Form 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response . . . 0.5

(Print or Type Responses)
1.	Name and Address of Reporting Person*
	Bay Harbour Management, L.C.
	(Last)                                                  (First)                                                 (Middle)
	885 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
	(Street)
	New York                        NY                             10022
	(City)                                                  (State)                                                 (Zip)
2.	Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
	8/20/02
3.	I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
	59-348243
4.	Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
	Motient Corporation (MNCP)
5.	Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ¨  Director     x  10% Owner ¨  Officer (give title below)                     ¨  Other (specify below)
6.	If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7.	Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) ¨  Form filed by One Reporting Person             x  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.	Title of Security (Instr. 4)
	Common Stock $.01 Par Value
2.	Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)
	2,665,178
3.	Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
	I
4.	Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	(1)
Table II — Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.	Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)
2.	Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
		Date Exercisable	Expiration Date
3.	Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)
		Title	Amount or Number of Shares
4.	Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
5.	Ownership Form of Derivative Securities: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
6.	Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

Explanation of Responses:

(1)    The 2,665,178 shares listed in Table I are beneficially owned by investment funds for which Bay Harbour Management, L.C., which is controlled by the three other reporting persons, serves as investment advisor.

Signatures on Attached Page	8/20/02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date

    * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

  ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

Additional Reporting Persons	I.R.S. Identification No.
Bay Harbour Management L.C. 885 Third Avenue 34th Floor New York, New York 10022	59-2924229
Steven A. Van Dyke 885 Third Avenue 34th Floor New York, New York 10022	N/A
John D. Stout 885 Third Avenue 34th Floor New York, New York 10022	N/A
Douglas P. Teitelbaum 885 Third Avenue 34th Floor New York, New York 10022	N/A

Signatures of Reporting Persons

BAY HARBOUR MANAGEMENT, L.C.

	By:  /S/  STEVEN A. VAN DYKE
Dated: August 20, 2002	Name: Steven A. Van Dyke
	Title: President
Dated: August 20, 2002	/S/  STEVEN A. VAN DYKE
	Steven A. Van Dyke
Dated: August 20, 2002	/S/  DOUGLAS P. TEITELBAUM
	Douglas P. Teitelbaum
Dated: August 20, 2002	/S/  JOHN D. STOUT
	John D. Stout

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