Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20190725-00985 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2019072500985_1815855

July 25, 2019

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

       Re:      Request for Further Extension of Special Temporary Authority
                Hagerstown, Maryland Earth Station KA275

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 Hagerstown, Maryland C-band earth
station (Call Sign KA275) to provide telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) services for
Intelsat 904 (Call Sign S2408) during the satellite’s drift from 45.1° E.L. to 29.5° W.L.2 Intelsat 904
is currently drifting to 29.5° W.L. and the drift is expected to take approximately six months.3

The Intelsat 904 TT&C operations will continue to be performed in the following frequencies: 6173.7
MHz and 6176.3 MHz in the uplink; and 3947.5 MHz, 3948.0 MHz, 3952.0 MHz, and 3952.5 MHz in
the downlink. The drift operations will be coordinated with all operators of satellites that use 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, e.g., Satellite Communications Services Information, Actions Taken, Report No. 02181, File No.
SES-STA-20190628-00846 (July 10, 2019) (Public Notice).
3
 See Policy Branch Information, Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-01394, File No. SAT-STA-
20190515-00038 (May 31, 2019) (Public Notice); see also Satellite Policy Branch Information, Space
Station Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SAT-01390, File No. SAT-MOD-20190422-
00031 (May 17, 2019) (Public Notice).


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
July 25, 2019
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same frequency bands and are in the drift path.4 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.

The 24x7 contact information for the drift of Intelsat 904 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.

In further support of this further extension request, Intelsat incorporates by reference Exhibit A of its
original STA request,5 which contains technical information that demonstrates that the operation of
the earth station will be compatible with its electromagnetic environment and will not cause harmful
interference into any lawfully operating terrestrial facility. 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.

Grant of this further STA extension request will allow Intelsat to continue drifting Intelsat 904 to its
new location. This, in turn, will allow Intelsat to provide new capacity from the 29.5° 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 further STA extension 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

4
    Intelsat will handle the coordination.
5
 See Satellite Communications Services Information, Actions Taken, Report No. SES-02169, File No.
SES-STA-20190516-00663 (June 5, 2019) (Public Notice).



Document Created: 2019-07-25 17:02:34
Document Modified: 2019-07-25 17:02:34

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