Attachment rel authority

rel authority

OTHER submitted by Columbia

rel authority

2005-02-25

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20021108-00217 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2002110800217_420253

SAt. Nop —a003 1103 — CO219 . Coat7 SAT— Nob— JccaliO® HOGAN& HARTSON <musp—xpxtnasn f cCP Received Mig commn squue waR 0 2 2005 s rnrememn sreeenme * io* wsimvoron.nemein v aon exr—aon i y Branch mm on ssrsu risornmscnommise.cou hfemationalBureligbruary 25, 2005 m aon esran wnnesmmasrcou By HAND DELIVERY RECEIVED Ms. Marlene H. Dortch FeB 2 5 2005 Secretary Federal Communications Commission *T td oav , C 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Relinguishment of Authority for C—band Operations on the TDRS—6 Satellite at 47° W.L. and License to Launch and Operate a Replacement C—band Satellite at 47° W.L. Dear Ms. Dortch: Columbia Communications Corporation (‘Columbia®), by its attorneys, hereby relinquishes, effective immediately, its authority for C—band operations on the TDRS—6 spacecraft at 47° W.L. and its license to launch and operate a C—band replacement satellite at 47° W.L Since July 1996, Columbia has been authorized to provide C:—bandservices using capacity on TDRS—6 pursuant to a lease agreement with the spacecraft‘s operator, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration CNASA").‘ NASA has advised Columbia of ts decision not to renewthe lease agreement with Columbia for C:—band operations on TDRS—6. Columbia is not currently providing any services using TDRS—6, so no customers will be affected by the termination of C—band operations on TDRS—6. Columbia also holds a license for a C:—band replacement satellite at 47° W.L* However, Columbia has decided that, in light of projected market conditions for C—band 1 Initially, these operations were pursuant to special temporary authority, but in 2001, the Commission granted interim operating authority on TDRS—6 pending launch and operation of Columbia‘s authorized C—band replacement satellite at 47° W.L. See Columbia Communieations Corporation, Order and Order on Reconsideration, DA 01—1241 (Int‘l Bur. rel. May 22, 2001) at 48 27—29. £ See Columbia Communications Corporation, Order and Authorization,14 FCC Red 3318 (Incl Bur. 1999) moms tomon nrowrem rucr waser woscow tomo wervom. mumors mane inae sew somam coonsosmncs toswcnm rpmione

HocanaHatison ce Ms. Marlene H. Dortch February 25, 2005 Page 2 services in the Atlantic Ocean Region, it will not complete and launch into 47° W.L. the spacecraft that it was building for that position. Accordingly, Columbia hereby relinquishes its C—band authority to operate on TDRS—6 and its authority for a C—band replacement satellite at 47° W.L. effective immediately. Please direct any questions regarding this submission to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, /‘;J/[‘ ob te Peter A. Rohrbach Counsel for Columbia Communications Corp. ces Andrea Kelly Robert Nelson Diane Garfield


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