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FCC 25.113
Revised as of October 1, 2014
Goto Year:2013 |
2015
§ 25.113 Station construction, launch authority, and operation of spare
satellites.
(a) Construction permits are not required for earth stations.
Construction of such stations may commence prior to grant of an earth
station license at the applicant's own risk, subject to the
requirements of § 1.1312 and part 17 of this chapter concerning
environmental processing and construction, marking, and lighting of
antenna structures.
(b) Construction permits are not required for Ancillary Terrestrial
Component (ATC) stations. A party with licenses issued under this part
for launch and operation of 1.5/1.6 GHz or 1.6/2.4 GHz GHz
Mobile-Satellite Service space stations and operation of associated ATC
facilities may commence construction of ATC base stations at its own
risk after commencing physical construction of the space stations,
subject to the requirements of § 1.1312 and part 17 of this chapter.
Such an MSS/ATC licensee may also conduct equipment tests for the
purpose of making adjustments and measurements necessary to ensure
compliance with the terms of its ATC license, applicable rules in this
part, and technical design requirements. Prior to commencing such
construction and pre-operational testing, an MSS/ATC licensee must
notify the Commission of the commencement of physical satellite
construction and the licensee's intention to construct and test ATC
facilities. This notification must be filed electronically in the
appropriate file in the International Bureau Filing System database.
The notification must specify the frequencies the licensee proposes to
use for pre-operational testing and the name, address, and telephone
number of a representative for the reporting and mitigation of any
interference resulting from such testing. MSS/ATC licensees engaging in
pre-operational testing must comply with § § 5.83, 5.85(c), 5.111, and
5.117 of this chapter regarding experimental operations. An MSS/ATC
licensee may not offer ATC service to the public for compensation
during pre-operational testing.
(c)-(e) [Reserved]
(f) Construction permits are not required for U.S.-licensed space
stations, except for stations that the applicant proposes to operate to
disseminate program content to be received by the public at large,
rather than only by subscribers. Construction of a station for which a
construction permit is not required may commence, at the applicant's
own risk, prior to grant of a license. Before commencing pre-grant
construction, however, an applicant must notify the Commission in
writing that it plans to begin construction at its 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 § 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 § 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) Operators of NGSO satellite systems licensed by the Commission need
not file separate applications to operate technically identical
in-orbit spares launched pursuant to a blanket license granted under
§ 25.114(a). However, the licensee must notify the Commission within 30
days of bringing the in-orbit spare into operation and certify that its
activation has not increased the number of operating space stations
above the number previously authorized and that the licensee has
determined by measurement that the activated spare is operating within
the terms of the license.
[ 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; 77 FR 3954 , Jan. 26,
2012; 78 FR 8421 , Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8314 , Feb. 12, 2014; 79 FR 27503 ,
May 14, 2014]
Effective Date Note: At 79 FR 27503 , May 14, 2014, in § 25.113, in the
second sentence in paragraph (b), "1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/2.4 GHz, or 2 GHz
Mobile-Satellite Service" was corrected to read "1.5/1.6 GHz or 1.6/2.4
GHz GHz Mobile-Satellite Service". This amendment contains information
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.
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