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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  06-  829 
 April  10,  2006 


 Mr.  Stanley  Edinger  Loral  Skynet 
 500  Hills  Drive  P.  O.  Box  7018 
 Bedminster,  NJ  07921-  7018 
 Re:  Call  Sign  E060085  File  No.  SES-  LIC-  20060310-  00420 


 Dear  Mr.  Edinger: 
 On  March  10,  2006,  Loral  Skynet  Network  Services,  Inc.  filed  the  above-  captioned  application  for  authority  to  operate  a  C-  band  1  transmit/  receive  fixed  earth  station  in  Scottsdale,  AZ.  For  the 
 following  reason,  we  are  denying  your  application. 
 Section  25.113(  e)  and  Part  17  of  the  Commission's  rules  2  require  applicants  for  new  earth  station  licenses  to  notify  the  Federal  Aviation  Administration  (FAA)  under  certain  circumstances. 
 Section  17.7(  b)(  1)  requires  earth  station  applicants  within  6.1  kilometers  from  an  airport  runway  to  notify  the  FAA  if  a  line  from  the  top  of  their  planned  antennas  to  the  closest  point  of  the  closest 
 runway  will  be  steeper  than  100  to  1. 
 According  to  Loral’s  application,  the  earth  station  antenna  structure  is  to  be  located  within  6.1  kilometers  from  the  nearest  point  of  the  nearest  runway  of  an  airport.  Accordingly,  the  proposed 
 antenna  structure  must  either  meet  the  slope  restrictions  contained  in  Section  17.  7(  b)(  1)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  or  Loral  must  notify  the  FAA. 


 1  3700-  4200  and  5925-  6425  MHz  bands. 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.  113(  e),  47  C.  F.  R.  Part  17. 
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 Our  analysis  of  the  proposed  antenna  structure  for  the  earth  station  shows  that  it  fails  to  meet  the  required  100  to  1  slope.  Moreover,  in  response  to  Question  E20  on  FCC  Form  312,  Schedule  B, 
 Loral  indicates  that  no  FAA  Notification  is  necessary.  Because  Loral’s  application  does  not  comply  with  the  slope  and  it  did  not  notify  the  FAA  pursuant  to  the  requirements  contained  in 
 Sections  17.7  and  25.113(  e)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  25.  113(  e),  17.7(  b)(  1),  we  are  denying  the  application,  without  prejudice. 


 Sincerely, 


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