Attachment STA Need Statement

This document pretains to SES-STA-20190819-01064 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2019081901064_1849703

                                     COMSAT, Inc.

                   Request for Special Temporary Authority to
        Operate Santa Paula Teleport Standard Ku-band Hub Antennas to
  Communicate with Satellites on the Permitted List While Application for Permanent
                              Authorization is Pending

                        File Number SES-MOD-20190513-00605

                                    Call Sign E930320

        COMSAT, Inc. (“COMSAT”) respectfully requests a grant of Special Temporary
Authority (“STA”) effective August 28, 2019 to allow COMSAT to operate the Santa
Paula Teleport Hub antennas which are the subject of application for permanent
authorization under file number SES-MOD-20190513-00605 to communicate with
Satellites on the Permitted List in the standard Ku-band while the Commission processes
the application.

        COMSAT’s Showing that the antennas comply with the Commission’s Rules is
set forth in the pending Application and Exhibits to same which are hereby incorporated
by reference. As detailed therein, all fully comply with all Commission Regulations and
no waivers are needed or requested for operation of the antennas. Grant of this STA is in
the public interest as services to be provided utilizing these antennas include contingency
and dedicated link communications for major U.S. corporations as well as support of
nuclear proliferation treaty compliance monitoring.

        Accordingly, Comsat respectfully requests that the International Bureau grant the
STA to be effective August 28, 2019 for a period of sixty (60) days. Operation of the
antennas will be in full compliance with the Commission’s Rules as well as all provisions
of the E930320 license.

       Any questions with respect to this matter may be directed to Howard Wisniewski
at 805-933-4030 or James G. Lovelace at 571-599-3643.



Document Created: 2019-08-15 15:36:55
Document Modified: 2019-08-15 15:36:55

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