Attachment ERRATA

This document pretains to SES-STA-20051216-01760 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2005121601760_475370

STEPTOE &JOHNSON« artorners at taw MareA Paut 130 CommecteuAenve. NY roamous Washingion. 0c 20036705 mpaultsteproccom Tei 2024203000 taczon202002 steproccom January 5, 2006 BY HAND DELIVERY Marlene H. Dortch Sccretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Stratos Communications, Inc. ERRATA for File Nos. SES—STA—20051216—01760, SES—STA—20051216—01761, SES—STA— 20051216—01762, SES—STA—20051216—01763 and SES—STA—20051216—01764 Dear Ms. Dortch Stratos Communications, Inc.("Stratos") hereby files this "Errata" to correct certain typographical errors in the above—captioned requests for special temporary authorization.. While each of the PCC 312 forms for the above—captioned requests contain the correctinformation regarding the relevant call—signs and services provided, there were several typographical errors in the nartative descriptions attached to these requests. The typographical errors which Stratos seeks t correct are as follows: Sis—sTA—20051216—01760 (£O00180) + In the last paragraph opage 1 of Attachment A, the FCC should be deleted from the list of government customers for the Inmarsat services distributed by Stratos. wasimwoton + New york + rnotnix +. tos anorits +. tonoon +. snussus

STEPTOE &JOHNSON= Marlene H. Dortch January 5, 2006 Page 2 SEs—STA—20051216—01761 (£010047 * In the last paragraph of page 1 of Attachment A, the FCC should be deleted from the lis of government customers for the Inmarsat services distributed by Stratos. In first full paragraph ofpage 2 of Attachment A, the references in sentence 4 to "Inmarsat M4" should refer to "Inmarsat M" service and the call—sign reference to "EOOO180" should read ©E010047." In addition the parenthetical lsting the other Inmarsat services should read "including B, C, M4 and Mini—M." In the last paragraph ofpage 2 of Attachment A, the last sentence should refer to "Inmarsat M customers" and not "Inmarsat M4 customers." In the first paragraph ofpage 4 ofAttachment A, the referenced file number should read "SES— MFS—20051122—01618" and the call—sign should read E010047." Ss—sTA—20051216—01762 (£O10048) In first paragraph ofpage 1 of Attachment A, the referenced call—sign should be "©O10048." In third paragraph of page 1 of Attachment A, the first sentence should refer to "File No. SES— MFS—20051122—01616" and to "call—sign E010048." Footnote 1 of Attachment A should refer to "Inmarsat M4, M, B, and C services." In the last paragraph of page 1 of Attachment A, the FCC should be deleted from the list of government customers for the Inmarsat services distributed by Stratos. In first full paragraph on page 2 ofAttachment A, the frst sentence should refer to "File No. sEs—MFs—20051122—01616." in first full paragraph on page 2 of Attachment A, the second sentence should refer o "File No. SES—MFS—20051122—01616." in first full paragraph on page 2 of Attachment A, the references in sentence 4 to "Inmarsat M" should refer to "Inmarsat mini—M" service and the call—sign reference to "E010047" should read ©E010048",_ In addition the parentheticallsting the other Inmarsat services should read "including B, C, M4 and M." In the last paragraph ofpage 2 of Attachment A, the last sentence should refer to "Inmarsat mini— M" and not "Inmarsat M." In the first paragraph ofpage 4 ofAttachment A, the referenced file number should read "SES— MFS—20051122—01616" and the call—sign should read E010048." SEs—STA—20051216—01763 (£010049 In first paragraph ofpage 1 of Attachment A,the referenced call—sign should be "€010049." In third paragraph of page 1 of Attachment A, the first sentence should refer to "File No. SES— MFS—20081 122—01617" and to "call—sign E010049." Footnote 1 ofAttachment A should refer to "Inmarsat M4, M, Mini—M, and C services."

