Attachment STA Request

This document pretains to SES-STA-INTR2019-02564 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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June 28, 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 to Operate a New Remote VSAT Terminal with Intelsat’s Ellenwood, Georgia VSAT Hub, Call Sign E050169 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests an additional 30 days of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”)1 previously granted to Intelsat to temporarily operate a new Ku-band remote VSAT terminal with Intelsat’s Ellenwood, Georgia VSAT hub (call sign E050169)2 in order to communicate with Intelsat satellites on the Federal Communication Commission’s (“Commission”) Permitted List for a customer demonstration. The VSAT terminal is located in Liberty, Washington and the proposed demonstration is expected to take an additional 60 days. The demonstration will continue to be performed in the following frequency bands: 14346.5-14358.0 MHz in the uplink; and 12046.5-12058.0 MHz in the downlink. The proposed operations will be consistent with Intelsat’s coordination agreements. The 24x7 contact information for the operations are as follows: 1 Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159, and a $210.00 filing fee electronically via the International Bureau’s Filing System. 2 See Satellite Communications Services Information, Actions Taken, Report No. SES-02169, File No. SES-STA-20190426-00552 (June 5, 2019) (Public Notice).

Ms. Marlene Dortch June 28, 2019 Page 2 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 incorporates by reference Exhibit A of the original STA request,3 a Radiation Hazard Report. In the extremely unlikely event that harmful interference should occur due to transmissions to or from its remote terminal, Intelsat will take all reasonable steps to eliminate the interference. The continued temporary operation of a new remote VSAT terminal will help demonstrate services to a potential customer. Accordingly, grant of this STA extension request is in 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 request to (703) 559-6949. Sincerely, /s/ Cynthia J. Grady Cynthia J. Grady Senior Counsel Intelsat US LLC cc: Paul Blais 3 See supra at n. 2.


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