Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20190726-01009 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2019072601009_1818718

July 26, 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
                 Mountainside, Maryland Earth Station E000296

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 E000296) to provide telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) services for
Galaxy 25 (Call Sign S2154) during the satellite’s drift from 93.1° W.L. to 32.9° E.L.2 Galaxy 25
began drifting on June 1, 2019 and the drift is expected to take approximately four months.3

The Galaxy 25 TT&C operations will continue to be performed in the following frequencies:
5926.5 MHz and 6423.5 MHz in the uplink; and 4195.5 MHz and 4199.5 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.4 All operators of satellites in that path will be provided with an emergency phone

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. SES-02181,
SES-STA-20190628-00862 (July 10, 2019) (Public Notice).
3
 See Satellite Policy Branch Information, Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-01394, File No. SAT-
STA-20190502-00034 (May 31, 2019) (Public Notice).
4
    Intelsat will handle the coordination.


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
July 26, 2019
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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 Galaxy 25 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 request, Intelsat herewith incorporates by reference the technical information
submitted with the most recent application to modify the E000296 license,5 which contains technical
information that demonstrates that the operation of the antenna 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 antennas, Intelsat will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the
interference.

Grant of this further STA extension request will allow Intelsat to continue drifting Galaxy 25 to its
new location. This, in turn, will allow Intelsat to provide new capacity from the 32.9° E.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




5
 See Satellite Communications Services Information, Actions Taken, Report No. SES-02025, File No.
SES-MOD-20170925-01053 (Jan. 10, 2018) (Public Notice).



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Document Modified: 2019-07-26 16:04:29

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