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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  April  30,  2004  SAT-  00213  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. 


 CONTACTMEO  COMMUNICATIONS,  LLC  S2346  SAT-  AMD-  20040322-  00057  E 
 Amendment 
 03/  22/  2004  16:  09:  29:  91000  Date  Filed: 


 contactMEO  Communications,  LLC  (@  contact)  has  filed  an  amendment  to  its  pending  application  for  authority  to  launch  and  operate 
 the  non-  geostationary  satellite  (non-  GSO  or  NGSO)  portion  of  its  proposed  Ka-  band  Fixed  Satellite  Service  (FSS)  system.  (See  File  No. 
 SAT-  LOA-  19971222-  00222)  @contact  seeks  to  change  the  orbital  configuration  of  its  pending  application  from  medium-  Earth  orbits 
 to  a  combination  of  highly-  elliptical  orbits  (HEO)  and  geosynchronous  circular  orbits;  to  reduce  the  number  of  non-  GSO  satellites  from 
 the  currently-  proposed  16  (plus  4  spare)  to  7  Ka-  band  satellites;  to  clarify  the  spectrum  requirements  for  the  system  in  the  Ka-  band; 
 and  to  provide  additional  or  revised  technical  information  concerning  the  system.  @contact  proposes  to  operate  a  Ka-  band  system 
 with  three  HEO  satellites  in  HEO  orbits  and  four  satellites  in  geostationary  orbits  at  83º  W.  L.,  121º  W.  L.,  34º  E.  L.  and  130º  E.  L. 


 The  three  HEO  satellites  will  operate  in  the  primary  non-  GSO  FSS  frequencies  at  18.8-  19.3  GHz  and  28.6-  29.1  GHz  in  accordance  with 
 the  Commission’s  28  GHz  Band  Plan.  The  HEO  satellites  will  also  operate  on  a  secondary/  non-  unacceptable-  interference  basis  in  the 
 19.7-  20.2  GHz  and  29.5-  30  GHz  bands,  subject  to  the  applicable  equivalent  power  flux-  density  limits  (EPFD)  in  Article  22  of  the  ITU 
 Radio  Regulations.  This  total  amount  of  Ka-  band  spectrum,  1000  megahertz  in  each  direction,  is  the  same  as  was  requested  in 
 @contact’s  December  1997  Ka-  band  submission.  In  the  primary  non-  GSO  bands  at  18.8-  19.3  GHz  and  28.6-  29.1  GHz,  the  HEO 
 spacecraft  would  operate  with  maximum  power  flux-  density  levels  (PFD)  not  in  excess  of  those  specified  in  Article  21  (Table  21-  4)  of 
 the  ITU  Radio  Regulations,  as  applicable  to  non-  GSO  satellites  in  the  17.7-  19.3  GHz  band.  @contact  states  the  four  geosynchronous 
 satellites  that  would  operate  on  a  secondary  basis  in  the  non-  GSO  primary  bands  would,  along  with  the  HEO  satellites,  operate  under  the 
 conditions  of  sharing  imposed  on  non-  GSOs  in  the  FCC’s  July  2003  Ka-  band  service  rules  order.  The  geostationary  satellites  will 
 operate  in  1000  MHz  of  NGSO  secondary  spectrum  at  Ka-  band. 


 @contact  has  also  requested  several  waivers  in  this  application.  @contact  seeks  waiver  of  the  Commission’s  performance  bond 
 requirement;  a  waiver  of  Section  25.202(  g)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  permit  it  to  place  its  transfer-  orbit  and  emergency-  mode 
 on-  orbit  TT&  C  links  in  4/  6  GHz  (C-  band)  FSS  frequencies,  rather  than  at  the  band  edge  in  the  Ka-  band;  and  a  waiver  of  the 
 Commission’s  28  GHz  Band  Plan  in  order  that  its  HEO  satellites  may  operate  in  the  19.7-  20.2  GHz  and  29.5-  30  GHz  bands  on  a 
 secondary/  non-  unacceptable  interference  basis  and  to  permit  it  to  use  the  four  geosynchronous  satellites  to  supplement  the  HEO 
 satellites  in  the  18.8-  19.3  GHz  and  28.6-  29.1  GHz  bands. 


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 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  Division  at  202-  418-  0719;  TTY  202-  418-  2555. 
 HISPAMAR  SATELLITES,  S.  A.  S2622  SAT-  PPL-  20040402-  00073  E 
 Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  to  be  Added  to  the  Permitted  List 
 04/  02/  2004  13:  08:  18:  36000  Date  Filed: 


 HISPAMAR  SATELLITES,  S.  A.  has  filed  a  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  to  add  the  AMAZONAS-  1  satellite,  licensed  by  Brazil  to 
 operate  at  61°  W.  L.,  to  the  Commission’s  Permitted  Space  Station  List  to  allow  all  U.  S.  C-  band  and  Ku-  band  earth  stations  to  uplink  to 
 the  satellite  in  the  conventional  C-  band  and  Ku-  band  frequencies.  Services  to  be  provided  are  domestic  and  international  services 
 operating  in  FSS  frequency  bands. 


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