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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  05-  2986 
 November  17,  2005 


 Mr.  Otis  B.  Brown  Dean,  Rosenstiel  School  of  Marine 
 &  Atmospheric  Sciences  University  of  Miami 
 4600  Rickenbacker  Cswy.  Miami,  FL  33149-  1098 
 Re:  Call  Sign:  E040248  File  No.  SES-  LIC-  20050627-  00829 


 Dear  Mr.  Brown: 
 On  June  27,  2005,  the  University  of  Miami  -  Rosenstiel  School  of  Marine  &  Atmospheric  Sciences  (the  University  of  Miami)  filed  the  above-  captioned  application  for  a  receive-only 
 earth  station  in  the  8085-  8235  MHz  band.  The  application  requests  protection  from  interference  from  other  users  operating  in  this  band.  On  September  27,  2005,  pursuant  to 
 Section  25.111(  a)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.111(  a),  we  requested  that  University  of  Miami  amend  the  pending  application  and  provide  additional  technical 
 information  needed  to  complete  our  review  of  the  application.  1 
 Your  application  lists  the  TERRA  and  AQUA  satellites  as  points  of  communication.  Both  of  these  satellites  are  operated  by  the  National  Aeronautics  and  Space 
 Administration  (NASA)  under  authorization  from  the  National  Telecommunications  and  Information  Administration  (NTIA).  While  nothing  in  the  Commission's  rules  requires 
 earth  station  operators  seeking  Commission  authority  to  communicate  with  a  U.  S.  Government  satellite  to  provide  technical  information  regarding  the  satellite,  we  cannot 
 determine  whether  your  proposed  operations  are  likely  to  cause  harmful  interference  to  any  other  Commission-  licensed  operations. 


 Since  neither  of  the  NASA  satellites  at  issue  here  is  licensed  by  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  and  we  have  not  previously  authorized  any  earth  station  to 
 communicate  with  these  satellites,  we  have  no  technical  information  before  us  regarding 


 1  See  Letter  from  Scott  A.  Kotler,  Chief  Systems  Analysis  Branch,  FCC  to  Otis  B.  Brown,  Dean, 
 Rosenstiel  School  of  Marine  &  Atmospheric  Sciences,  University  of  Miami  (dated  September  27,  2005). 
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 TERRA  or  AQUA.  Therefore,  in  order  to  continue  processing  this  application  we  requested,  in  our  September  27,  2005  letter,  that  you  amend  your  application  within  30 
 calendar  days  to  include  the  following  in  regard  to  TERRA  and  AQUA: 
 (1)  All  the  information  specified  in  Section  25.114(  d)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.114(  d). 


 (2)  A  Schedule  S,  as  required  by  Section  25.114(  a)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.114(  a). 
 We  have  not  received  the  information  specified  in  our  September  27  letter.  Accordingly,  pursuant  to  Sections  25.112(  c)  and  0.261  of  the  Commissions  rules,  2  we  dismiss  your 
 application  without  prejudice  for  failure  to  provide  the  above  requested  information. 


 Sincerely, 


 Scott  A.  Kotler  Chief,  Systems  Analysis  Branch 
 Satellite  Division  International  Bureau 


 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  25.  112(  c)  and  0.261. 
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