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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  23,  2006  SAT-  00371  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. 


 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  Division  at  202-  418-  0719;  TTY  202-  418-  2555. 
 S2695  SAT-  PPL-  20060329-  00030  E 
 Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  to  be  Added  to  the  Permitted  List 
 03/  29/  2006  12:  41:  12:  50300  Date  Filed: 
 Satelites  Mexicanos  S.  A.  de  C.  V. 


 Satelites  Mexicanos,  S.  A.  de  C.  V.  (Satmex)  has  filed  a  petition  for  a  declaratory  ruling,  File  No.  SAT-  PPL-  20060329-  00030,  to  add  the 
 C-  and  Ku-  band  Satellite  Satmex  6,  which  is  licensed  by  Mexico,  to  be  located  at  the  113°  W.  L.  orbital  location,  to  the  Commission's 
 Permitted  Space  Station  List  (Permitted  List).  In  its  petition,  Satmex  6  requests  a  waiver  of  the  requirement  in  Section  25.210(  a)(  3) 
 of  the  Commission’s  rules  that  4/  6  GHz  band  space  stations  shall  be  capable  of  switching  polarization  sense  upon  ground  command. 
 Satmex  6  also  requests  a  waiver  of  the  requirement  in  Section  25.210(  i)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  that  space  station  antennas  in  the 
 Fixed-  Satellite  Service  (FSS)  must  be  designed  to  provide  a  cross-  polarization  isolation  such  that  the  ratio  of  the  on  axis  co-  polar  gain 
 to  the  cross-  polar  gain  of  the  antenna  in  the  assigned  frequency  band  shall  be  at  least  30  dB  within  its  primary  coverage  area.  Satmex 
 6  also  requests  authorization  for  FSS  direct-  to-  home  service. 


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