Goto Section: 25.112 | 25.114 | Table of Contents
FCC 25.113
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
Sec. 25.113 Station licenses and launch authority.
(a) Construction permits are not required for satellite earth stations.
Construction of such stations may commence prior to grant of a license at
the applicant's own risk. Applicants must comply with the provisions of 47
CFR 1.1312 relating to environmental processing prior to commencing
construction.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) FAA notification. Before the construction of new antenna structures or
alteration in the height of existing antenna structures is authorized by the
FCC, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determination of “no hazard”
may be required. To apply for this determination, the FAA must be notified
of the planned construction. Criteria used to determine whether FAA
notification is required for a particular antenna structure are contained in
part 17 of this chapter. Applications proposing construction of one or more
new antenna structures or alteration of the overall height of one or more
existing antenna structures, where FAA notification prior to such
construction or alteration is not required by part 17 of this chapter, must
indicate such and, unless the reason is obvious ( e.g. structure height is
less than 6.10 meters AGL) must contain a statement explaining why FAA
notification is not required.
(d) Painting and lighting. The owner of each antenna structure required to
be painted and/or illuminated under the provisions of Section 303(q) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, shall operate and maintain the
antenna structure painting and lighting in accordance with part 17 of this
chapter. In the event of default by the owner, each licensee or permittee
shall be individually responsible for conforming to the requirements
pertaining to antenna structure painting and lighting.
(e) Antenna Structure Registration Number. Applications proposing
construction of one or more new antenna structures or alteration of the
overall height of one or more existing structures, where FAA notification
prior to such construction or alteration is required by part 17 of this
chapter, must include the FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number(s) for
the affected structure(s). If no such number has been assigned at the time
the application is filed, the applicant must state in the application
whether or not the antenna structure owner has notified the FAA of the
proposed construction or alteration and applied to the FCC for an Antenna
Structure Registration Number in accordance with part 17 of this chapter for
the antenna structure in question.
(f) Construction permits are not required for U.S.-licensed space stations.
Construction of such stations may commence, at the applicant's own risk,
prior to grant of a license. Prior to commencing construction, however,
applicants must notify the Commission in writing they plan to begin
construction at their own risk.
(g) Except as set forth in paragraph (h) of this section, a launch
authorization and station license ( i.e. , operating authority) must be
applied for and granted before a space station may be launched and operated
in orbit. Request for launch authorization may be included in an application
for space station license. However, an application for authority to launch
and operate an on-ground spare satellite will be considered pursuant to the
following procedures:
(1) Applications for launch and operation of an on-ground spare NGSO-like
satellite will be considered pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Sec. 25.157, except as set forth in paragraph (g)(3) of this section.
(2) Applications for launch and operation of an on-ground spare GSO-like
satellite will be considered pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Sec. 25.158, except as set forth in paragraph (g)(3) of this section.
(3) Neither paragraph (g)(1) nor (g)(2) of this section will apply in cases
where the space station to be launched is determined to be an emergency
replacement for a previously authorized space station that has been lost as
a result of a launch failure or a catastrophic in-orbit failure.
(h) Licensees of Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems
need not file separate applications to operate technically identical
in-orbit spares authorized as part of a blanket license pursuant to
Sec. 25.114(e) or any other satellite blanket licensing provision in this part.
However, the licensee shall notify the Commission within 30 days of bringing
the in-orbit spare into operation, and certify that operation of this space
station did not cause the licensee to exceed the total number of operating
space stations authorized by the Commission, and that the licensee will
operate the space station within the applicable terms and conditions of its
license. These notifications must be filed electronically on FCC Form 312.
[ 56 FR 24016 , May 28, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 4366 , Feb. 6, 1996; 61 FR 9951 , Mar. 12, 1996; 61 FR 55582 , Oct. 28, 1996; 62 FR 5927 , Feb. 10, 1997;
62 FR 64172 , Dec. 4, 1997; 68 FR 51502 , Aug. 27, 2003; 69 FR 47794 , Aug. 6,
2004; 70 FR 32253 , June 2, 2005]
Goto Section: 25.112 | 25.114
Goto Year: 2006 |
2008
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