Attachment SurrenderLetter

SurrenderLetter

LETTER submitted by Telesat Canada

Surrender Letter

2005-02-17

This document pretains to SAT-PDR-20000428-00096 for Petition for Declaratory Ruling on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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WIT WileyRein & Fielding ur 1776 K STREET NW February 17, 2005 gg;;;.gsrzag;k WASHINGTON, DC 20006 PHONE 202.719.7000 cfrank@wrf.com FAX 202.719.7049 Virginia Office BY HAND DELIVERY 7925 JONES BRANCH DRIVE SUITE 6200 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch McLEAN, VA 22102 Secretary PHONE 703.905.2800 FAX 703.905.2820 Federal Communications Commission 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110 Washington, DC 20002 www.wrf.com Re: Telesat Canada Request for Removal of Anik E1 from the Permitted Space Station List Dear Ms. Dortch: Telesat Canada ("Telesat"), by its attorneys, respectfully requests removal of its Anik El satellite from the Permitted Space Station List ("Permitted List") because Telesat de—orbited the satellite on January 17, 2005. The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") added Anik El to the Permitted List in December 1999.‘ In August 2003, when Telesat petitioned the FCC for a declaratory ruling to modify the terms of access for Anik E2 specified in the Permitted List, Telesat also notified the FCC that it had begun migrating Anik El to a "new orbital location" and that it "[did] not plan to continue to serve U.S. customers via Anik E1.The FCC granted Telesat‘s petition but did not remove Anik E1 from the Permitted List.® The Permitted List currently reports that Anik El is in standby mode at the 118.7° W.L. orbital location." However, Anik E1 has not occupied that location since July 21, 2003 and has now been de—orbited. Therefore, the Permitted List entry for Anik E1 should be deleted. 1 See generally Telesat Canada, Request for Declaratory Ruling or Petition for Waiver on Earth Stations‘ Use of ANIK E1 and ANIK E2 Satellite Capacity to Provide Basic Telecommunications Service in the United States, 15 FCC Red 3649 (Int‘l Bur. 1999) (Order). 2 See Telesat Canada, Notice of Inclined Orbit Operations for Anik E2 and Petition for Declaratory Ruling to Modify the Terms of Access for Anik E2 Specified in the Permitted Space Station List, SAT—PPL—20030808—00142 at Attachment A (filed Aug. 8, 2003). 3 See SAT—PPL—20030808—00142 (Int‘l Bur. Sat. and Rad. Div., Auth. By Grant Stamp w/ Conditions, rel. Sept. 16, 2003). 4 FCC, Permitted Space Station List, at http://www.fec.gov/ib/sd/se/permitted.htral (last updated Nov. 4, 2004).

Wiley Rein &Fielding ur Marlene H. Dortch February 17, 2005 Page 2 Please direct any questions regarding this matter to the undersigned. Sincerely, / / / Carl R Frank Amy E. Bender Counsel to Telesat Canada co: Andrea Kelly


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