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 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.  06-  859 


 Friday  April  14,  2006  SAT-  00355  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. 


 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  Division  at  202-  418-  0719;  TTY  202-  418-  2555. 
 Dismissal 
 SAT-  STA-  20051130-  00257  EchoStar  Satellite  Operating  Corporation 


 On  April  12,  2006,  the  Policy  Branch  dimissed  EchoStar  Satellite  Operating  Corporation's  (EchoStar)  request  for  special 
 temporary  authority,  File  No.  SAT-  STA-  20051130-  00257,  to  permit  it  to  test  its  EchoStar-  10  spacecraft  at  138.5°  W.  L.  for  a 
 period  of  up  to  90  days  following  launch  as  moot  in  light  of  the  prior  grant  of  File  No.  SAT-  STA-  20060104-  00002  on  February 
 3,  2006,  authorizing  EchoStar  to  launch  and  conduct  in-  orbit  testing  of  the  EchoStar-  10  satellite  at  the  138.5  W.  L.  orbit 
 location  for  a  period  of  60  days  commencing  on  February  8,  2006. 


 INFORMATIVE 
 S2651  SAT-  AMD-  20050927-  00186  ICO  Satellite  Services  G.  P. 


 See  File  No.  SAT-  MOD-  20050926-  00182  ,  (Call  Sign  S2651). 


 S2651  SAT-  MOD-  20050926-  00182  ICO  Satellite  Services  G.  P. 
 These  applications  pertain  to  a  licensing  proceeding  and  are  generally  restricted  under  the  Commission's  ex  parte  rules.  See  47 
 C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1202(  d)  and  1.1208.  On  April  2,  2006,  ICO  Satellite  Services  G.  P.  filed  a  request  to  designate  this  proceeding  as 
 "permit-  but-  disclose"  under  the  Commission's  ex  parte  rules.  See  Letter  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  from  Suzanne  Hutchings  Malloy,  Counsel  to  ICO  Satellite  Services  G.  P.  (April  2,  2006).  No 
 oppositions  to  the  change  in  status  have  been  filed.  See  Letter  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  from  Suzanne  Hutchings  Malloy,  Counsel  to  ICO  Satellite  Services  G.  P.  (April  11,  2006).  The  issues  raised  in  these 
 applications  address  complex  technical,  legal,  and  policy  issues.  In  order  to  develop  a  full  and  complete  record  in  this  proceeding, 
 the  Satellite  Division  concludes  that  the  public  interest  will  be  served  by  designating  File  Nos.  SAT-  MOD-  20050926-  00182  and 
 SAT-  MOD-  20050927-  00186  (Call  Sign  S2651)  as  "permit-  but-  disclose"  Accordingly,  on  April  12,  2006,  the  Satellite  Division, 
 Policy  Branch,  granted  the  request  and  designated  the  applications  as  "permit-  but-  disclose".  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.200(  a),  1.1206  and 
 1.1208,  Note  2.  This  action  is  without  prejudice  to  any  determination  regarding  the  processing  of  applications. 


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