PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20554 News media Information 202/418-0500 Recorded listing of releases and texts 202/418-2222. Report No. SPB-97 August 25, 1997 SATELLITE POLICY BRANCH INFORMATION: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING The applications listed below have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. The Commission reserves the right to return any of the applications if, upon further examination, it is determined the application is not in conformance with the Commission's Rules or its policies. Petitions, oppositions and other pleadings filed in response to this notice should conform to Section 25.154 of the Commission's rules, unless otherwise noted. 47 C.F.R.  25.154. COMSAT Corporation File No. 103-SAT-ITC-97 COMSAT Corporation requests modification of its authority to provide Inmarsat-C service in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). COMSAT seeks to provide Inmarsat-C service via Inmarsat-3 satellites in the IOR in the base-to-mobile, mobile-to-base, and mobile-to-mobile directions, through the Deutsche Telekom MobileNet land earth station at Raisting, Germany. PanAmSat Licensee Corporation File No. 105-SAT-ML-97 PanAmSat Licensee Corporation has filed an application for modification and request for waiver for its PAS-9 satellite authorization. PanAmSat seeks to modify its authorization to use expansion band frequencies for domestic use and, if necessary, requests a waiver of NG104 to permit this use. GE American Communications, Inc. File No. 107-SAT-ML-97 GE American Communications, Inc. has filed an application to modify its license to permit the relocation of Satcom SN-3. Satcom SN-3 is operating at 87ø W.L. GE seeks authority to relocate this satellite to 83ø W.L. - FCC -