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FCC 25.121
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 25.121 License term and renewals.
(a) License Term. (1) Except for licenses for DBS space stations, SDARS
space stations and terrestrial repeaters, and 17/24 GHz BSS space stations
licensed as broadcast facilities, licenses for facilities governed by this
part will be issued for a period of 15 years.
(2) Licenses for DBS space stations and 17/24 GHz BSS space stations
licensed as broadcast facilities, and for SDARS space stations and
terrestrial repeaters, will be issued for a period of 8 years. Licenses for
DBS space stations not licensed as broadcast facilities will be issued for a
period of 10 years.
(b) The Commission reserves the right to grant or renew station licenses for
less than 15 years if, in its judgment, the public interest, convenience and
necessity will be served by such action.
(c) For earth stations, the license term will be specified in the instrument
of authorization.
(d) Space stations. (1) For geostationary-orbit space stations, the license
term will begin at 3 a.m. Eastern Time on the date when the licensee
notifies the Commission pursuant to § 25.173(b) that the space station has
been successfully placed into orbit at its assigned orbital location and
that its operations conform to the terms and conditions of the space station
authorization.
(2) For non-geostationary orbit space stations, the license period will
begin at 3 a.m. Eastern Time on the date when the licensee notifies the
Commission pursuant to § 25.173(b) that operation of an initial space station
is compliant with the license terms and conditions and that the space
station has been placed in its authorized orbit. Operating authority for all
space stations subsequently brought into service pursuant to the license
will terminate upon its expiration.
(e) Renewal of licenses. Applications for renewals of earth station licenses
must be submitted on FCC Form 312R no earlier than 90 days, and no later
than 30 days, before the expiration date of the license. Applications for
space station system replacement authorization for non-geostationary orbit
satellites shall be filed no earlier than 90 days, and no later than 30
days, prior to the end of the twelfth year of the existing license term.
[ 56 FR 24016 , May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68059 , Dec. 23, 1993; 59 FR 53327 , Oct. 21, 1994. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 5928 , 5929, Feb. 10,
1997; 65 FR 59142 , Oct. 4, 2000; 67 FR 12485 , Mar. 19, 2002; 67 FR 51113 ,
Aug. 7, 2002; 68 FR 51503 , Aug. 27, 2003; 68 FR 63999 , Nov. 12, 2003; 72 FR 50027 , Aug. 29, 2007; 75 FR 45067 , Aug. 2, 2010; 79 FR 8317 , Feb. 12, 2014]
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Goto Section: 25.120 | 25.129
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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