EXHIBIT 32.1

Certification

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

with Respect to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2006

of WorldSpace, Inc.

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), the undersigned officer of WorldSpace, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, that:

1. The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. Information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 12, 2006	/s/    NOAH A. SAMARA
	Noah A. Samara Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

The certification set forth above is being furnished as an Exhibit solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document of the Company or the certifying officers.