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DBS Reduced Spacing PN

On December 16, 2003, the Commission issued a Public Notice seeking comment on the feasibility of allowing DBS operators to provide service in the United States from orbital locations at less than the current nine-degree spacing. The PN identified three filings currently before the Commission

  1. Petition of SES AMERICOM
  2. Applications of EchoStar Satellite Corporation
  3. Petition of DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC

and sought comment on the technical feasibility of these proposals, as well as any other proposals, suggestions or recommendations for establishing new orbital spacing for DBS in the United States. Interested parties were invited to file Comments no later than January 23, 2004 and Reply Comments, no later than February 13, 2004.

Public Notice

Document ID Title
DA-03-3903 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSALS TO PERMIT REDUCING ORBITAL SPACINGS BETWEEN U. S. DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITES

Comments January 23, 2004

Document ID Title
243411 COMMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA
243412 COMMENTS OF GIBRALTAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY
243414 COMMENTS OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
243415 COMMENTS OF BELL EXPRESSVU LP.
243417 COMMENTS OF TELESAT CANADA
243418 COMMENTS OF NEW SKIES SATELLITES N.V.
243419 COMMENTS PEGASUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
243420 COMMENTS OF SES AMERICOM, INC.
243421 COMMENTS OF UK OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
243422 COMMENTS OF SAND VIDEO
244534 ERRATA TO THE COMMENTS OF PEGASUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
243423 COMMENTS OF DIRECTV, INC.

Reply Comments February 13, 2004

Document ID Title
243933 REPLY COMMENTS OF DIRECTV, Inc.
243934 REPLY COMMENTS OF ECHOSTAR SATELLITE L.L.C.
243936 REPLY COMMENTS OF LORAL SPACECOM CORPORATION
243941 REPLY COMMENTS OF NEW SKIES SATELLITES N.V.
243942 REPLY COMMENTS OF TELESAT CANADA
244531 REPLY COMMENTS OF SES AMERICOM, INC.
243937 REPLY COMMENTS OF RAINBOW DBS COMPANY LLC

Ex Parte and Late-filed Comments

Document ID Title
244683 Ex Parte New Skies Satellites 03/04/04
245382 Ex Parte SES Americom 03/25/04
246170 Ex Parte SES Americom 03/30/04
246171 Ex Parte SES Americom 04/01/04
247222 Ex parte - Government of Bermuda Department of Telecommunications 04/21/04
247223 Ex parte - SES Americom 04/27/04
247224 Ex parte - SES Americom 04/22/04
381536 Ex parte - SES Americom 06/15/04
397807 Ex parte - DIRECTV 07/23/04
398255 Ex parte - SES Americom 08/18/04
399634 Ex parte - DIRECTV 09/09/04
401268 Ex parte - DIRECTV 09/09/04
402477 Ex parte - KVH Industries 09/21/04
402487 Ex parte - DIRECTV 09/23/04
404727 Ex parte - SES Americom 10/01/04
257928 Ex parte - EchoStar 03/25/05

Related Documents

Document ID Title
244676 EchoStar-86 5W Application
244677 EchoStar-86 5W Application Amendment
243430 EchoStar-96 5W Application
244678 EchoStar-96 5W Application Amendment
244679 EchoStar-123 5W Application
244680 EchoStar-123 5W Application Amendment
243431 SES Americom PDR
244684 SPB 196 Letter to EchoStar from Sat Div IB FCC

  


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