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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2090 
 Before  the 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 INTELSAT  LLC  )  SAT-  MSC-  20010822-  00075 
 ) 
 Request  for  Extension  of  Time  ) 
 Under  Section  621(  5)  of  the  ORBIT  Act  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  September  5,  2001  Released:  September  6,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Satellite  and  Radiocommunication  Division: 
 1.  By  this  Order,  we  deny  PanAmSat’s  Corporation  (“  PanAmSat’s”)  request  for  a  one-  week 
 extension  of  time  to  file  comments  in  the  above  referenced  proceeding.  This  will  ensure  that 
 important  issues  involved  in  this  proceeding  are  resolved  in  a  timely  manner. 


 2.  Under  621(  5)  of  the  ORBIT  Act,  Intelsat  LLC  is  required  to  conduct  an  Initial  Public 
 Offering  (“  IPO”)  by  October  1,  2001.  1  That  same  section  gives  the  Commission  discretion  to 
 extend  the  deadline  as  late  as  December  31,  2002.  2  Intelsat  LLC  has  requested  an  extension  of 
 the  IPO  deadline  until  December  31,  2002.  This  request  was  placed  on  Public  Notice  on  August 
 28,  2001,  requiring  comments  or  oppositions  to  Intelsat  LLC’s  request  to  be  filed  by  September 
 5,  2001.  3 


 3.  PanAmSat  argues  that  a  one-  week  of  the  filing  period  extension  is  warranted  because 
 Intelsat’s  request  raises  significant  legal  issues  that  will  require  counsel  to  have  more  than  seven 
 days  to  address  the  issues  thoroughly.  PanAmSat  also  argues  that  integral  employees  of 
 PanAmSat  and  lead  counsel  are  unavailable  until  after  the  comment  deadline  due  to  the  Labor 
 Day  holiday. 


 4.  The  comment  period  set  out  in  the  public  notice  is  consistent  with  the  comment  period 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §  763(  5). 
 2  Id. 
 3  Public  Notice,  Report  No.  SAT-  00081  (Aug.  28,  2001). 
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 established  in  past  proceedings  related  to  extensions  of  ORBIT  Act  deadlines.  4  Further,  requests 
 for  extensions  of  time  to  file  comments  are  not  routinely  granted.  5  In  order  for  the  Commission 
 to  have  sufficient  time  to  review  the  record  and  make  a  determination  on  the  issues  by  October  1, 
 2001,  we  will  not  extend  the  comment  and  reply  dates  absent  extraordinary  circumstances. 
 PanAmSat  has  presented  none.  We  therefore  find  that  it  is  not  in  the  public  interest  to  grant 
 PanAmSat  the  one-  week  extension  it  requests. 


 5.  This  decision  is  made  pursuant  to  the  authority  found  in  Sections  4(  i)  and  303  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  303;  and  pursuant  to  Sections 
 0.51,  0.261,  1.46  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.51,  0.261,  1.46. 


 6.  Accordingly,  PanAmSat’s  request  for  an  extension  of  time  in  which  to  file  comments  is 
 DENIED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Thomas  S.  Tycz 
 Chief,  Satellite  and  Radiocommunication  Division, 
 International  Bureau 


 4  See  Public  Notice,  Report  No.  SAT-  MSC-  20010405-  00029,  April  12,  2001;  Public 
 Notice  Report  No.  SAT-  00053  (Aug.  16,  2000);  and  Public  Notice  Report  No.  SAT-  00044  (May 
 31,  2000). 


 5  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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