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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 


 Thursday  November  2,  2000  SAT-  00058  Report  No. 


 Applications  Accepted  for  Filing 
 SATELLITE  POLICY  BRANCH  INFORMATION 


 The  applications  listed  below  have  been  found,  upon  initial  review,  to  be  acceptable  for  filing.  The  Commission  reserves 
 the  right  to  return  any  of  the  applications  if,  upon  further  examination,  it  is  determined  the  application  is  not  in 
 conformance  with  the  Commission's  rules  or  its  policies.  Petitions,  oppositions  and  other  pleadings  filed  in  response  to 
 this  notice  should  conform  to  Section  25.154  of  the  Commission's  rules,  unless  otherwise  noted.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.154. 


 S2424  SAT-  STA-  20001016-  00144  VOLUNTEERS  IN  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE  (  d/  b/  a  VITASAT  ) 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 


 Volunteers  in  Technical  Assistance  (VITA)  has  filed  a  request  for  special  temporary  authority  to  operate  VITASAT-  1R  as  its 
 first-  round  "Little  LEO"  satellite,  pending  action  on  VITA's  "notification"  pursuant  to  section  25.142(  a)(  5)  of  the  Commission's  rules, 
 that  it  plans  to  replace  a  space  station  within  the  system  license  term  with  a  technically  identical  replacement  satellite.  (See  File  No. 
 SAT-  LOA-  20000814-  00139)  In  that  Notification,  VITA  informed  the  Commission  that  it  intends  to  operate  the  communications 
 payload  on  board  "HealthSat-  2,"  an  in-  orbit  satellite  authorized  on  an  experimental  basis  to  SatelLife,  Inc.,  as  a  replacement  for 
 VITA's  previously  authorized  VITASAT-  1R  satellite.  VITA  is  requesting  special  temporary  authority  for  up  to  a  180-  days  to  operate 
 the  VITASAT-  1R  as  described  in  the  pending  application. 


 S2227  SAT-  STA-  20001016-  00145  VOLUNTEERS  IN  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE  (  d/  b/  a  VITASAT  ) 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 


 Volunteers  in  Technical  Assistance  (VITA)  has  filed  a  request  for  special  temporary  authority  to  operate  the  VITASAT-  2  satellite  as 
 its  second-  round  "Little  LEO"  satellite,  pending  action  on  the  supplement  to  its  pending  request  for  milestone  extension  for 
 VITASAT-  2,  a  non-  voice-  nongeostationary  mobile  satellite  authorized  on  March  31,  1998.  (See  File  No. 
 SAT-  MOD-  20000814-  00138)  The  authorization  for  VITASAT-  2  includes  a  milestone  in  March  1999  for  commencement  of 
 construction  of  the  satellite.  On  March  26,  1999,  VITA  requested  an  extension  of  that  milestone.  In  the  supplement,  VITA  notifies 
 the  Commission  of  an  agreement  by  which  VITA  will  lease  a  transponder  on  an  in-  orbit  satellite,  satisfying  all  its  milestones  under  the 
 authorization.  VITA  is  requesting  special  temporary  authority  for  up  to  180  days  to  operate  the  VITASAT-  2  satellite  as  set  forth  in 
 the  supplement. 


 Comments  or  petitions  on  these  requests  are  due  on  or  before  November  9,  2000.  Replies  or  oppositions  are  due  on  or 
 before  November  15,  2000. 


 For  further  information  contact,  Mark  Young  (202)  418-  0762  or  Kathleen  Campbell  (202)  418-  0753. 


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