Attachment STA Narrative

This document pretains to SES-STA-INTR2019-03346 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Application by ) ) SES AMERICOM, INC. ) ) Call Sign E170089 For Special Temporary Authority to ) Communicate with ASTRA 1H to Perform ) TT&C at 67.1º W.L. and to Support Orbit ) Raising Maneuvers ) REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY SES Americom, Inc. (“SES Americom” or “SES”) respectfully requests immediate earth station special temporary authority (“STA”) for a period of 30 days to permit SES to continue to use its E170089 earth station to perform Tracking, Telemetry and Command (“TT&C”) for the ASTRA 1H spacecraft using Ku-band frequencies in order to maintain the satellite at 67.1° W.L. +/- 0.1 degrees and in support of orbit raising maneuvers that are expected to commence on or about October 12, 2019. SES recently discovered that the previous STA 1 permitting use of E170089 for ASTRA 1H TT&C had expired on August 7, 2019, without SES having timely filed to extend the STA’s term. SES seeks to address that inadvertent oversight by requesting authority for ongoing TT&C communications during the short period that ASTRA 1H will remain at 67.1° W.L. and while efforts begin to raise the spacecraft to a disposal orbit. Grant of the requested authority will serve the public interest by promoting safe operation and orderly retirement of ASTRA 1H. 1 See SES Americom, Inc., (Call Sign E170089) File No. SES-STA-20181105-03113 (the “STA Request”), granted Feb. 8, 2019 (the “STA Grant”). 1


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