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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.6


                   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., of which this 
Exhibit forms a part.

                                                  /s/ Moss Adams LLP


Stockton, California
March 3, 1999