STEPTOE &JOHNSON= Marlene H. Dortch January 5, 2006 Page3 * In the last paragraph of page 1 of Attachment A, the FCC should be deleted from the list of government customers for the Inmarsatservices distributed by Stratos. * In first fll paragraph on page 2 of Attachment A, the first sentence should refer t "File No SES—MFS—20051 122—01617." * In first fll paragraph on page 2 of Attachment A, the second sentence should refer to "File No. SES—MFS—20051122—01617." * In first fll paragraph on page 2 of Attachment A, the references in sentence 4 to "Inmarsat mini— M" should refer to "Inmarsat B"service and the call—sign reference to "©O10048" should read "£O10049®. In addition the parenthetical listing the other Inmarsat services should read "including C, M4, M and mini—M." * In the last paragraph of page 2 ofAttachment A, the last sentence should refer to "Inmarsat B" and not "Inmarsat mini—M." * In the first paragraph of page 4 of Attachment A, the referenced file number should read "SES— MFS—20051122—01617" and the call—sign should read "E010049." Ss—sTA—20051216—01764 (£O10050) * In the last paragraph of page 1 of Attachment A, the FCC should be deleted from the lst of government customers for the Inmarsat services distributed by Stratos. For the convenience of the Bureau, we have attached corrected versions of Attachment A for each of the applications to replace the current version of Attachment A. ‘The changes listed above are the only changes made to corrected versions of Attachment A. Please feelfree to contact me, if you have any questions regarding these applications. Respectfully submitted, Mus 4 Ruul/BDK Mare A. Paul Counselfor Stratos Communications, Inc. Attachments

STEPTOE &JOHNSONw CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1, Brendan Kasper, an attomey with the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, hereby certify that on this 5th day ofJanuary, 2006, served a true copy ofthe foregoing letter by first class mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherwise indicated) upon the following: Tames Ball® Andrea Kelly* Interational Bureau Intemational Burcau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, S.W. 445 12" Street, S.W Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Cassandra Thomas® Scott Kotler® International Bureau Intemational Burcau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, SW 445 12" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Howard Gribo® Karl Kensinger® Intemational Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street,SW 445 12" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Fem Jamunek® John Martin® Interational Bureau Intemational Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, SW 445 12" Strect, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Stephen Duall® Jennifer A. Manner Interational Bureau Viee President, Regulatory Affairs Federal Communications Commission Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC 445 12" Street, SW 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20554 Reston, Virginia 20191 Robert Nelson® | Bruce D. Jacobs Interational Bureau David S. Konezal Federal Communications Commission Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 445 12" Street, SW 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20037—1 128

STEPTOE &JOHNSON= Marlene H. Dortch January 5, 2006 Page S JoAnn Ekblad* John P. Janka International Bureau Jefftey A. Marks Federal Communications Commission Latham & Watkins LLP 445 12" Street, S.W. 555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20554 Washington, D.C. 20004 Incapat * by Hand Delivery

