before the date of use. Further, the 1971 revised Article 9A established in Section 1 a "Procedure for the Advance Publication of Information on Planned Satellite Systems." Thus, a member State "which intends to establish a satellite system shall, prior to the coordination procedure in accordance with No. 639AJ where applicable, send to the International Frequency Registration Board not earlier than five years before the date of bringing into service each satellite network of the planned system, the information listed in Appendix IB." According to Mr. Richard E. Butler, Deputy Secretary-General of the ITU, this rule requires that member States intending to introduce direct satellite broadcasting systems must "provide advance notification at least five years before the establishment of such systems." The foregoing Appendix IB is set out in Annex 15 to the 1971 Regulations. It is entitled "Advance Publication Information to be furnished for a Satellite Network." Member States, pursuant to the 1971 Regulations, are obliged to supply the IFRB with orbital information relating to space stations. Where the space station is situated aboard a geostationary satellite, such information is to include the "planned nominal geographical longitude on the geostationary satellite orbit and the planned longitudinal and inclination tolerances." Also to be indicated is the arc of the geostationary satellite orbit "over which Ibid., Paragraph 639BF, p. 1696. Ibid., Paragraph 639AA, p. 1684. Paragraph 639AJ appears in footnote 32, supra. U.N. Doc. A/AC.105/C.2/SR.258, p. 6, May 20, 1976. 23 UST 1527, 1739, TIAS 7435. Ibid., 1740.
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