Current IB Authorization

0117-EX-PL-2005 Text Documents

HNS License Sub, LLC

2005-05-12ELS_70788

SES—STA—20040803—01089 182004001518 Hughes Network Systems; Inc. Appiveu uy vraae 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: Ka band Test Range STA extension request to February 2005 1. Applicant Name: Hughes Network Systems, Inc. Phone Number: 301—428—5500 DBA Name: Fax Number: Street: 11717 Exploration Lane E—Mail: City: Germantown State: MD Country: USA Zipcode: 20876 — Attention: Joslyn Read File® SCS—STA d0o 40 £o %—6 l0g.9 Call Sin___ CmmDate _7 7/7 / ,,,,,, J Term Detes From 2/ CA Y Boe? / @{/a5 GRANTED International Burean Approvedk— /}t?@ww \

2. Contact Name: John P. Janka Phone Number: 202—637—2200 Company: Latham & Watkins Fax Number: 202—637—2201 Street: 555 Eleventh Street, NW E—Mail: Suite 1000 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20004 —1304 Contact Relationship: Legal Counsel Title: 3. Reference File Number SESSTA2004020300171 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? @ IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). 0 Governmental Entity 0 Noncommercial educationallicensee £3 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request £4 Use Prior to Grant 3 Change Station Location @© Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 7. CityGermantown 8. Latitude (dd mmss.sh) 39 10 50.0 N

9. State MD 10. Longitude (dd mmss.s h) 77 14 56.0 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Description Attachment 2: Attachment 1 Attachment 3: 12. Description. (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end ofthe form to view it in its entirety.) See Description Attachment. 13. By—checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes {3 No subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 ofthe Anti—Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes. 14. Name of Person Signing — — 15. Title of Person Signing Joslyn Read Assistant Vice President WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.8. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT The public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, AMD—PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060—0678), Washington, DC 20554. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to jboley@fec.gov. PLEASE DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. Remember — You are not required to respond to a collection ofinformation sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control numberor if we fail to provide you with this notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060—0678. THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104—13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.8.C. SECTION 3507.

Hughes Network Systems, Inc. Ka Band Transmit/Receive Earth Station Testing Germantown, Maryland Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authorization File No. SES—STA—20040203—00171 Question 12 — Description Attachment Hughes Network Systems, Inc. ("HNS") hereby requests an extension of the Special Temporary Authorization ("STA") by which HNS is conducting testing of earth station prototypes for the licensed Spaceway Ka band satellite system. HNS requests the extension for an additional 180 days through and including February 2, 2005. On November 14, 2000, the Commission granted HNS an STA for a period of 180 days through and including May 14, 2001. The STA authorized HNS to construct and operate a Ka Band earth station test range with the technical parameters described in the STA. As indicated in HNS‘s original request for STA, the purpose for the STA is to develop earth stations to be used with the Spaceway Ka band GSO FSS satellite system.‘ Pursuant to the STA, HNS developed a test fixture to continually measure transmit and receive frequencies on this range system. Single size prototype antennas are monitored twenty— four hours per day, measuring gain variations based on weather conditions. Since the original grant of this STA, HNS has periodically requested continued STA authority to operation this Ka band earth station test range. HNS is now requesting grant of continued STA authority for an additional 180 days, from August 6, 2004 through and including February 2, 2005. HNS needs to continue this testing at the same technical parameters as described in the original request using both prototype and production antenna systems. For convenience of presentation, these technical parameters are attached hereto. Additionally, grant of this extension request will permit HNS to continue to test vendor sample antennas of varying sizes as authorized in the STA. As set forth in greater detail in the attached technical parameters, the requested extension of the STA operations should not cause interference to any FCC—licensed user of the spectrum. In any event, HNS acknowledges that the requested extension of the STA operations will be conducted on a non—interference basis to other FCC—licensed users ofthe spectrum. Grant of the extension of this STA will serve the public interest by facilitating HNS‘s ability to finalize the design parameters for Spaceway earth stations and the timely and rapid deployment of the Spaceway system. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc., which is a subsidiary corporation of Hughes Electronics Corporation, is the FCC licensee ofthe Spaceway Ka band satellite system. Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc., 13 FCC Red. 1351 (1997). DC\630978.4

ATTACHMENT 1 1. TECHNMICAL DESCRIPTION OFKA—BAND ANTENNA TEST FACILITY Purpose The following sections describe a test facility for testing Spaceway prototype . antenna systems from various vendors. The purpose ofthis test facility is to validate antenna system performance under various conditions, including clear sky, pointing degradation, rain simulation, etc. A. ~ Test Facility Description The test facility will be constructed on the property ofHughes Network Systems at its Germentown, Maryland headquarters location near the existing VSAT hub location. This test facility (see Figure 1.0) will consist of a 1.0 meter source antenna which will be located on . theground behind the D building ofHNS. The geographical coordinates ofthis antenna location will be 39° 10° 50" North Latitude and 77° 14" 56" West Longitude. The test equipment for this antenna will be protected in the shelter located next to the antenna. This antenna will be used for transmitting a CW signalusing a signal generator HP 83650B with a maximum power of+5 dBm. The frequency of this signal will vary from 29.5 to 30.0 GHz for transmit tests and 19.7 to 20.2 GHz for receive tests. The maximum transmit EIRP will be approximately 23.0 dBW. The unit under test (UUT) will be located on the roof ofD building having a geographical coordinates of39° 10° 47" North Latitude and 77° 14° 58" West Longitude. The antenna will be posmoned to enable a clear line of sight from the source antenna. The test equipment for the receiving station (spectrum analyzer and power meter) will be protected in the building near the antenna. The distance between the source amcnna and UUT antennawill beat least 657 feet in order tomakefarfieldmeasurementsthe highest test frequency of30.0 GHz for antenna sizes up to 1.0 meter. Various antenna sizes from different vendors will be tested. B. Interference to Other Services/Systems ‘The requested test facility should not cause any interference to any services or systems. The particular Ka band frequencies requested are not allocated or licensed to terrestrial systems, so the earth station transmissions will not cause interference to any licensed terrestrial system. In addition, Hughes is not aware of any commercial or government satellite systems currently operating in this portion ofthe Ka band. In any event, the transmit earth station will be radisting at a very low EIRP of 23 dBW and at a very low elevation angle of less than five degrees. This low transmit power should ensure that no interference is received by any unknown satellite systems that are operating in this portion Ka band. a% po,_pocsesm33s pwo7}

+ cacs m dureffiutme t n sd esmm cvwsl ues C. RF Radiation Compliance The operation ofthis Ka BandTest Facility will be in fullcompliance with the Commission‘s radio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines, pursuant to Section 1.1307 (b) (1) through (b) (3) ofthe Commission‘s rales. Attachment 2 provides the radiation calculations, which demonstrate this compliance.

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