Sec. 97.207  Space station.

    (a) Any amateur station may be a space station. A holder of any 
class operator license may be the control operator of a space station, 
subject to the privileges of the class of operator license held by the 
control operator.
    (b) A space station must be capable of effecting a cessation of 
transmissions by telecommand whenever such cessation is ordered by the 
FCC.
    (c) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized to 
space stations:
    (1) The 17 m, 15 m, 12 m, and 10 m bands, 6 mm, 4 mm, 2 mm and 1 mm 
bands; and
    (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz, 435-438 MHz, 
1260-1270 MHz, and 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz, 5.83-5.85 GHz, 10.45-
10.50 GHz, and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
    (d) A space station may automatically retransmit the radio signals 
of Earth stations and other space stations.
    (e) A space station may transmit one-way communications.
    (f) Space telemetry transmissions may consist of specially coded 
messages intended to facilitate communications or related to the 
function of the spacecraft.
    (g) The licensee of each space station must give two written, pre-
space station notifications to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
FCC, Washington, DC 20554. Each notification must be in accord with the 
provisions of Articles 11 and 13 of the Radio Regulations.
    (1) The first notification is required no less than 27 months prior 
to initiating space station transmissions and must specify the 
information required by Appendix 4 and Resolution No. 642 of the Radio 
Regulations.
    (2) The second notification is required no less than 5 months prior 
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initiating space station transmissions and must specify the information 
required by Appendix 3 and Resolution No. 642 of the Radio Regulations.
    (h) The licensee of each space station must give a written, in-space 
station notification to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC, 
Washington, DC 20554, no later than 7 days following imitation of space 
station transmissions. The notification must update the information 
contained in the pre-space notification.
    (i) The licensee of each space station must give a written, post-
space notification to the Wireless Telecommuncations Bureau, FCC, 
Washington, DC 20554, no later than 3 months after termination of the 
space station transmissions. When the termination is ordered by the FCC, 
notification is required no later than 24 hours after termination.
[ 54 FR 25857 , June 20, 1989, as amended at  54 FR 39535 , Sept. 27, 1989; 
 56 FR 56171 , Nov. 1, 1991;  57 FR 32736 , July 23, 1992;  60 FR 50124 , 
Sept. 28, 1995]