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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  June  9,  2006  SAT-  00368  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. 


 S2118  SAT-  MOD-  20060501-  00052  E 
 Modification 
 05/  01/  2006  18:  27:  46:  93000  Date  Filed: 
 XM  Radio  Inc. 


 XM  Radio  Inc.  (XM  Radio)  seeks  to  modify  the  license  of  its  S-  band/  X-  band  satellite,  XM-  1  (Call  Sign  S2118),  in  order  to  relocate  it  to 
 the  85.2°  W.  L.  orbital  location  from  the  115.1°  W.  L.  orbital  location.  Operations  of  the  XM-  1  satellite  at  the  115.1°  W.  L.  orbital 
 location  are  the  subject  of  a  separate  request  for  special  temporary  authority  (IBFS  File  No.  SAT-  STA-  20060501-  00051).  XM  Radio 
 states  that  it  will  operate  at  the  85.2°  W.  L.  orbital  location  with  an  east-  west  stationkeeping  tolerance  of  ±0.05  degrees.  After  XM-  1 
 is  relocated  to  the  85.2°  W.  L.  orbital  location,  it  will  cease  transmitting  and  will  serve  as  an  in-  orbit  spare  for  the  XM-  3  satellite 
 currently  operating  at  the  85.1°  W.  L.  orbital  location. 


 SAT-  STA-  20060501-  00050  E 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 
 05/  01/  2006  17:  46:  54:  75000  Date  Filed: 
 XM  Radio  Inc. 


 XM  Radio  Inc.  (XM  Radio)  requests  special  temporary  authority  (STA)  to  (i)  test  the  XM-  4  satellite  (Call  Sign  S2616)  at  the  110.7° 
 W.  L.  orbital  location  for  a  period  of  90  days  following  launch,  and  (ii)  drift  XM-  4  to  the  115°  W.  L.  orbital  location  after  testing  is 
 complete.  Launch  of  the  XM-  4  satellite  is  currently  expected  to  occur  as  early  as  September  2006.  XM  Radio  seeks  authority  to 
 operate  the  XM-  4  satellite  at  the  110.7°  W.  L.  orbital  location  with  an  east-  west  stationkeeping  tolerance  of  ±0.10  degrees  and 
 accordingly  requests  a  waiver  of  Section  25.210(  j)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  to  the  extent  necessary.  XM  Radio  also  requests  waiver 
 of  Section  25.114  of  the  Commission's  rules  to  the  extent  that  it  requires  a  Schedule  S  to  be  filed  with  a  space  station  STA  request. 


 SAT-  STA-  20060501-  00051  E 
 Special  Temporary  Authority 
 05/  01/  2006  18:  05:  13:  78300  Date  Filed: 
 XM  Radio  Inc. 


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 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  Division  at  202-  418-  0719;  TTY  202-  418-  2555. 
 XM  Radio  Inc.  (XM  Radio)  requests  special  temporary  authority  (STA)  to  (i)  drift  XM-  1  (Call  Sign  S2118)  to  the  115.1°  W.  L.  orbital 
 location,  (ii)  operate  XM-  1  at  the  115.1°  W.  L.  orbital  location,  and  (iii)  subsequently  drift  XM-  1  to  the  85.2°  W.  L.  orbital  location. 
 XM  Radio  requests  a  waiver,  to  the  extent  necessary,  of  the  requirement  to  provide  satellite  antenna  gain  contours  as  part  of  this 
 request  for  STA. 


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