenwood, Georgia Ku-band earth station (Call Sign
E940532) to provide telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) services for Galaxy 11 (Call Sign
S2253) at its permanent location of 93.1° W.L.2 Intelsat has a pending license application for this
antenna to add Galaxy 11 as a point of communication.3

The proposed TT&C operations will be performed using 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 proposed
operations at 93.1° W.L. will be consistent with Intelsat’s coordination agreements for the location.

In further support of this request, Intelsat incorporates by reference the technical information found in its
pending application.4 In the extremely unlikely event that harmful interference should occur due to

  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 Policy Branch Information, Actions Taken, Report No. STA-01383, File No. SAT-
  MOD-20181231-00095 (Apr. 19, 2019) (Public Notice).
  3
   See Intelsat License LLC Request for Modification of Ellenwood, Georgia Earth Station, Call Sign
  E940532, to Add Galaxy 11 as a Point of Communication, File No. SES-MFS-20190509-00576 (filed
  May 9, 2019).
  4
      Id.


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
July 3, 2019
Page 2


transmissions to or from its earth station, Intelsat will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the
interference.

The 24x7 contact information for Galaxy 11 TT&C operations 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 ensure the safe station-keeping of Galaxy 11 at the 93.1°
W.L. orbital location and thereby promotes the public interest.

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


Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Cynthia J. Grady

Cynthia J. Grady
Senior Counsel
Intelsat US LLC



cc: Paul Blais



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