*Pages 1--3 from C:\Pdf2Text\Ready4Text_in\pdf\46290.pdf* PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET S. W. WASHINGTON D. C. 20554 News media information 202- 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202- 418- 2830; Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov (or ftp. fcc. gov) TTY (202) 418- 2555 DA No. 05- 450 Friday February 18, 2005 SAT- 00274 Report No. Actions Taken POLICY BRANCH INFORMATION The Commission, by its International Bureau, took the following actions pursuant to delegated authority. The effective date of these actions is the release date of this Notice, except were an effective date is specified. S2394 SAT- MOD- 20041013- 00199 E Effective Date: 02/ 15/ 2005 Withdrawn Modification Intelsat LLC Nature of Service: Fixed Satellite Service DBS8701 SAT- STA- 20040319- 00081 P Effective Date: 02/ 14/ 2005 Grant of Authority Special Temporary Authority Rainbow DBS Company LLC Nature of Service: Direct Broadcast Satellite Service Granted Rainbow DBS Company LLC (Rainbow DBS) reqeust for exteinsion of authority to operate its Rainbow 1 Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) over Channels 23 and 24 at the 61 .5º W. L. orbital location under Special Temporary Authority (STA). Operation is for the period of April 5, 2004 to October 2, 2004 subject to the same condtions as its present STA. [See EchoStar Satellite Corporation and Rainbow DBS Company LLC, File Nos. SAT- STA- 20030617- 00117 and SAT- STA- 20030623- 00122, Order and Authorization, DA 03- 3024 (rel. Oct. 1, 2003).] DBS8701 SAT- STA- 20040924- 00191 E Effective Date: 02/ 14/ 2005 Grant of Authority Special Temporary Authority Rainbow DBS Company LLC Nature of Service: Direct Broadcast Satellite Service Page 1 of 3 1 Granted Rainbow DBS Company LLC (Rainbow DBS) an extension of operating authority to April 2, 2005 for operation of its Rainbow 1 Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) over Channels 23 and 24 at the 61 .5º W. L. orbital location under Special Temporary Authority (STA). [See EchoStar Satellite Corporation and Rainbow DBS Company LLC, File Nos. SAT- STA- 20030617- 00117 and SAT- STA- 20030623- 00122, Order and Authorization, DA 03- 3024 (rel. Oct. 1, 2003); see also Rainbow DBS Company LLC Application for Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Operate a Direct Broadcast Satellite Over Channels 23 and 24 at 61.5° W. L., File No. SAT- STA- 20040319- 00081 (filed March 19, 2004).] S2627 SAT- STA- 20041112- 00207 E Effective Date: 02/ 17/ 2005 Grant of Authority Special Temporary Authority DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC Nature of Service: Direct Broadcast Satellite Service Granted DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC request for special temporary authority (STA) to operate geostationary space station DIRECTV 1, Callsign S2627 formally DBS8402 at the 101° W. L. orbital location at the currently licensed parameters and specifications beyond December 2, 2004, the expiration date of the previous STA requested for DIRECTV 1. See FCC File No. SAT- STA- 20040524- 00103. DIRECTV is authorized to operate DIRECTV 1 for up to 180 days beyond that expiration date, through and including May 30, 2005, at the 101.125° W. L. orbital position (± 0.05°). DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC has before the Commission a request for a long- term extension of its license. (See File Nos. SAT- MOD- 20030613- 00120 and File No. SAT- AMD- 20041112- 00208). KS35 SAT- STA- 20041217- 00225 E Effective Date: 02/ 11/ 2005 Grant of Authority Special Temporary Authority Intelsat LLC Nature of Service: Other Granted with conditions Intelsat LLC's (" Intelsat") request, File No. SAT- STA- 20041217- 00225, for special temporary authority (STA) to provide UHF capacity on a non- interference basis via its MARISAT- F2 satellite at 33.9° W. L. orbital location (Call Sign KS- 35). Accordingly, Intelsat is authorized to operate the MARISAT satellite in the UHF Narrowband Channel A (307.75 MHz Center Frequency (uplink) and 254.15 MHz Center Frequency (downlink)) and the UHF Narrowband Channel B (311.15 MHz Center Frequency (uplink) and 257.55 MHz Center Frequency (downlink)) (" UHF bands") on a non- interference basis for the period of February 11 until April 10, 2005. S2617 SAT- STA- 20041221- 00226 E Effective Date: 02/ 11/ 2005 Grant of Authority Special Temporary Authority XM Radio Inc. Nature of Service: Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service Granted with conditions XM Radio Inc. 's (" XM Radio's") application for Special Temporary Authority, File No: SAT- STA- 20041221- 00226. Accordingly, XM Radio is authorized, for the period of 60 days commencing with the launch of the XM- 3 satellite, to conduct in- orbit- testing of the XM- 3 satellite at the 80.0° W. L. orbital location and upon completion of the test to drift the XM- 3 to its assigned orbital location of 85.0° W. L. Page 2 of 3 2 For more information concerning this Notice, contact the Satellite Division at 202- 418- 0719; TTY 202- 418- 2555. S2385 SAT- STA- 20050207- 00026 E Effective Date: 02/ 14/ 2005 Grant of Authority Special Temporary Authority PanAmSat Licensee Corp. Nature of Service: Fixed Satellite Service Granted Panamsat Licensee Corp. 's (" PanAmSat's") application for Special Temporary Authority, File No: SAT- STA- 20050207- 00026. Accordingly, PanAmSat is authorized, for the period of 30 days commencing with the launch of the Galaxy 14 satellite, to conduct in- orbit- testing of the Galaxy 14 satellite at the 146.0° W. L. orbital location and upon completion of the test to drift the Galaxy 14 to its assigned orbital location of 125.05° W. L INFORMATIVE S2594 SAT- PDR- 20000428- 00096 TELESAT CANADA By letter dated February 17, 2005, Telesat Canada requests the Anik E1 satellite be removed from the Permitted Space Station List. The Anik E1 satellite was de- orbited on January 17, 2005. Page 3 of 3 3