Goto Section: 25.144 | 25.146 | Table of Contents
FCC 25.145
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
Sec. 25.145 Licensing conditions for the Fixed-Satellite Service in the 20/30
GHz bands.
(a) Except as provided in Sec. 25.210(b), in general all rules contained in this
part apply to Fixed-Satellite Service in the 20/30 GHz bands.
(b) System License. Applicants authorized to construct and launch a system
of technically identical non-geostationary satellite orbit satellites will
be awarded a single “blanket” license covering a specified number of space
stations to operate in a specified number of orbital planes.
(c) In addition to providing the information specified in Sec. 25.114, each
non-geostationary satellite orbit applicant shall demonstrate the following:
(1) That the proposed system be capable of providing fixed-satellite
services to all locations as far north as 70 deg. latitude and as far south
as 55 deg. latitude for at least 75% of every 24-hour period; and
(2) That the proposed system is capable of providing fixed-satellite
services on a continuous basis throughout the fifty states, Puerto Rico and
the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S.
(3) [Reserved]
(d) [Reserved]
(e) Prohibition of certain agreements. No license shall be granted to any
applicant for a space station in the fixed-satellite service operating in
the 20/30 GHz band if that applicant, or any persons or companies
controlling or controlled by the applicant, shall acquire or enjoy any
right, for the purpose of handling traffic to or from the United States, its
territories or possession, to construct or operate space segment or earth
stations, or to interchange traffic, which is denied to any other United
States company by reason of any concession, contract, understanding, or
working arrangement to which the Licensee or any persons or companies
controlling or controlled by the Licensee are parties.
(f)(1) Reporting Requirements. All licensees in the 20/30 GHz band shall, on
June 30 of each year, file a report with the International Bureau and the
Commission's Columbia Operations Center, 9200 Farm House Lane, Columbia, MD
21046 containing the following information:
(i) Status of space station construction and anticipated launch date,
including any major problems or delay encountered;
(ii) A listing of any non-scheduled space station outages for more than
thirty minutes and the cause(s) of such outages; and
(iii) Identification of any space station(s) not available for service or
otherwise not performing to specifications, the cause(s) of these
difficulties, and the date any space station was taken out of service or the
malfunction identified.
(iv) All operators of NGSO FSS systems in the 18.8–19.3 GHz and 28.6–29.1
GHz bands shall, within 10 days after a required implementation milestone as
specified in the system authorization certify to the Commission by affidavit
that the milestone has been met or notify the Commission by letter that it
has not been met. At its discretion, the Commission may require the
submission of additional information (supported by affidavit of a person or
person with knowledge thereof) to demonstrate that the milestone has been
met. Failure to file a timely certification of milestones, or filing
disclosure of non-compliance, will result in automatic cancellation of the
authorization with no further action required on the Commission's part.
(2) Licensees shall submit to the Commission a yearly report indicating the
number of earth stations actually brought into service under its blanket
licensing authority. The annual report is due to the Commission no later
than the first day of April of each year and shall indicate the deployment
figures for the preceding calendar year.
(g) Policy governing the relocation of terrestrial services from the 18.3 to
19.3 GHz band. Frequencies in the 18.3–19.3 GHz band listed in parts 21, 74,
78, and 101 of this chapter have been reallocated for primary use by the
Fixed-Satellite Service, subject to various provisions for the existing
terrestrial licenses. Fixed-Satellite Service operations are not entitled to
protection from the co-primary operations until after the period during
which terrestrial stations remain co-primary has expired. (see Sec. Sec. 21.901(e),
74.502(c), 74.602(g), 78.18(a)(4), and 101.147(r) of this chapter).
(h) Replacement of Space Stations within the System License Term. Licensees
of NGSO FSS systems in the 18.8–19.3 GHz and 28.6–29.1 GHz frequency bands
authorized through a blanket license pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
section need not file separate applications to launch and operate
technically identical replacement satellites within the term of the system
authorization. However, the licensee shall certify to the Commission, at
least thirty days prior to launch of such replacement(s) that:
(1) The licensee intends to launch a space station into the
previously-authorized orbit that is technically identical to those
authorized in its system authorization and
(2) Launch of this space station will not cause the license to exceed the
total number of operating space stations authorized by the Commission.
(i) In-Orbit Spares. Licensees need not file separate applications to
operate technically identical in-orbit spares authorized as part of the
blanket license pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section. However, the
licensee shall certify to the Commission, within 10 days of bringing the
in-orbit spare into operation, that operation of this space station did not
cause the licensee to exceed the total number of operating space stations
authorized by the Commission.
[ 62 FR 61456 , Nov. 18, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 54171 , Sept. 7, 2000; 66 FR 63515 , Dec. 7, 2001; 67 FR 39310 , June 7, 2002; 68 FR 16966 , Apr. 8, 2003;
68 FR 51505 , Aug. 27, 2003; 68 FR 59129 , Oct. 14, 2003; 70 FR 59277 , Oct.
12, 2005]
Goto Section: 25.144 | 25.146
Goto Year: 2006 |
2008
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