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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 


 Friday  October  31,  2003  SAT-  00176  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. 


 Sirius  Satellite  Radio  Inc.  SAT-  STA-  20020827-  00248  P 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 
 08/  27/  2002  00:  00:  00:  00000  Date  Filed: 


 Sirius  Satellite  Radio,  Inc.  ("  Sirius"),  a  licensee  in  the  satellite  digital  audio  radio  service  ("  SDARS"),  has  filed  two  requests  for  special 
 temporary  authority  ("  STA")  to  operate  terrestrial  repeaters.  By  a  request  filed  August  27,  2002,  Sirius  requests  special  temporary 
 authority  to  operate  certain  existing  terrestrial  repeaters  with  technical  specifications  different  than  those  notified  as  part  of  its  STA 
 granted  in  November  2001.  See  File  No.  SAT-  STA-  20010724-  00064;  16  FCC  Rcd  16773  (Int'l  Bur.  2001).  Sirius  claims  that  these 
 technical  alterations  are  necessary  to  implement  transmit  diversity  and  to  optimize  the  performance  of  its  SDARS  system.  In  addition, 
 Sirius  has  filed  letters  dated  June  16,  2003,  September  25,  2003,  and  October  10,  2003,  in  which  it  responds  to  information  requests 
 from  Commission  staff.  These  supplemental  letters  are  included  in  the  above-  captioned  file.  Sirius  states  that  its  proposed  alterations 
 will  not  change  its  obligations  to  protect  licensees  in  the  Wireless  Communications  Service  ("  WCS")  and  other  authorized 
 radiocommunications  facilities  from  interference  and  are  subject  to  the  outcome  of  the  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  IB 
 Docket  No.  95-  91.  Sirius  also  represents  that  it  has  contacted  representatives  of  WCS  licensees  that  hold  licenses  in  markets  in  which 
 Sirius  seeks  to  alter  or  add  repeaters  in  order  to  notify  them  of  the  proposed  changes. 


 PLEASE  NOTE:  COMMENTS  on  this  request  may  be  filed  on  or  before  DECEMBER  1,  2003.  REPLIES  may  be  filed  on  or  before 
 DECEMBER  11,  2003. 


 Sirius  Satellite  Radio  Inc.  SAT-  STA-  20030827-  00299  P 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 
 08/  27/  2003  00:  00:  00:  00000  Date  Filed: 


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 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  Division  at  202-  418-  0719;  TTY  202-  418-  2555. 
 Sirius  Satellite  Radio,  Inc.  ("  Sirius"),  a  licensee  in  the  satellite  digital  audio  radio  service  ("  SDARS"),  has  filed  a  request  for  special 
 temporary  authority  ("  STA")  to  operate  terrestrial  repeaters.  By  a  request  filed  August  27,  2003,  Sirius  seeks  to  alter  the  technical 
 specifications  of  certain  existing  terrestrial  repeaters,  and  to  operate  135  additional  repeaters  throughout  the  United  States,  at 
 locations  and  with  technical  specifications  different  than  those  notified  as  part  of  its  STA  granted  in  November  2001.  See  File  No. 
 SAT-  STA-  20010724-  00064;  16  FCC  Rcd  16773  (Int'l  Bur.  2001).  In  addition,  Sirius  has  filed  letters  dated  June  16,  2003,  September 
 25,  2003,  and  October  10,  2003,  in  which  it  responds  to  information  requests  from  Commission  staff.  These  supplemental  letters  are 
 included  in  the  above-  captioned  file.  Sirius  states  that  its  proposed  alterations  will  not  change  its  obligations  to  protect  licensees  in  the 
 Wireless  Communications  Service  ("  WCS")  and  other  authorized  radiocommunications  facilities  from  interference  and  are  subject  to 
 the  outcome  of  the  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  IB  Docket  No.  95-  91.  Sirius  also  represents  that  it  has  contacted 
 representatives  of  WCS  licensees  that  hold  licenses  in  markets  in  which  Sirius  seeks  to  alter  or  add  repeaters  in  order  to  notify  them  of 
 the  proposed  changes. 


 PLEASE  NOTE:  COMMENTS  on  this  request  may  be  filed  on  or  before  DECEMBER  1,  2003.  REPLIES  may  be  filed  on  or  before 
 DECEMBER  11,  2003. 


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