*Pages 1--2 from C:\Pdf2Text\Ready4Text_in\pdf\59173.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 August 18, 2006 SAT- 00381 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. S2680 SAT- AMD- 20060626- 00068 E Amendment 06/ 26/ 2006 19: 58: 12: 49300 Date Filed: ATCONTACT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC On June 26, 2006, ATCONTACT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, (ATCONTACT) filed an amendment to a modification request (See File No. SAT- MOD- 20060511- 0059) that was subsequently granted. See Public Notice, Report No. SAT- 00374, DA No. 06- 1382. As a result, the amendment will be treated as a request for modification of its existing authorization (Call Sign: S2680) to operate at the 83º W. L. orbital location. In this June 26, 2006 filing, ATCONTACT seeks to add the 18.3- 18.8 GHz (downlink), 19.7- 20.2 GHz (downlink), 28.35- 28.6 GHz (uplink) and 29.25- 30.0 GHz (uplink) frequency bands to its authorization to operate at 83º W. L. orbital location. S2697 SAT- AMD- 20060727- 00083 E Amendment 07/ 27/ 2006 16: 13: 06: 51300 Date Filed: New ICO Satellite Services G. P. New ICO Satellite Services, G. P. (ICO) has filed an amendment to its 2005 application to modify its 2 GHz spectrum reservation (SAT- MOD- 20051021- 00206). In its 2005 modification application, ICO proposed adding a GSO satellite to its 2 GHz MSS system at 115 degrees W. L.. In its amendment application, ICO proposes to change the orbit location of that satellite to 114.75 degrees, W. L. ICO also seeks a waiver satellite processing of Sections 25.116( a) and (b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C. F. R. Section 25.116( a), (b), to allow it to maintain its place in the queue. S2693 SAT- RPL- 20060119- 00005 E Replacement Satellite Application (no new frequency) 01/ 19/ 2006 16: 45: 49: 85300 Date Filed: DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC Page 1 of 2 1 For more information concerning this Notice, contact the Satellite Division at 202- 418- 0719; TTY 202- 418- 2555. DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC has filed an application for authority to launch DIRECTV 13 (Call Sign: S2693), a Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) service satellite, and it to operate it at the 110° W. L. nominal orbital location. DIRECTV 13 will provide DBS service in the Ku- band and will replace the operations currently being provided by the DIRECTV 5 satellite at this location. DIRECTV 13 is designed to provide DBS service in the AP30/ 30A bands (12.2- 12.7 GHz (space- to- Earth) and 17.3- 17.8 GHz (Earth- to- space)). The Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT& C) functions will be provided at the edges of the 12.2- 12.7 GHz (space- to- earth) and the17.3- 17.8 GHz (Earth- to- space) bands. The portions of the application pertaining to operation in the 36 MHz and 82 MHz wideband modes have been dismissed without prejudice to refiling. In addition, the portion of the application pertaining to a payload capable of operating on 16 even- numbered channels was also dismissed due to failure to provide information required by Section 25.114. See Letter to William W. Wiltshire, Esq., Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, from Robert G. Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, dated August 17, 2006 (DA 06- 1651). SAT- STA- 20060623- 00067 E Special Temporary Authority 06/ 23/ 2006 01: 44: 48: 42600 Date Filed: SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO INC. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. has filed a modification of its Special Temporary Authority requesting authority to operate sixteen additional satellite digital audio radio service terrestrial repeaters. Page 2 of 2 2