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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  06-  945 
 April  28,  2006 


 Keith  H  Fagan  Telenor  Satellite,  Inc. 
 1101  Wootton  Parkway,  10th  Floor  Rockville,  MD  20852 


 Re:  Call  Sign:  E980136  File  No.:  SES-  MFS-  20060405-  00564 
 File  No.:  SES-  STA-  20060405-  00570 


 Dear  Mr.  Fagan: 
 On  April  5,  2006,  Telenor  Satellite,  Inc.  (Telenor)  filed  the  above-  captioned  application  to  modify  its  licensed  earth  station  (call  sign  E980136)  to  add  INMARSAT-  3F4  at  142  o  W.  L.  as  a 
 new  point  of  communication.  Telenor  also  filed  a  request  for  special  temporary  authority  (STA)  to  communicate  with  INMARSAT-  3F4  pending  action  on  the  modification  application,  to  allow 
 it  to  support  the  Federal  Aviation  Administration’s  Wide  Area  Augmentation  System.  We  dismiss  the  STA  request  without  prejudice  to  refiling  and  without  prejudice  to  any  action  on 
 Telenor’s  modification  request. 
 Telenor  has  not  submitted  the  required  Schedule  B  (Technical  and  Operational  Description)  in  its  modification  application.  Rather,  it  seeks  a  waiver  of  Sections  25.115(  a)  and  25.  130(  a)  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  25.  115(  a)  and  25.130(  a),  on  the  basis  that  Schedule  B  is  unnecessary  since  it  does  not  seek  to  modify  any  of  the  earth  station’s  technical  parameters  other 
 than  to  repoint  the  antenna.  The  current  license  for  the  earth  station  1  includes  transmit  authority  in  the  6454.4-  6456.6  and  6440.8-  6443.0  MHz  bands  and  lists  the  receive  frequency  band  in  the 
 C-  Band  as  3629.4-  3631.6  MHz.  The  authorization  also  lists  the  INMARSAT-  3  satellite  at  178  o  E.  L.  as  the  only  authorized  point  of  communication.  In  its  STA  request,  however,  Telenor 
 indicates  that  it  will  transmit  at  6445.42  MHz.  In  addition  on  April  11,  2006,  in  reply  to  Mobile  Satellite  Ventures  Subsidiary  LLC  (MSV)  comments,  Telenor  further  clarifies  that  the  STA 
 request  is  solely  for  the  6445.42  and  3639.42  MHz  frequencies.  Since  these  frequencies  are  inconsistent  with  the  authorized  frequency  bands  in  the  license,  and  the  underlying  modification 
 application  does  not  propose  to  change  these  authorized  frequency  bands,  we  dismiss  the  STA  request  as  defective. 


 In  connection  with  any  refiling  of  this  STA  request,  please  note  that  the  Commission’s  deliberations  would  be  aided  considerably  if  the  record  were  to  reflect  the  full  range  of 
 1  See  IBFS  File  No.  SES-  LIC-  19980211-  00183. 
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 frequencies  for  which  the  INMARSAT-  3F4  satellite  is  capable  of  operating,  as  well  as  identifying  the  full  particulars  for  the  specific  operations  sought  under  this  STA,  including  specific 
 frequencies  and  emissions.  Please  also  note  that  any  action  on  a  refiled  application  would  be  without  prejudice  to  enforcement  action  in  connection  with  any  unauthorized  operation. 


 Accordingly,  pursuant  to  Section  25.112(  a)(  1)  2  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.112  (a)(  1),  and  Section  0.261  of  the  Commission’s  rules  on  delegations  of  authority,  47  C.  F.  R.  § 
 0.261,  we  dismiss  your  application,  File  No.  SES-  STA-  20060405-  00570,  as  defective  without  prejudice  to  refiling. 


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


 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.  112(  a)(  1).  See  also  Echostar  Satellite  LLC,  Order  on  Reconsideration,  DA  04-  4056 
 (released  December  27,  2004). 
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