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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 


 Tuesday  April  22,  2003  SAT-  00148  Report  No. 


 Satellite  Space  Applications  Accepted  for  Filing 
 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. 


 Modification 
 Hughes  Network  Systems,  Inc.  S2185  SAT-  MOD-  20030401-  00059  E 


 Hughes  Network  Systems,  Inc.  (HNS)  hereby  requests  that  the  Commission  reassign  S2185,  a  Ka  band  GSO  FSS  satellite,  to  the  30º  E.  L. 
 location,  and  modify  the  Commission’s  current  Ka  Band  Orbital  Assignment  Order  to  reflect  this  reassignment. 


 S2185  is  part  of  the  HNS  SPACEWAY  constellation  and  currently  is  assigned  to  49º  W.  L.  In  order  to  be  in  the  best  position  to  serve 
 Europe,  the  Mid-  East,  and  Africa  over  the  SPACEWAY  system,  HNS  has  determined  that  it  needs  access  to  two  Ka  band  orbital 
 locations  with  suitable  coverage  of  that  region.  The  25º  E.  L.  location  currently  assigned  to  HNS3  is  one  such  location.  HNS  seeks  a 
 reassignment  of  S2185  to  30º  E.  L.,  thereby  providing  HNS  with  a  license  for  two  Ka  band  orbital  locations  with  suitable  coverage  of 
 Europe,  the  Mid-  East,  and  Africa. 


 Modification 
 Hughes  Network  Systems,  Inc.  S2191  SAT-  MOD-  20030401-  00060  E 


 Hughes  Network  Systems,  Inc.  (Hughes)  hereby  requests  that  the  Commission  modify  Hughes’s  authorization  for  a  Ka  band  satellite 
 system  at  103°  W.  L.  to  allow  Hughes  to  implement  minor  changes.  Hughes  is  proposing  to  incorporate  minor  system  modifications 
 to  its  licensed  system  configuration  to  integrate  the  103°  W.  L.  system  into  the  SPACEWAY  system,  improve  system  performance, 
 increase  capacity  for  subscriber  services,  optimize  the  cost  effectiveness  of  services  to  customers  and  ensure  that  the  system  design  (as 
 modified)  meets  all  provisions  of  the  FCC’s  Ka-  Band  rules. 


 Specifically,  the  significant  changes  include: 
 Use  of  112  satellite  receive  beams  (0.5  degrees  each); 
 Use  of  phased-  array  antennas  for  downlink  transmissions  through  small,  hopping  spot  beams  with  higher  EIRP,  and  greater  antenna 
 pointing  accuracy  and  control; 
 Addition  of  a  downlink  broadcasting  capability  through  multiple  wide-  area  beams  on  each  polarization  to  cover  wide  geographic  areas; 
 A  variety  of  user  uplink  data  transmission  rates  to  support  different  user  terminal  sizes,  and  a  higher  downlink  transmission  rate; 
 New  bandwidth  partitioning  and  frequency  re-  use  schemes  for  uplink  and  downlink  signals; 
 Time-  sharing  of  downlink  carriers  between  spot  beams  and  wide-  area  beam  services; 
 Incorporation  of  improved  capability  to  do  demodulation,  re-  modulation  and  packet  switching; 
 Use  of  downlink  power  control  to  improve  spacecraft  power  utilization;  and 
 Improved  Telemetry,  Tracking  and  Command  design. 


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 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  Division  at  202-  418-  0719;  TTY  202-  418-  2555. 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 
 SES  Americom,  Inc.  SAT-  STA-  20030402-  00061  E 


 SES  AMERICOM,  Inc.  has  filed  a  request  for  special  temporary  authority  to  relocate  the  AMC-  2  space  station  from  85º  W.  L.  to  105º 
 W.  L.  and  to  operate  the  spacecraft  at  105º  W.  L.  Grant  of  the  requested  authority  will  allow  SES  AMERICOM  to  enhance  its  services 
 to  users  at  the  105º  W.  L.  orbital  location.  SES  AMERICOM  seeks  expedited  action  on  this  request  to  permit  relocation  of  AMC-  2  to 
 begin  in  early  June. 


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