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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

1(a)	NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)	(b)	IRS IDENT. NO.	(c)	S.E.C. FILE NO.
	Motient Corporation		93-0976127		000-23044
(d)	ADDRESS OF ISSUER                         STREET		CITY                      STATE                      ZIP CODE	(e)	TELEPHONE NO.
					AREA CODE      NUMBER
	300 Knightsbridge Pkwy		Lincolnshire,            IL                              60069		847               478-4200
2(a)	NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD	(b)	IRS IDENT. NO.	(c)	RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
	Jonelle St. John		###-##-####		Director
(d)	ADDRESS                                           STREET		CITY                      STATE                      ZIP CODE
	22941 Foxcroft Rd.		Middleburg,            VA                              20117

INSTRUCTION:   The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3(a) Title of the Class of Securities to be Sold	(b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities Are to be Offered or Each Market Maker Who is Acquiring the Securities	SEC USE ONLY Broker-Dealer File Number	(c) Number of Shares or Other Units to be Sold (See Instr. 3(c))		(d) Aggregate Market Value (See Instr. 3(d))		(e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See Instr. 3(e))		(f) Approximate Date of Sale (Mo/Day/Yr) (See Instr. 3(f))	(g) Name of Each Securities Exchange (See Instr. 3(g))
Common Stock	Citibank PO Box 18967, Washington, DC 20036			1,260		$30,000		62,344,783	7/21/05	N/A

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.	(a)	Name of issuer	3.	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
	(b)	Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number		(b)	Name and Address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
	(c)	Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any		(c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
	(d)	Issuer’s address, including zip code		(d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
	(e)	Issuer’s telephone number, including area code		(e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold		(f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
	(b)	Such person’s I.R.S. Identification number, if such person is an entity		(g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
	(c)	Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10 percent stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
	(d)	Such person’s address, including zip code

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SEC 1147 (01-04)

 

TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of the Class	Date You Acquired	Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired (if gift, also give date donor acquired)	Amount of Securities Acquired		Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
Common Stock	2/28/05	Option exercise	Motient Corporation		7,014	2/28/05	Cashless exercise

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Name and Address of Seller	Title of Securities Sold	Date of Sale	Amount of Securities Sold		Gross Proceeds
Jonelle St. John - 22941 Foxcroft Rd. Middleburg,  VA  20117	Common Stock	6/17/05		1,700		$39,865

REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.	ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
7/21/05	/s/  Jonelle St. John
DATE OF NOTICE	(SIGNATURE)

The notice shall be signed by the persons for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION:   Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

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