Intelsat 29e - Supp

LETTER submitted by Intelsat License LLC

Supplemental Letter

2014-11-25

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-20130722-00097 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA2013072200097_1069926

Jennifer D. Hindin 1776 K STREET NW November 25, 2014 202.719.4975 WASHINGTON, DC 20006 jhindin@wileyrein.com PHONE 202.719.7000 FAX 202.719.7049 7925 JONES BRANCH DRIVE FILED ELECTRONICALLY VIA IBFS MCLEAN, VA 22102 PHONE 703.905.2800 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch FAX 703.905.2820 Secretary Federal Communications Commission www.wileyrein.com 445 12th Street SW Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Intelsat License LLC, Supplemental Demonstration of Milestone Compliance and Request for Bond Reduction for Application for Authority to Launch and Operate Replacement Satellite Intelsat 29e at 50.0° W.L.; File Nos. SAT-LOA-20130722-00097; SAT-AMD-20140718- 00087; Call Sign S2913 Dear Ms. Dortch: Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”), by its counsel, hereby provides information demonstrating compliance with the Commission’s second and third milestones— critical design review (“CDR”) and begin construction—for the Intelsat 29e satellite. Intelsat has a pending application for authority to launch and operate the Intelsat 29e satellite.1 To demonstrate compliance with the first milestone for the Intelsat 27 satellite, Intelsat submitted a multi-satellite construction contract simultaneously with the application for authority to launch and operate.2 In its application for Intelsat 29e, Intelsat established that this previously filed contract extends to the Intelsat 29e satellite, and requested the Commission find the first milestone satisfied and impose a bond reduced by 25 percent to $2,250,000. By this letter, Intelsat updates its application to request that the FCC find the first three milestones—contract, CDR, and begin construction—satisfied and impose a bond reduced by 75 percent to $750,000. In support of the requested milestone compliance findings and bond reduction, Intelsat is providing: 1 Application for Authority to Launch and Operate Intelsat 29e, A Replacement Satellite with New Frequencies, at 50.0° W.L., Call Sign S2913; File Nos. SAT-LOA-20130722-00097; SAT- AMD-20140718-00087 (filed July 22, 2013; amended July 18, 2014). 2 See Application for Authority to Launch and Operate Intelsat 27, A Replacement Satellite with New Frequencies, at 55.5° W.L., Call Sign S2827; File No. SAT-LOA-20110610-00105 (filed June 10, 2011).

November 25, 2014 Page 2 (1) two photographs of the Intelsat 29e satellite under construction; (2) a signed statement of program manager Duy Nguyen certifying that (i) the second and third milestones have been completed; (ii) the photos depict the Intelsat 29e under construction; and (iii) Intelsat has completed the payments identified in Exhibit E1-1 of the Intelsat 29e construction contract through payment #26. Please contact Susan Crandall of Intelsat at (703) 559-7848 or me with any questions. Respectfully Submitted, /s/ Jennifer D. Hindin Jennifer D. Hindin Counsel to Intelsat License LLC

November 25, 2014 Page 3 Certificate of Service I, Patricia Destajo, hereby certify that on this 25th day of November 2014, a copy of the foregoing Supplemental Demonstration of Milestone Compliance and Request for Bond Reduction for Application for Authority to Launch and Operate Intelsat 29e is being sent via first class, U.S. Mail, postage paid, to the following: Daniel C.H. Mah Karis A. Hastings Regulatory Counsel SatCom Law LLC for New Skies Satellites B.V. 1317 F Street, N.W., Suite 400 1129 20th Street N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 Washington, D.C. 20036 /s/ Patricia Destajo Patricia Destajo

Intelsat IS 29e satellite elements, built by Boeing Antenna in test (left) Nadir antenna (below) (Boeing images) 1

November 14, 2014 Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN CERTIEFICATION The undersigned hereby certifies to the Federal Communications Commission as follows. As of November 14, 2014: 1) I am the program manager responsible for oversight of the construction of the Intelsat 29e satellite; 2) I am familiar with the milestone requirements set forth in Section 25.164 of the FCC‘s rules; 3) CDR for Intelsat 29e was completed on November 13—15, 2013 and construction has commenced. 4) Construction of Intelsat 29e is scheduled to be completed on August 1, 2015. 5) The photographs submitted as part of the "Supplement to Application for Satellite Space Station Authorization for Intelsat 29€e" are photographs of the under—construction Intelsat 29e satellite; 6) Intelsat 29e is expected to ship to the launch site in early 3"" quarter 20135; 7) Intelsat has paid the payments identified through payment #26 of Exhibit E1—1 of the confidential Fixed Price Satellite Contact for the Intelsat 29e Satellite Program. Sincerely, / Duy Nguyén V Senior Program Manager, Intelsat Spacecraft Program Office


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