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                                 Federal Communications Commission                   DA 97-2254 
                                    
                                    
                               Before the
                      Federal Communications Commission           
                         Washington, D.C.  20554

In the matter of                                    )
                                                  )      
Amendment of the Commission's                     )      RM No. 9165
Rules to Incorporate Mobile Earth                 )
Station Out-of-Band Emission Limits               )      


                                   ORDER

Adopted:  October 23, 1997                        Released:  October 23, 1997

By the Chief, Satellite and Radiocommunication Division:

     1.     By this Order, we grant, in part, the joint motion filed by AMSC Subsidiary
Corporation and COMSAT Corporation for an extension of time in which to file comments
on the petition for rulemaking filed by the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration on September 19, 1997.
 
     2.     Noting that the current deadline for filing comments is October 23, 1997, the
petitioners ask that the deadline be postponed to January 21, 1998.  The petitioners maintain
additional time is needed to permit them to gather relevant information from equipment
manufacturers and customers from which to prepare responsive and informed comments. 
They add that they have orally notified counsel for all of the Big LEO licensees of the
extension request.

     3.     In response, Globalstar, L.P. says that it does not object to a two-week
extension but argues that a 90-day extension is unwarranted.  It points out that the issue of
determining an appropriate emissions limit for protection of GLONASS communications is to
be studied by International Telecommunication Union Working Party 8/D in March 1998,
and contends, inter alia, that the Commission should issue a notice of proposed rulemaking
well before then so that it can "take a leadership role on this issue."

     4.     We believe that a forty-five-day extension will afford ample time for
preparation of comments without unduly delaying resolution of this proceeding.

     5.     Accordingly, pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.261 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.261, the joint motion IS GRANTED IN PART, and the
time for any interested person to file comments is extended to December 8, 1997.  The
deadline for filing reply comments will be December 23, 1997. 


                                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION



                                          Thomas S. Tycz
                                          Chief, Satellite and Radiocommunication Division
                                          International Bureau