Attachment Intelsat - Grant May

Intelsat - Grant May

DECISION submitted by IB, FCC

Grant

2019-05-29

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20190515-00038 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2019051500038_1708058

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S2408       SAT-STA-20190515-00038      1B2019001517
Intelsat License LLC
Intelsat 904                                                                    call Sign S2J4O~ Grant Date C)W2 S/La
                                                                                (or other identifier)
                                                                                                      Term Dates p&cx3 of     Approved by 0MB
                                                                                                                                    3060—0678
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                                                           GRANTE’                               I

  Date & Time Filed: May 15 2019 4:37:49:033PM          lrlein’Iioflal Bureau   Approved:
  File Number: SAT STA 20190515 00038                  *~ith cord~iofl3                                ~ Di~lI
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  Calisign:
                                             FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                                  APPLICATION FOR SPACE STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

                                                        FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

   APPLICANT INFORMATION
 Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
 Request for Further Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Drift Intelsat 904 to 29.5 W.L.
  1. Applicant

              Name:        Intelsat License LLC              Phone Number:                           703 559 7848
              DBA Name:                                      Fax Number:                             703 559 8539
              Street:      do Intelsat US LLC                E—Mail:                                 susan.crandall@intelsat.com
                           7900 Tysons One Place
              City:        McLean                            State:                                  VA
              Country:      USA                              Zipcode:                                22102          5972
              Attention:    Susan H. Crandall


                                       ATTACHMENT TO GRANT
                                           Intelsat License LLC
                                 IBFS File No. SAT-STA-20190515-00038

IBFS File No(s):       SAT-STA-20190515-00038                                              GRANTED            —


Licensee/Grantee:      Intelsat License LLC                                                With Conditions
Call Sign:             S2408
Satellite Name:        Intelsat 904
Orbital Location:      29.5° W.L.
(required station-     (+1- 0.05 degrees east/west station keeping)
keeping tolerance)
Administration:        United States of America
Nature of Service:     Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (T~&C)                            International Bureau
                                                                                            Satellite Division
Scope of Grant:        Special temporary authority for a period of 60 days to continue to conduct rr&c
                       operations necessary to drift the Intelsat 904 space station from the 45.1° E.L. orbital
                       location to the 29.5° W.L. orbital location
Service Area(s):       N/A
Frequencies:           TT&C center frequencies:
                       3947.5 MHz, 3948.0 MHz, 3952.0 MHz, and 3952.5 MHz (space-to-Earth)
                       6173.7 MHz and 6176.3 MHz (Earth-to-space).
Unless otherwise specified herein, operations under this grant must comport with the legal and technical
specifications set forth by the applicant or petitioner and with Federal Communication Commission’s rules
not waived herein. This grant is also subject to the following conditions:

    1. Operations pursuant to this special temporary authority must be on an unprotected and non-harmful
       interference basis, i.e., the Intelsat 904 space station must not cause harmful interference to, and must not
       claim protection from interference caused to it by, any other lawfully operating station. In the event of
       any harmful interference, Intelsat must cease operations immediately upon notification of such
       interference, and must inform the Commission, in writing, immediately of such an event.
    2. Intelsat must coordinate the operations of Intelsat 904 with existing geostationary space stations to ensure
       that no unacceptable interference results from its operations during drift to the 29.5° W.L. orbital
       location.
    3. While at the 29.5° W.L. orbital location, Intelsat must maintain the Intelsat 904 spacecraft with an
       east/west longitudinal station-keeping tolerance of +I~ 0.05 degrees.
    4. Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this special temporary authority
       is solely at Intelsat’s own risk.
Licensee/grantee is afforded thirty (30) days from the date of release of this action to decline the grant as
conditioned. Failure to respond within this period will constitute formal acceptance of the grant as conditioned.
This action is taken pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission’s rules on delegated authority, 47 CFR § 0.261,
and is effective upon release.