Stratos Communications, Inc. STA Request Correeted — Attachment A SES—STA—20051216—01 760 (E00O1 80 — Inmarsat M4 Service) DESCRIPTION OF STA REQUEST By this application, Stratos Communications, Inc. ("Stratos") requests grant by January 13, 2006 of special temporary authority ("STA") for sixty (60) days to allow Stzatos to maintain existing services to ts currently licensed Inmarsat M4 terminals (callsign E000180) with the recently launched fourth—generation Inmarsat satellteto be located at 52.75° W.L. ("Inmarsat 4B2") No new service is implicated by this request. Stratos merely wants to continue to provide essental services, which have been licensed for more than four years, to the U.S. armed forces, Federal Emergency Management Agency (‘FEMA"), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. law enforcement, First Responders from state and local government, and important private sector customers. Stratos recently filed a modification application (File No. SES—MFS—20051 122« 01614) for call—sign E000180 in order to add the Inmarsat4F2 as a point of communication.‘ Stratos hereby incorporates by reference that modification application and itstechnical details and material for purposes ofthis STA request. The Stratos modification application was placed on Public Notice on December 7, 2005, and the time to file any Petiions and/or Comments on this modification application expires on January 6, 2006. On November 30, 2005, Mobile Satellte Ventures Subsidiary LLC (‘MSV") filed a Notice of Intent to Participate, and in addition,it filed a Motion to designate the proceeding as "permit—but—disclose." See MSV Notice of Intent to Participate (Nov. 30, 2005); Motion to Designate Proceedings As "Permit—But— Disclose" (Nov. 30, 2005). Since October 2001, Stratos has been licensed by the FCC to provide Inmarsat services domesticallyin the United States, including the operation of Inmarsat B, C, M, mini—M and M4 terminals.". As set forth in the attached Declaration of Robert J. Roe, Senior Vie President of Sales for Stratos, Stratos‘s customers for Inmarsat services encompass a wide range of U.S. customers, including the U.. military, the Federal Government, state and local governments and private sector end—users. See Declaration of Robert J. Roe at 15 (Attachment B), U.S. military users include: the U.3. Army, Navy and Air Force. See Declaration of Robert J. Roe at 16. Federal Govenment users include: the State Department, FEMA, the U.8. Coost ‘ Additional modification applications were fled to modify the call—signs associated with the Stratos licenses to provide the Inmarsat M, mini—M, B and C services. Similar STA requests are being filed for each ofthese services. * See, e.g.In the Matter ofCOMSAT Corporation d/b/a COMSAT Mobile Communications et al., 16 FCC Red 21661 (rel. Oct. 9, 2001) (Inmarsat Market Access Order")

Guard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. See Declaration of Robert J. Roc at § 7. State and local government customers include: New York Fire Department, Los Angeles Fire Department and National Guard Units restoring devastated areas impacted by the recent hurricanes in the Gulf. See Declaration of Robert J. Roe at 9 8. U.S. private sector customers include: Chevron‘Texaco, Global Santa Fe and Edison International (parent company of Southem California Edison). See Declaration of Robert J. Roc at 9 9. As set forth in File No. SES—MFS—20051122—01614, the Inmarsat 4F2 is licensed by the United Kingdom and will be located at the 52.75° W.L. orbital location. It was Iaunched on November 8, 2005. As set forth in File No. SES—MPS—20051122—01614, grant of the modification application is in the publicinterest, is consistent with the ORBIT Act? and satisfies the Commission‘s D/SCO !Istandard." Absent authority to communicate with the Inmarsat 4F2, Stratos will not be able to continue to provide the Inmarsat M4 service, icensed under call—sign ©00010, to its existing or future customers because the M4 service, along with other Inmarsat services (including B, C, M and mini—M), will be migrated from the third generation Inmarsat sutellite currently at 54° W.L. to the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite at 52.75° W.L. Inmarsatis scheduled to migrate these services to the Inmarsat 4F2 on January 15, 2006. Stratos has been informed by Inmarsat that maintaining this schedule is necessary because the Inmarsat3 satellite currently at 54° W. .. needs to be moved to 142° W.L. where it will replace a second generation Inmarsatsatelite, which is running out of fuel and needs to be decommissioned shortly. This second generation satellite at 142° W.L. is currently providing essential Inmarsat lease services to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. See Declaration of Robert J. Roe at14. An untimely migration ofthe "existing and evoived services" from the third generation Inmarsat satellite to the new Inmarsat 4F2 satelite would jeopardize the continuity of these essential services currently being provided by the second generation satelite at the 142" W.L. orbitallocation. Since the current Public Notice period for the Stratos modification application is scheduled to expire on January 6, 2006 and MSV has already indicated ts intent to participate in this application proceeding, Stratos believes that it is unlikely that the International Bureau will be able to act on the modification application in advance ofthe scheduled January 15, 2006 migration ofthe Inmarsat M4 service to the new Inmarsat 4F2 satellte at 52.75° W.L.° Accordingly, Stratos is requesting this STA to ensure that there is no disruption of service to Stratos‘s existing Inmarsat M4 customers when Inmarsat migrates the services to the new satellite. * See 47 U.S.C. § 761 et seq. * See Amendment of the Commission‘s Polices to Allow Non—U.S. Licensed Space Stations Providing Domestic and International Service in the United States, 12 FCC Red 24004 (1997) (‘Disco im 5 In all likelihood, Stratos and MSV will be in the middle of the pleading eyele for the Stratos modification application.

