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Report No.  SPB-43    

          Released:  April 19, 1996   


          SATELLITE POLICY BR         ANCH INFORMATION
APPLICATION ACCEPTE           D FOR FILING

                           
                                The application listed below has been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for
filing.  The Commission reserves the right to return the application if, upon further examination,
it is determined the application is not in conformance with the Commission's Rules or its
policies.  Comments and other pleadings may be filed in response to this notice on or before
April 26, 1996.  Responses may be filed on or before May 1, 1996.  

Columbia Communications Corporation                  File No. 95-SAT-STA-96

Columbia Communications Corporation has filed a request for special temporary authority, on
an expedited basis, to remove certain conditions on its authorization to enable the continued
operation of the C-band capacity on NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System satellite
at 41ø W.L.  


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