Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 09-894
April 22, 2009
Mr. Donald M. Jansky
Jansky-Barmat Telecommunications, Inc.
1120 19th Street, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20036-3614
Re:    HISPAMAR SATÉLITES, S.A., Petition for Declaratory Ruling to add the 
AMAZONAS-2 Satellite at 61º W.L. to the Commission’s Permitted Space
Station List, IBFS File No. SAT-PPL-20081203-00219 (Call Sign:  S2779)
Dear Mr. Jansky:
On December 3, 2008, HISPAMAR SATÉLITES, S.A. (HISPAMAR) filed the above-captioned 
Petition for Declaratory Ruling to add the AMAZONAS-2 satellite, which is licensed by Brazil, to the 
Commission’s Permitted Space Station List.1 On April 2, 2009, the Satellite Division dismissed the petition 
as defective for failure to provide the link budgets for the AMAZONAS-2 satellite required by Section 
25.114(d)(4) of the Commission’s rules2 and for failure to provide a complete orbital debris mitigation plan 
for the satellite as required by Section 25.114(d)(14) of the rules.3  
Upon further review, we find that HISPAMAR did supply link budgets for the satellite as 
attachments to its petition, but that these attachments did not appear as part of the petition due to a 
transcription error in the International Bureau’s Filing System (IBFS).  As a result, we conclude that the 
petition provides the link budget information and that failure to provide the information required by Section 
25.114(d)(4) is no longer a ground for dismissal.
We confirm, however, that HISPAMAR’s petition does not provide the complete technical 
information concerning the orbital debris mitigation plans for the AMAZONAS-2 satellite that is required by 
Section 25.114(d)(14) of the Commission’s rules.  Although HISPAMAR provides certain information about 
its plans to prevent the AMAZONAS 2 satellite from becoming a source of orbital debris, it does not provide 
all the information required by sub-parts (i) through (iv) of Section 25.114(d)(14).  Accordingly, 
HISPAMAR’s petition remains incomplete, as was described in the April 2 dismissal letter.
  
1 The Commission’s Permitted Space Station List comprises all satellites with which United States earth stations, with 
“routinely” authorized technical parameters and operating in the conventional C- or Ku-bands, are permitted to 
communicate, without additional Commission action.
2 47 C.F.R. § 25.114(d)(4).
3 47 C.F.R. § 25.114(d)(14).
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In addition, although not a ground for dismissal, we request HISPAMAR to clarify, in any re-filing, 
the status of AMAZONAS-1.  AMAZONAS-1 is a Ku-band satellite that is currently located at the 61º W.L. 
orbital location.  This is the same location at which HISPAMAR intends to operate AMAZONAS-2.4 In 
particular, we request HISPAMAR to clarify any plans to de-orbit AMAZONAS-1 or to co-locate it with 
AMAZONAS-2.
Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of HISPAMAR’s petition to add the AMAZONAS-2 satellite 
to the Commission’s Permitted Space Station List, without prejudice to HISPAMAR re-filing the petition 
with the missing orbital debris mitigation information.  If you have any questions regarding this letter, please 
contact either Stephen Duall, (202) 418-1103, or Kathyrn Medley, (202) 418-1211, of my staff.
Sincerely,
Robert G. Nelson
Chief, Satellite Division
International Bureau
  
4 See Petition for Declaratory Ruling to Add the AMAZONAS-2 Satellite at 1.