Grant ofthis STA requestisin the public interest. As set forth above, the Inmarsat services provided by Stratos are used not only by private industry, but also by the U.$ military, Federal Government, and state and local government. The Inmarsat services are used by these entities to facilitate military communications, law enforcement and homeland security, emergency reliefefforts, protectlives and safegard property and to provide critical communications services to support business operations in remote areas. See Declaration of RobertJ. Roc at t¥5—8. Grant of this STA request will ensure that these end—users do not experience any disruption to the Inmarsatservices they currently use and rely on. As stated by Mr. Roe, "Inmarsat services are used and criticallyrlied uponby government ‘First Responders‘ and private industry, as a flexible and mobile backup to terrestrial voice and data communications networks in the event that a natural disaster or terroristattack takes place." See Declaration of Robert J. Roe at 9 10. Any disruption to the Inmarsat services used by First Responders would seriously compromise their abilty to accomplish their critical missions. See Declaration of Robert J. Roe at 10. "The necessity of Inmarsat services was clearly demonstrated in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma in the Gulfof Mexico..In response to these devastating natural disasters, Stratos saw a noticeable increase in the demand for the Inmarsat services it distributes. Several months later, Inmarsat services continue to play a vital role in the Gulf of Mexico region in connection with the recovery and restoration efforts being undertaken by FEMA, the National Guard, the U.S. Army, state and local governments, lw enforeement personnel and the petroleum industry." See Declaration of Robert J. Roe at $ 11. In the words of Chairman Martin: If we leamed anything from Hurricane Katrina, it is that we cannot rely solely on terrestrial communications.. When radio towers are knocked down, satellite communications are, in some instances, the most effective means of communicating. See Written Statement of Chairman Kevin J. Martin at the Hearing on Communications in a Disaster before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at 7 (Sept. 22, 2005). The grant of this STA would ensure that there is no disruption in service to these end— users currently using and relying upon Inmarsat services. The Inmarsat services which currently are being provided over the Inmarsat satelliteat 54° W.L. can and will be provided over the Inmarsat 4F2 at 52.75° W.L.. without adversely affecting the interference environment that exists today with respect to other operating L—Band spacecraft. Specifically, () the EIRP spectral density of the proposed cartiers on the Inmarsat4F2 will be no greater than the EIRP spectral density ofthe same services provided today over the Inmarsat satellteat 54° W.L., (i) the out—of—band emissions from the Inmarsat 422 carriers will not exceed the limits of §25.202(1) (1), (2) and (3),and (ii) no greater protection from interference into the Inmarsat 4F2 spacecraft or the Inmarsat mobile carth terminals, beyond the level ofprotection that exists today, is sought.. In sum, during the term of this STA, these services can and will be provided on Inmarsat 4F2 within the technical envelope pursuant to which these services are currently provided on the third generation Inmarsat satellte currently located at 54° W.L.

Stratos understands that grant of this requested STA will be without prejudice to, and will be conditioned on, the Bureau‘s action on the underlying modification appliation (File No. SES—MFS—20051122—01614) to modify call—sign E000180 to add the Inmarsat 4F2 as an authorized point of communication. For the reasons set forth sbove, Stratos respectfully requests that this STA be granted no later than January 13, 2006° for sixty (60) days. * January 13, 2006 is the last business day before the planned January 15, 2006 cut—over to the Inmarsat 4F2 satellte ofthe "existing and evolved" services.


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