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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 


 Monday  March  26,  2001  SAT-  00067  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. 


 SAT-  PDR-  20000111-  00047  EMPRESA  BRASILEIRA  DE  TELECOMUNICACOES,  S.  A.  (EMBRATEL) 
 Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling 


 On  January  16,  2001,  the  Satellite  and  Radiocommunication  Division  of  the  International  Bureau  (Division)  added  the  Brasilsat  A2 
 satellite,  operated  by  Empresa  Brasileira  de  Telecomicaçöes  S.  A.  (Embratel)  to  the  Permitted  Space  Station  List.  See  Empresa 
 Brasileira  de  Telecomicaçöes  S.  A.,  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  on  Access  to  Brasilsat  A2  Satellite  via  U.  S.  Earth  Stations,  Order, 
 DA  00-  2878  (Sat.  and  Rad.  Div.,  Int'l  Bur.,  released  Jan.  16,  2001)  (Embratel  Permitted  List  Order).  On  March  1,  2001,  Embratel 
 informed  us  that  19.9  percent  of  its  company  was  purchased  by  Société  Européenne  des  Satellites  S.  A.,  and  was  renamed  "STAR  ONE 
 S.  A."  Letter  from  Alfred  M.  Mamlet,  Counsel  for  Embratel,  to  Thomas  S.  Tycz,  Chief,  Satellite  and  Radiocommunication  Division, 
 International  Bureau  (Mar.  1,  2001). 


 We  invite  parties  to  raise  issues  regarding  whether  this  purchase  has  any  effect  on  any  element  of  the  analysis  conducted  in  the 
 Embratel  Permitted  List  Order,  no  later  than  April  5,  2001. 


 NSS-  7  SAT-  PDR-  20010309-  00020  NEW  SKIES  SATELLITES  N.  V. 
 Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling 


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 In  1999,  the  Commission  adopted  the  New  Skies  Market  Access  Order,  which  granted  authority  under  the  DISCO  II  framework  to  136 
 earth  stations  to  communicate  with  one  or  more  of  five  satellites  currently  operated  by  New  Skies  Satellites,  N.  V.  (New  Skies),  subject 
 to  conditions,  for  three  years  after  the  release  date  of  the  that  Order.  See  New  Skies  Satellites,  N.  V.,  Order  and  Authorization,  14  FCC 
 Rcd  13003  (1999)  (New  Skies  Market  Access  Order). 


 On  October  31,  2000,  New  Skies  requested  the  Commission  to  extend  the  136  earth  station  authorizations  to  full  ten-  year  terms,  and 
 to  waive  the  conditions  placed  on  those  earth  station  authorizations.  File  No.  SAT-  PDR-  20001031-  00146.  In  that  context,  New 
 Skies  also  stated  that  it  was  planning  to  launch  NSS-  7  in  2002,  and  requested  us  not  to  impose  a  non-  interference  condition  on  NSS-  7. 
 Letter  from  William  M.  Wiltshire,  Counsel  for  New  Skies  Satellites,  N.  V.  to  Secretary,  FCC,  dated  January  22,  2001.  New  Skies  later 
 provided  technical  information  for  NSS-  7.  See  Letter  from  William  M.  Wiltshire,  Counsel  for  New  Skies  Satellites,  N.  V.  to  Secretary, 
 FCC,  dated  March  9,  2001. 


 Thus,  New  Skies  has  requested  authority  to  use  NSS-  7  to  provide  service  to  the  United  States.  We  will  treat  this  request  as  a  petition 
 for  declaratory  ruling  to  place  NSS-  7  on  the  Permitted  Space  Station  List.  The  Permitted  Space  Station  List  denotes  all  satellites  with 
 which  U.  S.  earth  stations  with  "routinely"  authorized  technical  parameters  are  permitted  to  communicate  without  additional 
 Commission  action,  provided  that  those  communications  fall  within  the  same  technical  parameters  and  conditions  established  in  the 
 earth  stations'  licenses.  See  Amendment  of  the  Commission's  Regulatory  Policies  to  Allow  Non-  U.  S.-  Licensed  Space  Stations  to 
 Provide  Domestic  and  International  Satellite  Service  in  the  United  States,  First  Order  on  Reconsideration,  IB  Docket  No.  96-  111,  15 
 FCC  Rcd  7207  (1999)  (DISCO  II  First  Reconsideration  Order). 


 Comments  are  due  April  5,  2001.  Replies  are  due  April  12,  2001. 


 PAS-  9  SAT-  STA-  20010226-  00014  PANAMSAT  LICENSEE  CORP. 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 


 PanAmSat  Corporation  has  filed  an  application  for  Special  Temporary  Authority  to  relocate  PAS-  9  from  58°  W.  L  to  155.5°  W.  L., 
 and  to  operate  the  C-  band  and  Ku-  band  payloads  on  the  satellite  at  that  orbital  location,  for  up  to  180  days. 


 Comments  may  be  filed  on  or  before  April  2,  2001.  Replies  may  be  filed  on  or  before  April  9,  2001. 


 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  and  Radiocommunication  Division  at  202-  418-  0719; 
 TTY  202-  418-  2555. 


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