Attachment 2000GE Americom Dec

2000GE Americom Dec

LETTER submitted by GE AMERICAN

Operational Status

2000-12-05

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-19970130-00011 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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     BY HAND DELIVERY                                                      eslre
     Ms. Magalie Roman Salas                    .
     Secretary, Federal Communications Commission
     445 Twelfth Street, S.W.
     Washington, D.C. 20554

                         Re:        Operational Dates for GE—6 and GE—7

     Dear. Ms. Salas:

                 GE American Communications, Inc. ("GE Americom"), by its attorneys,
     hereby advises the Commission of the operational status of two recently launched
     satellites.

                        The GE—7 spacecraft, launched on September 14, 2000, is fully
     operational as of October 25, 2000 at the 137° W.L. orbital location in accordance
  —_ with its authorization. See GE American Communications, Inc., DA 00—2096 (Sat. &
   — Radiocomm. Div. rel: Sept. 13, 2000). The GE—6 spacecraft, launched on October 21,
     2000, is fully operational as of November 20, 2000 at the 72° W.L. orbital location in
     accordance with its authorization. See GE American Communications, Inc., DA 00—
     2305 (Sat. & Radiocomm. Div. rel. Oct. 12, 2000). GE Americom is authorized to
     operate Satcom SN—4, which was replaced by GE—6, at 172° E.L. pursuant to special
     temporary authority. See File No. SAT—STA—20000906—00130. GE Americom
     currently plans to continue to operate Satcom SN—4 at that location for the
     remainder of the satellite‘s useful life, seeking extensions of the special temporary
     authority as necessary.




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Ms. Magalie Roman Salas
December 5, 2000
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          _    Please address any questions regarding this matter to the
undersigned.

                                     Respectfully submitted,

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                                     Karis A. Hastings
                                     Counsel for GE American Communications, Inc.


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