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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.11

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our reports 
and to all references to our firm included in or made part of the Registration 
Statement on form S-4 of Golden Sky Systems, Inc. (File No. 333-64367) of which 
this Exhibit forms a part.

                                        CURTIS BLAKELY & CO., P.C.

                                        /s/ Curtis Blakely & Co., P.C.
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Longview, Texas
November 25, 1998