Attachment July 16, 2003 letter

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-19970925-00115 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA1997092500115_325790

HOGAN & HARTSON RECEIVED LLP JUL 1. 6 2003 COLUMBIA SQUARE PETER A. ROHRBACH | 555 THIRTEENTH STREET, NW PARTNER "HDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSHCH: WASHINCTON, DC 200041109 (202) 637—8631 qFFICE OF THE SECRETARY PAROHRBACH@HHLAW. COM July 16. 2003 TEL (202) 637—5600 wiy 10, FAX (202) 637—5910 BY HAND DELIVERY Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary ?(9“ Federal Communications Commission 8 gw 445 Twelfth Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Withdrawal of V/Ku—Band Applications IBFS File Nos. SAT—LOA—19970925—00110/118 Dear Ms. Dortch: SES AMERICOM, Inc. (°SES AMERICOM"), by its attorneys, hereby withdraws the above—referenced applications for authority to launch and operate a system of eleven V/Ku—band satellites at nine orbital locations, filed September 27, 1997, File Nos. SAT—LOA—19970925—00110/118 (the "Applications"). The Applications were submitted in response to the announcement of a processing round in 1997. However, the Commission never placed the Applications on public notice, and the Applications have been held in abeyance pending resolution of a related rulemaking proceeding.! Given the time that has elapsed since the filing of the Applications, and intervening changes in circumstances, SES AMERICOM no longer intends to pursue them. Accordingly, SES AMERICOM hereby withdraws the above—referenced Applications. Pursuant to Section 8(d)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 158(d)(2), SES AMERICOM also requests a warver and 1 See Allocation and Designation of Spectrum for Fixed—Satellite Services in the 37.5—38.5 GHz, 40.5—41.5 GHz, and 48.2—50.2 GHz Frequency Bands; Allocation of Spectrum to Upgrade Fixed and Mobile Allocations in the 40.5—42.5 GHz Frequency Band; Allocation of Spectrum in the 46.9—47.0 GHz Frequency Band for Wireless Services; and Allocation of Spectrum in the 37.0—38.0 GHz and 40.0—40.5 GHz for Government Operations, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, IB Docket No. 97—95, 16 FCC Red 12244 (2001). BRUSSELS BUDAPEST LONDON MOSCOW PARIS* PRAGUE* WARSAW BALTIMORE, MD COLORADOSPRINGS, CO DENVER,CO LOSANGELES, CA McLEAN, VA NEW YORK, NY ROCKVILLE, MD *Affiliated Office

HOGAN & HARTSON 1.Lr Ms. Marlene H. Dortch July 16, 2003 Page 2 refund of the $765,405 application processing fee that was paid in connection with the V—band Applications. SES AMERICOM will be separately submitting a filing in support of its fee refund request. Please address any questions regarding this matter to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, JXK_f.tM——__ Peter A. Rohrbach Counsel for SES AMERICOM, Inc. ccs: Thomas S. Tycz Cassandra Thomas Fern Jarmulnek Jennifer Gilsenan Robert Nelson Diane Garfield Andrew S. Fishel


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