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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA-  03-  2634 
 August  12,  2003 


 Important  Change  to  the  IBFS  Space  Station  Authorizations  –  312  Main  Form 


 This  Public  Notice  is  issued  to  advise  filers  of  Space  Station  applications  of  an  important  change  to  the  Space  Station  Authorizations  –  312  Main  Form,  now 
 available  on  the  IBFS  system. 
 As  you  may  know,  on  August  6,  2003,  the  International  Bureau  (IB)  published  a  Public  Notice  entitled,  “International  Bureau  Clarifies  Requirements  For  Filing 
 Satellite  License  Applications.”  This  Public  Notice  clarified  the  International  Bureau’s  policy  with  respect  to  applications  for  multiple  geostationary  satellite-orbit 
 (GSO)  satellites.  (Click  here  to  view  the  Public  Notice:  http://  hraunfoss.  fcc.  gov/  edocs_  public/  attachmatch/  DA-  03-  2603A1.  doc.) 


 To  better  accommodate  applicants’  requests  for  multiple  GSO  satellite  authorizations  in  a  single  satellite  application,  IB  has  modified  the  Space  Station 
 Form  available  on  IBFS.  The  form  now  contains  a  new  entry  field  in  Block  25,  which  requires  the  filer  to  enter  the  number  of  satellites  being  requested  in  each 
 GSO-  like  satellite  application  for  license. 
 What  is  the  practical  impact  of  this  change  once  the  freeze  is  lifted? 
 If  you  have  drafted  a  space  station  license  application  for  a  GSO-  like  satellite(  s),  you  must  now  enter  the  number  of  satellites  for  which  you  seek  authorization  in 
 Block  25  of  the  form  and  revalidate  it  before  attempting  to  file  the  application.  For  example,  if  you  seek  authorization  for  only  one  GSO-  like  satellite,  you  must  enter 
 “1”  in  the  box  entitled,  “Number  of  Satellites”  in  Block  25;  if  you  seek  authorization  for  two  GSO-  like  satellites,  you  must  enter  “2”  in  “Number  of 
 Satellites”  box.  If  you  attempt  to  file  a  GSO-  like  authorization  form  in  which  you 
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 have  not  entered  this  information,  you  will  receive  an  error  message  upon  filing  the  application.  The  time  required  to  correct  the  error  may  impact  your  placement 
 in  the  Queue. 
 For  all  other  filings,  the  Number  of  Satellites  must  be  left  blank. 


 If  you  have  any  questions  about  this  Public  Notice,  please  call  Mary  Jane  Solomon  on  202-  418-  0593. 
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