Goto Section: 25.144 | 25.146 | Table of Contents
FCC 25.145
Revised as of December 4, 2012
Goto Year:2011 |
2013
§ 25.145 Licensing conditions for the Fixed-Satellite Service in the 20/30
GHz bands.
(a) Except as provided in § 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 § 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 § § 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]
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Goto Section: 25.144 | 25.146
Goto Year: 2011 |
2013
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