*Pages 1--6 from Microsoft Word - 40460* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY: 1- 888- 835- 5322 July 23, 2004 Ka- Band Licenses Surrendered; Current List of Orbital Locations Not Available for Licensing in Portions of the Ka- Band Report No. SPB- 208 In this Public Notice, we announce the surrender of various licenses in portions of the Ka- band frequencies. We also provide an updated list of all of the Ka- band orbit locations where satellites are assigned to commercial licenses or are authorized for Federal Government operations. Prospective applicants should consult this list before filing a Ka- band application. S2187 Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (File No. SAT- LOA- 19950929- 00127) On April 14, 2004, Hughes Network Systems filed a letter surrendering its authorization to construct, launch, and operate a Ka- band FSS satellite at 101 degrees E. L. (Letter from Michael L. Cook, Sr. Vice President & General Manager, SPACEWAY, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (April 14, 2004)). Hughes was authorized to operate its satellite at the 101 degree E. L. orbit location in the 18.3- 18.8, 19.7- 20.2, 28.35- 28.6, and 29.25- 30.0 GHz frequency bands. Accordingly, the frequencies at this orbit location are available for reassignment effective 11: 00 AM EST on the day this public notice is released. S2188 Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (File No. SAT- LOA- 19950929- 00128) On April 14, 2004, Hughes Network Systems filed a letter surrendering its authorization to construct, launch, and operate a Ka- band FSS satellite at 111 degrees E. L. (Letter from Michael L. Cook, Sr. Vice President & General Manager, SPACEWAY, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (April 14, 2004)). Hughes was authorized to operate its satellite at the 111 degree E. L. orbit location in the 18.3- 18.8, 19.7- 20.2, 28.35- 28.6, and 29.25- 30.0 GHz frequency bands. This orbit location in the 17.8- 20.2 GHz band is not available for reassignment. 1 2 S2185 Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (File No. SAT- LOA- 19950929- 00125) On April 14, 2004, Hughes Network Systems filed a letter surrendering its authorization to construct, launch, and operate a Ka- band FSS satellite at 49 degrees W. L. (Letter from Michael L. Cook, Sr. Vice President & General Manager, SPACEWAY, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (April 14, 2004)). Hughes was authorized to operate its satellite at the 49 degree W. L. orbit location in the 18.3- 18.8, 19.7- 20.2, 28.35- 28.6, and 29.25- 30.0 GHz frequency bands. Accordingly, the frequencies at this orbit location are available for reassignment effective 11: 00 AM EST on the day this public notice is released. S2190 Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (File No. SAT- LOA- 19950929- 00137) On May 19, 2004, Hughes Network Systems filed a letter surrendering its authorization to construct, launch, and operate a Ka- band FSS satellite at 25 degrees E. L. (Letter from Mike Cook, Sr. Vice President & General Manager, SPACEWAY, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 19, 2004)). Hughes was authorized to operate its satellite at the 25 degree E. L. orbit location in the 18.3- 18.8, 19.7- 20.2, 28.35- 28.6, and 29.25- 30.0 GHz frequency bands. Accordingly, the frequencies at this orbit location are available for reassignment effective 11: 00 AM EST on the day this public notice is released. S2140 Celsat America, Inc. On July 17, 2004, Celsat America, Inc., filed an application to modify its authorization to operate in portions of the 2 GHz band using feeder links in specific frequencies in the Ka- band. (Application for Minor Modification to Space Station Authorization of Celsat America, Inc., File No. SAT- MOD- 20040717- 00134 (filed July 17, 2004)). In this application, Celsat among other things, surrenders its Ka- band authorization at the 83 degree W. L. orbit location. 1 Specifically, Celsat was authorized to operate feeder links, for use with service links in portions of the 2 GHz band, at the 83 degree W. L. orbit location in the 18.3- 18.8, 28.35- 28.6 and 29.25- 29.5 GHz frequency bands. Accordingly, these Ka- band frequencies at this orbit location are available for reassignment effective 11: 00 AM EST on the day this public notice is released. I. CURRENT LIST OF ORBIT LOCATIONS UNAVAILABLE IN PORTIONS OF THE KA- BAND Attached is a list of nominal orbital locations where specific Ka- band frequency bands are no longer available for licensing because: 1) the FCC has licensed a satellite to operate in those 1 This Public Notice does not address the status of Celsat’s license for service links in the 2 GHz frequency band. 2 3 frequencies at that location, 2) the FCC has granted market access to a foreign satellite in those frequencies at that location or 3) the Federal Government has authorized a satellite to operate in those frequencies at that location. 2 Orbital locations that are less than two degrees away from the orbital locations on this list are also unavailable at this time for satellite licensing in these frequency bands. 2 Letter from Fredrick R. Wentland, Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum, National Telecommunications and Information Administration to Thomas Tycz, Chief, Satellite Division, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (dated March 4, 2004). 3