Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 12-58
January 18, 2012
KSBJ EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
C/O Wray Fitch, Esq.
Gammon & Grange
8280 Greensboro Dr.
7th Floor
McLean, VA, 22101
File No.: SES-STA-20110913-01082
 
Dear Mr. Warner:
On September 13, 2011, KSBJ EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (KSBJ) filed 
the above-captioned application for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to operate a 
Fixed-Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station in Humble, TX.   For the reasons stated 
below, we dismiss the STA application as defective, without prejudice to refiling.
Section 25.112 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §25.112, requires the 
Commission to return, as unacceptable for filing, any earth station application that is not 
substantially complete, contains internal inconsistencies, or does not substantially comply 
with the Commission’s rules.  The KSBJ application is incomplete, and subject to 
dismissal, for the following reasons:
Section 25.120(a) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §25.120(a) requires STA 
requests to contain “the full particulars of the proposed operation.”  This includes 
frequency bands, powers and points of communication.  KSBJ did not submit any 
information relating to the frequency bands requested for operations, the type of 
equipment to be used, the proposed powers, the points of communications (satellites) 
with which KSBJ intends to operate, or the duration of the special temporary operations.  
In addition, Section 25.120(a) of the Commissions’ rules, 47 C.F.R. §25.120(a), 
requires STA requests to include all facts sufficient to justify the temporary authority 
sought.  KSBJ did not provide any such information in its STA request.  Without this 
information, we cannot make a finding that extraordinary circumstances require 
immediate operation and a delay in these operations would seriously prejudice the public 
interest.  See 47 §25.120(b)(1).
We note that the KSBJ STA application references file number SES-LIC-
19940421-01478, which relates to earth station call sign E940280.  The license for this 
earth station expired in June 2004.  If KSBJ seeks to reinstate operations on this earth 
station on a regular basis, it must file an application for a full license to operate this earth 
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station.  This application must be filed on FCC Form 312, with associated schedules (see
47 C.F.R. §§25.115 and 25.130), a radiation hazard analysis (see 47 C.F.R. §§1.1307(b) 
and Form 312, item 28), and a frequency coordination report (see 47 C.F.R. §25.130(b)).
If KSBJ chooses to refile a request for special temporary authority at the same 
time it files an application regular authority, it must provide both the full particulars of 
the temporary operations and a justification for the request.  See 47 C.F.R. §25.120(a).
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 25.112 (a)(1) of the Commission’s rules, 47 
C.F.R. §25.112(a), and Section 0.261 of the Commission’s rules on delegations of 
authority, 47 C.F.R. §0.261, we dismiss this application without prejudice.
Sincerely,
Paul E. Blais
Chief, Systems Analysis Branch
Satellite Division
International Bureau