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Report No. SPB-131                                            July 14, 1998



                           INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
                   SATELLITE POLICY BRANCH INFORMATION:
                                    

     1.  USSB II, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United States Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc.
(USSB), has surrendered its western channel assignment at the 148ø W.L. orbital location.  

     2.  USSB was granted a construction permit to construct a Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)
system in 1982.  CBS, Inc., 92 FCC2d 64 (1982).  In 1985, USSB was authorized to construct and
launch a satellite to provide eight channels of DBS service from the 148ø W.L. orbital location.  RCA
American Communications, Inc., Mimeo No. 7115 (1985).  In 1994, USSB was authorized to assign
its construction permit for its assigned channels at 148ø W.L. to USSB II.  See letter from Thomas S.
Tycz, FCC, to Paul J. Feldman, Counsel for USSB and USSB II, dated December 21, 1994.

     3.  USSB II voluntarily surrendered its assigned channels at the 148ø W.L. location on June
23, 1998 in a letter to Regina M. Keeney, Chief, International Bureau from Marvin Rosenberg,
Counsel for and Assistant Secretary of USSB II.  Accordingly, the construction permit for those
channels is hereby cancelled.  

     Copies of the letter from USSB II will be available for public inspection in the International
Reference Center, Room 102, 2000 M St. N.W., Washington, D.C.  For further information, contact
Chris Murphy, International Bureau (202) 418-2373.



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