*Pages 1--2 from C:\Pdf2Text\Ready4Text_in\pdf\36967.pdf* 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 March 26, 2004 SAT- 00203 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. Consideration of each satellite application in this Public Notice may depend on the Commission's action on another satellite application earlier in the queue. 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. Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC S2487 SAT- AMD- 20040227- 00021 E Amendment 02/ 27/ 2004 14: 43: 12: 08000 Date Filed: Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ('MSV') amends its pending application to launch and operate a Mobile Satellite Service ('MSS') satellite at the 63.5W orbital location by (i) increasing the size of the L- band service link antenna; (ii) increasing the EIRP of the satellite; (iii) increasing the potential number of L- band spot beams; (iv) modifying the baseline air interface protocol from GMR only to GMR- 2, S- cdma2000, and SW- CDMA; and (v) requesting a waiver of the bond requirement (47 C. F. R. sec. 25.165( a)). EchoStar Satellite L. L. C. S2615 SAT- LOA- 20040210- 00015 E Launch and Operating Authority 02/ 10/ 2004 15: 24: 24: 68300 Date Filed: EchoStar Satellite L. L. C. (EchoStar), formerly known as EchoStar Satellite Corporation, has filed an application for authority to construct, launch and operate a geostationary (GSO) satellite in the Fixed- Satellite Service (FSS) using allotted extended Ku- band frequencies (10.7- 10.75 GHz and 11.2- 11.45 GHz downlink; 12.75- 13.0 GHz and 13.15- 13.2 GHz uplink) at the 101° W. L. orbital location. The proposed satellite will operate with 18 transponders each of 27 MHz usable bandwidth, meaning full frequency reuse of up to 300 MHz on both the uplink and downlink paths. The proposed satellite will operate using a broad coverage beam on the downlink that is switchable to smaller spot beams. In addition, the proposed satellite will have a pair of satellite receive beams for feeder link uplink transmissions. Both uplink beams are steerable and can be used to point to various locations in other countries. If its waiver request is granted, EchoStar envisions using one of the beams for uplink transmissions from EchoStar’s feeder link earth station located at Cheyenne, Wyoming, while using the other steerable beam to uplink transmissions (including international programming) directly from other countries (e. g. Canada, Mexico and Peru). This satellite design will also enable EchoStar to share on a co- frequency basis portions of the allotted extended Ku- band with the feeder links of MSV’s proposed "replacement" Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) satellite at the same orbital location. Page 1 of 2 1 For more information concerning this Notice, contact the Satellite Division at 202- 418- 0719; TTY 202- 418- 2555. EchoStar requests a waiver of footnote NG104 of the U. S. Table of Allocations, 47 C. F. R. § 2.106, to the extent necessary to permit it to provide domestic service as well as international service from the proposed satellite and for TT& C operations in the United States using the allotted extended Ku- band frequencies. EchoStar also requests a waiver of 47 C. F. R. § 25.210( f) to the extent required to permit operation of the proposed allotted extended Ku- band payload by way of circular polarization. EchoStar proposes to offer Direct- to- Home services, interactive services and HD content to consumers using transactions modeled on the current relationship between EchoStar and its DBS subscribers, which is a non- common carrier relationship, or other non- common carrier transactions. L/ Q Licensee, Inc. S2115 SAT- STA- 20040309- 00028 E Special Temporary Authority 03/ 09/ 2004 18: 11: 12: 17000 Date Filed: L/ Q Licensee, Inc. has filed a request for extension of special temporary authority (STA), originally granted September 27, 2001 (File No. SAT- STA- 20010810- 00072), authorizing L/ Q Licensee to raise two satellites in its operational constellation to a 'graveyard orbit' of 1514 kilometers. Iridium Constellation LLC S2110 SAT- STA- 20040319- 00056 E Special Temporary Authority 03/ 19/ 2004 16: 52: 33: 98600 Date Filed: Iridium Constellation LLC ('Iridium') seeks special temporary authority ('STA') to provide global mobile satellite service ('MSS') in the 1620.10- 1621.35 MHz frequency band for 180 days from May 13, 2004 through and including November 8, 2004. SES Americom, Inc. SAT- STA- 20040325- 00069 E Special Temporary Authority 03/ 25/ 2004 13: 18: 41: 25000 Date Filed: SES AMERICOM, Inc. has filed a request for a thirty- day extension of its special temporary authority (STA) to test its AMC- 10 spacecraft at 146º W. L. AMC- 10 is a C- band replacement satellite for Satcom C- 4 at 135º W. L. The original testing authority was granted in File No. SAT- STA- 20031219- 00363 for a period of sixty days commencing with the launch of AMC- 10, and expires on April 5, 2004. SES AMERICOM requests a brief extension of the testing authority to permit AMC- 10 to remain at 146º W. L. until after the end of the current eclipse period. Page 2 of 2 2