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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  DC  20554 
 DA  03-  3904 


 International  Bureau 
 December  11,2003 


 Mr.  Stan  Edinger,  Manager-  Government  Relations  Loral  Skynet  Network  Services,  Inc.  (Debtor-  in-  Possession) 
 P.  0.  Box  7018  500  Hills  Drive 
 Bedminister,  N.  J.  07921 
 Re:  Call  Sign:  E980250,  File  No.  SES-  MOD-  2003091901302  Loral  Skynet  Network  Services,  Inc. 


 Dear  Mr.  Edinger: 
 We  have  under  consideration  the  above-  captioned  application  filed  on  behalf  of  Loral  Skynet  Network  Services,  Inc.  (the  Applicant),  on  September  19,  2003.  For  the  reasons  below, 
 we  dismiss  the  application  without  prejudice. 
 In  order  to  properly  review  the  application,  we  sent  a  letter  to  the  Applicant  on  October  16,  2003  containing  a  request  to  submit  within  30  days  additional  technical  information  and 
 information  that  was  missing  from  the  original  application.  Regarding  the  additional  technical  information  we  requested,  Commission  Staff  is  authorized  to  request  such  additional  information 
 and  if  the  additional  information  is  either  not  supplied  or  is  incorrect,  the  Commission  may  dismiss  the  application.  ’  Regarding  the  missing  information,  we  informed  the  Applicant  that  the 
 application  was  incomplete  because  it  did  not  include  a  DISCO  II  analysis  to  the  extent  required  by  section  25.137(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  0  25.137(  a).  The  Bureau  stated  that  if 
 any  application  failed  to  include  any  of  the  required  information,  it  would  return  the  application  without  prejudice  as  being  unacceptable  for  filing.  See  International  Bureau  To  Streamline 
 Satellite  And  Earth  Station  Processing,  Report  No.  SPB-  140,  October  28,  1998.  The  Commission  affirmed  this  policy  last  year  in  its  First  Space  Station  Reform  Order.  See 
 Amendment  of  the  Commission’s  Space  Station  Licensing  Rules  and  Policies,  First  Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  IB  Docket  No.  02-  34,  18  FCC  Rcd  10760, 
 10852  (para.  244)  (2003).  See  also  Commission  Launches  Earth  Station  Streamlining  Initiative,  Public  Notice,  DA  99-  1259,  14  FCC  Rcd  9834  (1999). 


 Since  the  Applicant  has  not  responded  to  our  request  for  additional  and  missing  information  within  the  allotted  30  days,  we  dismiss  the  application  as  incomplete  and  thus 
 unacceptable  for  filing.  The  Applicant  may  re-  apply  without  incurring  a  second  obligation  to  pay  the  application  fee  if  the  re-  filed  application  rectifies  the  deficiencies  noted  herein.  See 
 section  1.1109  (d)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  8  1.1  109(  d). 


 47  C.  F.  R.  925.1  12. 
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 Accordingly,  pursuant  to  the  Commission’s  rules  on  delegated  authority,  47  C.  F.  R.  3  0.26  1  (a)(  4),  we  find  that  Application  File  No.  SES-  MOD-  200309  190  1302  is  incomplete  and  thus 
 unacceptable  for  filing.  We  therefore  dismiss  this  application  without  prejudice  to  refiling. 


 Sincerely, 


 William  Howden,  Chief  System  Analysis  Branch,  Satellite  Division 


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