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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  March  25,  2004  SES-  00590  Report  No. 


 RE:  SATELLITE  RADIO  APPLICATIONS  ACCEPTED  FOR  FILING 
 SATELLITE  COMMUNICATIONS  SERVICES 


 The  applications  listed  herein  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  they  are  defective  and  not  in 
 conformance  with  the  Commission's  Rules  and  Regulations  and  its  Policies.  Final  action  will  not  be  taken  on  any  of  these  applications  earlier  than  30  days  following  the  date  of  this  notice.  47  U.  S.  C.  §  309(  b).  All  applications  accepted  for  filing 
 will  be  assigned  call  signs,  or  other  unique  station  identifiers.  However,  these  assignments  are  for  administrative  purposes  only  and  do  not  in  any  way  prejudice  Commission  action. 


 DIRECTV  Enterprises,  LLC  E040024  SES-  LFS-  20040112-  00023  E 
 Class  of  Station:  Other 
 License  to  communicate  with  a  Foreign  Satellite 


 Nature  of  Service:  Other 


 On  January  12,  2004,  DIRECTV  Enterprises,  LLC  filed  a  Blanket  Receive  Only  Earth  Station  Application  to  provide  DBS  service  to 
 the  U.  S.  market  in  BSS  spectrum  from  the  72.5º  W.  L.  orbital  location  using  the  DIRECTV  5  satellite.  In  its  application,  DIRECTV 
 requests  that  the  Commission  find  it  in  the  public  interest  to  allow  1,000,000  receive-  only  earth  stations  to  access  DIRECTV  5,  which 
 will  provide  service  from  the  Canadian  BSS  position  at  72.5°  W.  L.  The  DIRECTV  5  satellite  will  be  licensed  by  the  Government  of 
 Canada  to  Telesat  Canada.  DIRECTV  will  retain  use  of  the  transponder  capacity  of  DIRECTV  5  to  provide  service  to  the  U.  S. 
 DIRECTV  5  will  use  the  12.2-  12.7  GHz  downlink  frequency  bands  that  have  been  allocated  and  are  currently  used  in  Region  2 
 (including  the  United  States)  for  DBS.  As  of  the  date  of  the  release  of  this  Public  Notice,  we  redesignate  the  ex  parte  status  of  this 
 proceeding  from  restricted  to  "permit-  but-  disclose,"  pursuant  to  Section  1.1200(  a)  of  our  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1200(  a). 


 Comments  may  be  filed  on  or  before  April  26,  2004.  Replies  may  be  filed  on  or  before  May  6,  2004. 


 SITE  ID:  1 
 LOCATION: 


 Various  -  All  using  the  following 
 specs. 
 .45  cm  0.45  meters  ANTENNA  ID:  Various 


 0.00  dBW  See  attached  public  interest  statement 
 -  Exhibit  A 
 12200.0000  -  12700.0000  MHz  N/  A 


 Points  of  Communication: 
 1  -  DIRECTV  5  -  (@  72.5  WL) 
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