Station licenses are subject to the conditions specified in Section 309(h) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. § 309(h).

Action         May 29, 2019
Date:
Term Dates     From: May 21, 2019                 To: period of 60 days




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                                  ATTACHMENT TO GRANT
                                       Intelsat License LLC
                             IBFS File No. SAT-STA-20 190515-00038

Approved:

            —at,
            Stephe’ J uall
            Chief, atellite Policy Branch




                                            Page 2 of 2


2. Contact

             Name:         Cynthia J. Grady                         Phone Number:                      703—559—6949
             Company:      Intelsat US LLC                          Fax Number:                         703—559—8539
             Street:       7900 Tysons One Place                    E—Mail:                            cynthia.grady@intelsat.com


             City:         McLean                                   State:                              VA
             Country:      USA                                      Zipcode:                            22102      —5972
             Attention:                                             Relationship:                       Legal Counsel


  (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the lB Submission ID of the related
application. Please enter only one.)
  3. Reference File Number or Submission ID
  4a. Is a fee submitted with this application?
• If Yes, complete and attach FCC Form 159.           If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.11 14).
0   Governmental Entity     ~ Noncommercial educational licensee
~ Other(please explain):
4b. Fee Classification    CRY   —   Space Station (Geostationary)
5. Type Request


o Change Station Location                                Extend Expiration Date                        • Other
6. Temporary Orbit Location                                                    7. Requested Extended Expiration Date
        29.5 W.L.


8. Description   (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end ofthe form to view it in its entirety.)
     Intelsat herein requests an additional 60 days of Special Temporary Authority previously
     granted Intelsat to drift Intelsat 904 (Call Sign S2408) from 45.1 E.L. to 29.5 W.L.




9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject    • Yes           No
to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the 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.


10. Name of Person Signing                                                  11. Title of Person Signing
Cynthia J. Grady                                                            Senior Counsel, Intelsat US LLC
12. Please supply any need attachments.
 Attachment 1: STA Request                          Attachment 2:                                     Attachment 3:


          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.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).


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May 15, 2019


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 l2~’ Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554


        Re:       Request for Further Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Drift Intelsat 904 to
                  29.5° W.L., Call Sign: S2408

Dear Ms. Dortch:

Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests an additional 60 days of Special Temporary
Authority (“STA”)’ previously granted Intelsat to drift Intelsat 904 (Call Sign S2408) from 45.10 E.L.
to 29.5° W.L.2 Intelsat is relocating Intelsat 904 after the successful launch and arrival of Intelsat 38
at 45.0° E.L.3 and has a pending application to modify Intelsat 904’s license for this redeployment.4
The drift of Intelsat 904 is expected to take approximately six months.

During the drift of Intelsat 904 Intelsat will continue to only utilize the satellite’s telemetry, tracking,
and control (“TT&C”) frequencies and will follow industry practices for coordinating TT&C
transmission during the relocation process. The TT&C frequencies are as follows: 3947.5 MHz,
3948.0 MHz, 3952.0 MHz, and 3952.5 MHz (downlink); 6173.7 MHz and 6176.3 MHz (uplink).

Grant of this STA further extension request will not result in increased risk of harmful interference.
As noted above, Intelsat will continue to operate only the above listed TT&C frequencies during the


        Intelsat has filed this STA request, an FCC Form 159, and a $980.00 filing fee electronically
via the International Bureau’s Filing System.

2       See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-Ol 373, File No. SAT-STA
20 190205-00005 (Feb. 22, 2019) (Public Notice).

        Intelsat 38 is a Ku-band satellite authorized by Azerbaijan and is also known as Azerspace-2.

       See Intelsat License LLC, Request to Modify Authorization for Intelsat 904 Satellite (Call Sign
S2408), File No. SAT-MOD-20190422-00031 (filed Apr. 22, 2019).
Intelsat US LLC
7900 Tysons One Place, McLean VA 22102 5972 USA www.intelsat.com T 1 703-5594800



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